Los Angeles: Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who will turn 38 on December 17, has dismissed that age is fast catching up on him.
He hasn’t lost a step as he gets ready to face young lion Jessie Vargas of Mexico in Las Vegas Nevada on November 5 (November 6 in Manila), Manila Bulletin quoted the Filipino champion as saying.
“Kalabaw lang ang tumatanda (Only carabaos grow old),” Pacquiao reportedly said after doing six rounds of sparring under the watchful eyes of Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood.
Exactly a week before attempting to knock the World Boxing Organization welterweight crown off Vargas at the Thomas and Mack Center, Pacquiao insists that he continues to feel energized during his afternoon workouts, the report said.
Boxing trainer Freddie Roach reportedly told Pacquiao to take a rest day on Monday so he could relax and travel to Las Vegas in a relaxed mode. But Pacquiao had none of it, a trait that continues to ring a smile on Roach’s face.
“I tried to talk him out of training on Monday but he said no,” said Roach, who has been the voice in the corner since 2001.
