http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxin...ther-roach-gym-interviews-20150403-story.html Choice quotes: The eight-division champion told The Times that he intends to sharpen his focus for his May 2 showdown against Floyd Mayweather Jr. by eliminating workout interviews with reporters until his April 15 media day. On Thursday, he did 1,300 sit-ups in the morning and followed that with 10 rounds of sparring, 10 rounds of shadow boxing and six straight minutes of a hellish box-step drill. Freddie Roach is not entirely satisfied with how Pacquiao has looked in sparring, specifically in how Pacquiao is not cutting off the ring as sharply as he did in November, when he scored a career-best six knockdowns of then-unbeaten Chris Algieri in Macao "I don’t want to focus on anything other than boxing,” said Pacquiao. He said he wants to be convinced “before we leave to Vegas” in the final week of April that he’s fully prepared to deal Mayweather (47-0) his first loss “I always train 30 rounds a day. There’s nothing to lose being prepared in 100% condition,” Pacquiao said. Roach said he upset Pacquiao over the past weekend by pressing him to work through some calf and leg pain. Pacquiao was briefly pulled off his runs up Griffith Park, but after following the trainer’s orders, he’s twice run up the hills this week and showed that there's no calf/leg wear by completing the rigorous box drill. "Everyone knows how important this fight is, and for me it’s really, really, really important because it’s a once-in-a-lifetime fight. It’s a big responsibility for me to win."
Anyone who said that about either fighter is a fool. You can tell they're both training harder than ever, but with all the press and hype I'm sure it's difficult to not get distract from time-to-time.
Better to read than him working out with Mickey rourke and Tim tebow last week. I know this is how manny holds his camps, distractions and all, but for the biggest fight in history im glad freddie is shutting the celeb visits, and media presence down.
