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Pacquiao on Marquez's physique: 'Hindi naman kasi ito body-building'
By CARLO PAMINTUAN, GMA News
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A more physically imposing Juan Manuel Marquez is looking for his first win over Manny Pacquiao. Rafael Soto-Zanfer Promotions
Las Vegas - The boxing world may be abuzz about Juan Manuel Marquez's extra-muscular physique, but one man who isn't buying into the hype is his opponent, Manny Pacquiao, who said, "Hindi naman kasi ito body-building."
The two pugilists are clashing for the fourth time, with Pacquiao so far coming out on top, with two wins. The two fought to a draw in their first bout.
"Hindi ito basta-bastang palakihan ng katawan," Pacquiao added. "Pagalingan ito at palakasan ng suntok."
By coincidence, the two had run into each other at the University of Las Vegas - Nevada oval Tuesday morning (early Wednesday, PHL time). Pacquiao had arrived first at 8am, where he was greeted by 70 fans who had arrived ahead in the hopes of getting a glimpse of the fighter.
The Sarangani congressman then started his run with 12 other people, and his pet dog Pacman. As the laps mounted, the number of people in the pack started dripping. Only five finished the 13 laps alongside Pacquiao.
Manny Pacquiao goes through his morning exercise routie. Carlo Pamintuan
Afterwards, Pacquiao took time out to carry an hug Andrei, a young Pacquiao fan who survived cancer.
In contrast, Marquez had a much leaner entourage of just 10 people and his only fans there were four UNLV football players who were all of Mexican descent.
The Mexican Marquez debunked talk that he was concentrating too much on bulking up. "I worked very hard on my strength but I also worked on my speed," he said.
"I will be very aggressive but with technique and I will throw a lot of punches. You will see a very different Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday (Sunday, PHL time)."
The other Filipino fighters who will see action this week arrived at the oval of the University of Las Vegas ahead of the two fighters in the main event. The group composed of Michael Farenas, Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr., and Dennis Laurente arrived a little past seven in the morning and ran ten laps around the track. Like Pacquiao and Marquez, the group did an assortment of other exercises and finished just as Pacquiao arrived. - AMD/OMG, GMA News
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