Team Pacquiao not concerned with ex-cutman’s loyalty shift
Published on: 23rd October, 2009
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Team Pacquiao is not concerned one bit that a former comrade is now working for the enemy.
In an interview with GMANews.TV, Filipino trainer Buboy Fernandez said they are aware that former cutman Joe Chavez is already working for Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto.
Fernandez said at first they were surprised to see Chavez working in Cotto’s when the Puerto Rican fought and won over Joshua Clottey last June in New York.
“Nung nakita nga namin si Joe noong laban kay Clottey tinanong agad ako ni Manny. Sabi ko naman paghandaan na lang natin. Hindi naman naging mahirap yung adjustment namin kaya siguradong walang epekto kung ano man ang ibigay ni Joe kay Cotto,” said Fernandez.
Last week, Chavez was quoted as saying that he knows Pacquiao’s weaknesses and that he plans to share with Cotto his knowledge regarding the Filipino‘s flaws.
“When attacked, he (Pacquiao) doesn’t know what to do,” Chavez told the Puerto Rican paper El Nuevo Dia.
Chavez was in Pacquiao’s corner during the pound-for-pound king’s return bouts with Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera.
But Fernandez assured they are going to apply a different fight plan that will ensure Pacquiao’s victory next month. Fernandez said Chavez is sure to get the surprise of his life once the famed cutman sees a different Pacquiao in their next outing.
Incidentally, Pacquiao is also set to tap another cutman who previously wo
