By NICK GIONGCO
September 27, 2012, 8:25pm
“Why are they all feeling nervous when I am the one fighting and I am not even nervous?” Pacquiao told the Bulletin on Thursday afternoon as he was getting ready to work out at the gym of boxing patron Rey Golingan in General Santos City.
It’s not that Pacquiao has become cocky.
Pacquiao has been always like that and he said the same thing just days before he faced and overwhelmed Marco Antonio Barrera in Nov. 2003, giving his then manager, the late Rod Nazario, all the reason in the world to look forward to a sensational victory.
So when Pacquiao showed up for training at Golingan’s sweat shop, it was to give his fans and followers the guarantee that he is going after a resounding win against the fighter who has given him his toughest and roughest fights.
Pacquiao is not due for training until the first week of October at the Wild card Boxing Club in Hollywood but the 33-year-old southpaw wants to warm up a bit.
Training assistant Buboy Fernandez was on hand at the gym and expressed the belief that there won’t be a need to stage a fifth fight although he admits Marquez is a tough nut to crack.
“Tumataas ang balahibo natin kapag si Marquez ang kalaban pero iba tayo ngayon. Iba ang ilalabas natin sa labang ito,” said Fernandez.
Fernandez has been busy at night dissecting Marquez’s style on video and could not help but take note of the Mexican’s ‘‘footwork.’’
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