LOS ANGELES – After a rest day, Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao was back in the ring Wednesday, hitting the mitts for 12 rounds.
"Maganda pala 'yun. (I'm) hungry, the fire is there. It's good. Happy ako sa training," said the "Pacman."
"I thought he was overdoing it a little bit, so we had a day off," chief trainer Freddie Roach explained. "Today, we opened the gates, and he kicked my a**. I must have gotten hit with a thousand and two punches today."
While a re-energized Pacquiao is happily back in the ring, his May 2 opponent, Floyd Mayweather Jr., is literally putting his money where his mouth is.
TMZ released photos of Mayweather's custom-made mouth guards, which reportedly costs $25,000. Some of the mouth guards have a real hundred dollar bill stuffed in it.
"Who really cares?" said Roach. "Mouthpieces protect your mouth. Who cares how much it costs? I can go to the 7-11 and get one for two bucks."
"Hopefully it will protect his teeth," said Pacquiao's publicist, Fred Sternburg. "I'm not sure if it will help with his chin."
Pacquiao, for his part, was not too concerned.
"That's his style," he said. "We know the truth; we know the right way. We know how to obey God."
As reports continue to show Mayweather's lavish expenses – including a $300,000 party bus – the boxer has also been showing his pre-fight preparations.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
