The first day of the last week in training camp. I am training earlier in the day this week as Manny is sharing the same gym in the afternoon. I worked on the pads with Lee on technique and went through some moves with Floyd. Gene Kilroy called by the gym. Gene used to work for Muhammad Ali back in the day, and he is a mate of Tom Jones as well. Gene told me that Tom might be singing the British national anthem on fight night. I hope he does - he's brilliant. Whenever I'm in Vegas I like to try and catch his show. After training I went for a brew at Starbucks and then for a haircut and a pedicure. It feels good getting the blisters and hard skin removed after running up those mountains in my boots. We called over to the MGM for a Starbucks. They have put a ring in the entrance to promote the fight, and even more Brits are arriving. I went for a nice jog around Sunset Park and then down to the MGM to meet all the British journalists for a press conference. :huh
i remember Ali and Foreman trained in the same gym in Zaire74, one in the morning the other in the afternoon and Ali used to come and spy and disrupt foremans camp
This reminds me of that moment during 24/7 when de la Hoya comes across Manny at the track...the look on his face as he tried to pretend Manny wasn't there was priceless...
With all of the gyms in Vegas, it's a bit strange (to me anyway), that they are going to use the same gym...I remember when Duran fought Leonard (III), he had to train in a make-shift gym/ring at the Tropicana hotel's food court.
It doesn't really matter, because I think they got their game plan and its just about fine tuning their skills this week.