Manny Pacquiao should be getting accustomed to training through typhoons by now.
The pound-for-pound king has been preparing for his Nov. 13 bout with Antonio Margarito in his native Philippines, where Typhoon Megi struck with fury this week, killing at least 20 and destroying thousands of homes.
Promoter Bob Arum said on Wednesday that Pacquiao’s training camp in the mountains near Baguio City escaped the brunt of the storm. Roads were flooded and trees knocked over, but the fighter and his entourage were safe.
“Wind and rain like you’ve never seen, really strong, strong wind,” Arum said.
“Even though you’re in the mountains, it’s like when I was a kid and lived on Long Island for the summer, and we would have these hurricanes that came up the Atlantic coast.”
Pacquiao certainly has experienced this before.
While he was preparing for a fight against Miguel Cotto in September 2009, typhoons Parma and Ketsana raked across the archipelago within a week of each other, killing about 500 people.
They triggered dozens of mudslides, destroyed crops and caused an estimated $600 million in damages.
Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach plan to wrap up camp in Baguio City on Thursday, then drive to Manila and leave for Los Angeles on Saturday.
They’ll resume training camp at Roach’s Wild Card Gym on Monday.
Source: thejakartaglobe.com
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