FIVE DAYS TO ‘THE GLORY HOUR,’ PACMAN PLAYS CHESS TO RELAX
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Faith and confidence.
These are Manny Pacquiao’s two main gears when he goes into the centre ring of the MGM Grand on Saturday night, May 2, for the biggest fight of his life, a 12-round clash with the undefeated American champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
In a scene which is a replay of the many other nights a few days before his big fights, Manny’s home in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California was a beehive of all sorts of characters.
There were those who came to sincerely support and pray for him but there were those who held hope that there would be an extra few tickets to the fight.
Manny is used to this mayhem. In fact, I believe it is his way of testing himself on whether he could focus on something in spite of all the distractions.
As people milled around him, he played chess with a former Philippine pro basketball player and later with a Fil-Am priest who has been with him in almost all of his fights.
There was no sign or indication that Pacquiao, 37, who is still a betting underdog five days before the fight, was worried or concerned about the historic clash with Mayweather.
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