Pacquiao mum on KO predictions
Published on: 28th October, 2009
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MANILA – While members of Team Pacquiao declared with certainty that the pound-for-pound king will knock out Miguel Cotto on November 14, Manny Pacquiao refused to predict the outcome of his “Firepower” bout.
“Mahirap magsabi nang tapos eh. Di naman natin alam anong mangyayari. Dasal lang tayo sa Lord. Ano man mangyari, idasal na lang natin kung mapabilis o mapaaga or… matapos yung round. Siya lang nakakaalam eh,” Pacquiao told abs-cbnNEWS.com.
He added: “Basta sa akin, training lang ako nang husto, dasal at pagkatiwala sa kaniya pagdating sa ring.”
Coach Freddie Roach said Pacquiao will KO Cotto in the first round. Conditioning coach Alex Ariza noted that Pacquiao can score a KO while adviser Mike Koncz said the KO would probably come in the later rounds.
Pacquiao is in Los Angeles, California where he will continue his training for two weeks. He started his training camp on Sept. 21 in Baguio City.
No oddity
According to “the People’s Champ,” he does not do anything strange when training for a fight, as opposed to his former rival Juan Manuel Marquez’s revelation that he drinks his urine.
If anything, the weight loss challenge which he started in 2008 could be counted as a “Pacquiao training camp tradition.”
“It’s postponed ‘til next year,” said Koncz, who bested 74 fellow participants in the weight loss challenge in April.
Each contestant was required to lose 10 percent of his or her body weight in 3 weeks for a cash prize of $3,000.
Pacquiao held weight challenges while training for his fights against Oscar de la Hoya in 2008 and Ricky Hatton in May.
Faith
But for Pacquiao, there is really nothing odd in his preparation for a fight.
“Kakaiba? Para sa akin, pray lang,” he said. “Nag-ro-rosary ako 9 days before the fight, straight yun, gabi-g
