While the Filipino superstar looked sharp at an open workout at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, his opponent’s typical bombast is strangely muted
On Wednesday Manny Pacquiao was at the Wild Card Boxing Club, a cramped gym in a rundown strip mall, where he trains. He was preparing for his 2 May megafight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The temperature is always like a furnace in the place, and it was no different on that day. He danced in the ring, shadowboxing, his wrapped hands in a dizzying display of punches. It was Pacquiao’s last scheduled appearance in advance of what’s been called the fight of the century.
It was media day, a routine for all big fights in which the press are invited to interview him for a few seconds. He was surrounded by literally hundreds of reporters, and those pretending to be. Dozens of people stood outside the gym clamoring to enter.
Manny is at different level physically and mentally. More than I have ever seen.
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