FT Chronicle

HOLLYWOOD – Marquez fight’s Pacquaio is way too different to Cotto fight’s Pacquaio, that’s an assurance from Buboy Fernandez, the Filipino boxer’s conditioning coach.

“We all know they studied our fight against Marquez,” said Buboy Fernandez, who helps Freddie Roach, at the Wild Card Gym here Friday.

They noticed that in the fight, Pacquiao has his tendency to drop his left hand when he throws the jab, and leaves himself open. “They probably saw Manny’s weakness, which they could counter,” said Fernandez.

That’s the same mistake Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto wants to exploit, making his left hooks right through every opening, but, Pacquiao has already found ways to correct it. “That’s why we worked hard on that aspect. We studied what they studied against us. “We found the ways to counter this mistake now,” said Fernandez. “We should be wary of the left hook,” he added.

Fernandez said Pacquiao is now conditioned to fight anytime, considering all the hard training with around 150 sparring rounds over the last seven weeks.

“We’ve achieved the number of sparring rounds we wanted. We’re close to 150 now (144 in total) and that’s as many as we’ve had in the previous fights,” said Fernandez.

“I feel like I’m in perfect condition now — a hundred percent. I can already feel the power in my hands. It’s there. I’m ready,” said Pacquiao.

News via Philstar