Brandon Rios
Manny Pacquiao is scheduled to collide with Brandon Rios on Nov. 24th at the Venetian Resort in Macau and the comeback fight of the former welterweight champion will mark the first time that he submitted himself to random drug testing.
Alex Ariza voiced his frustrations over what he deemed as unfair treatment by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) regarding the drug testing between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios, who are set to collide on Nov. 24th.
Manny Pacquiao is looking for more challenges in his training ahead of his fight with Brandon Rios after the Filipino champ totally obliterated his current sparring partners at the Pacman Wildcard Gym in General Santos City, Philippines.
Freddie Roach is considered as one of the best trainers in the business and is known for not backing down from any challenge presented to him, but the boxing Hall of Famer admitted that he is concerned with the presence of a popular figure in Brandon Rios' camp.
Brandon Rios looks more than ready to slug it out with Manny Pacquiao roughly five weeks before their welterweight showdown in Macau.
Ruslan Provodnikov scored a scintillating tenth-round TKO victory over Mike Alvarado Saturday, and already, there are talks about a possible showdown with Manny Pacquiao.
Manny Pacquiao could still have an opportunity to avenge his loss to Juan Manuel Marquez last December with a potential fifth showdown between the two legendary fighters in Mexico City next year.
Famed trainer Robert Garcia knows Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23 KOs) will have a hard time against Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KOs), but he is confident that "Bam Bam" is ready to face the former pound-for-pound king on Nov. 23 in Macau.
Top Rank boss Bob Arum seems uninterested in arranging a second bout between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, sensing that the second showdown between the two top welterweight contenders may not create enough buzz among boxing fans.
Freddie Roach, the trainer of former pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, is now declining--or, at least, is what Pacman's former strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza said of one of the best trainers in boxing during an interview with Ring News 24 recently.
Alex Ariza dropped another bomb on Manny Pacquiao and his team, believing the Filipino boxer would have never been spectacular without his strength and conditioning knowledge.
Manny Pacquiao is eager to prove he can still mix it up with boxing's finest fighters, saying he's open for another showdown with archrival Juan Manuel Marquez and a slugfest with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Brandon Rios will be having the fight of his life when he takes on Manny Pacquiao in a 12-round welterweight showdown on November 23rd at the Venetian Resort in Macau, China.
Alex Ariza claimed that he did not leave Manny Pacquiao and that it was the former pound-for-pound king who left him, leaving him no choice but to look for other fighters to train.
Eight-time division world champion Manny Pacquiao has now started its training camp for his upcoming showdown with boxing young gun's Brandon 'Bam Bam' Rios. However for the Pacman to gain his mojo back, he has to take a step back from his strict religious standard and unleash the old merciless fighter that took the boxing world by storm in the last decade.
