Manny Pacquiao is distracted
.Pacquiao is giving short shrift to training, figuring that Antonio Margarito is the proverbial “punched ticket” served up on a silver platter to him by Boss Bob Arum.
Pacquiao is more interested in politics than in boxing.
Pacquiao is more inteterested in singing on the Jimmy Kimmel TV gabfest than in getting into dog shape for the Nov. 13.
Pacquiao is more keen on selling Nike products than in retaining his boxing's best, pound for pound crown.Hooey! Balderdash! Nonsense!
Permit this vignette from last Thursday night, around 9 pm, at Pacman's post workout dining spot, at Nat's Thai Food, just steps from the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood.
Pacquiao was sitting with his voice coach, Helena Buscema, and another woman. The tiny eatery was filled with friends and fans.
But most of the autograph seekers had gone or were restricted to the parking lot.
The Pacman adoration crowd has thinned out considerably.
I sat in the back, near the front door, and I noticed Pacquiao in an unusual position.
The 31 year old fighter-Congressman was nodding off and could barely keep his head from using the table as a pillow.
He had a full day of morning roadwork, of afternoon boxing training and of doing stretching and other exercises with conditioning guru Alex Ariza.
The day before, there had been a full-scale media dog and pony show for Manny at the gymnasium. On Friday, Manny would jet over and back to Las Vegas to stage on a political rally platform with embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Pacquiao was the most exhaused not yet age 32 guy I had ever seen.
If you think he's taken any shortcuts, then you're just fooling yourself.
His many extracurricular activities have been conducted outside of boxing working hours and no one trains 7/24.
If, by some miracle, Antonio Margarito wins this bout, it won't be because Pacquiao did not fail to prepare.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
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