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MAYWEATHER TRAINING VIDEO LEAKED, STRATEGY AGAINST PACQUIAO REVEALED

April 21, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Manny Pacquiao camp has been very transparent about the Filipino boxer’s training sessions, many of which have been open to the public, especially to adoring Filipino fans in Los Angeles. But it seems the Floyd Mayweather camp has been very secretive about the American boxer’s training activities.

Until now.

The Adobo Chronicles has gotten hold of a Mayweather training video that appears to reveal the boxer’s strategy when he faces Pacquiao on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

We now share with our viewers and followers the leaked video (warning: the video contains scenes that may be too graphic for some).

Music, Sports

PROMOTER BOB ARUM WILL NOT ALLOW MANNY PACQUIAO’S ENTRANCE SONG DURING MAY 2 FIGHT WITH MAYWEATHER

April 15, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – If you follow the boxing sport, you know the routine during a championship fight. The boxers approach the ring to the entrance music of their choice. Like, you know, the theme from the movie, “Rocky.”

For the May 2nd ‘Fight of the Century’ between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, the Filipino boxer, whose other passion is singing, has recorded his own entrance song. The music track titled ‘Lalaban Ako Para Sa Pilipino’ (I Will Fight for the Filipinos) was especially composed for Pacquiao and this fight by composer Lito Camo. The lyrics are in Tagalog, the Philippines’ national language.

Well, it looks like this is not going to happen.

Boxing promoter Bob Arum has decided not to allow Pacquiao to use his own recording as his entrance music. “Manny needs to understand that this is an international fight, not just a Filipino fight. We will have live and television audience from all over the world, and I won’t allow Manny to use an entrance music that only Filipinos would understand,” Arum said.

The promoter added that if Pacquiao can record an English version of the song, then he would allow it. The Pacquiao camp has not responded to Arum’s decision.

Meanwhile, Mayweather’s camp announced that their boxer’s entrance music will be sung live by no less than Canadian teenage idol Justin Bieber.

Sports, Technology

PACQUIAO FANS PROTEST BOXER’S ‘NO SELFIE’ POLICY

April 10, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Photo credit: Examiner.com SANTA MONICA, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Hundreds of fans of Manny Pacquiao — mostly Filipinos — picketed blocks and blocks of the Pacific Coast Highway near Santa Monica where the boxer jogs most mornings as part of his training in preparation for his fight with American Floyd Mayweather.

The “Fight of the Century” is scheduled on May 2, 2015 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The reason for the picket?

The Filipino fans are protesting a new ‘no selfie policy,’ promulgated by the boxer’s training camp.

Each morning, hundreds of Pacquiao fans try to follow the boxer during his morning run in the hopes of taking a selfie with their hero.

One of the protesters, a Filipino veteran who has lived in L.A. for almost 40 years, said that the ‘no selfie’ policy deprives the fans of the rare opportunity to have their photos taken with their boxing idol. “A selfie with Pacman is a treasure that I can proudly show to my grandchildren,” he said.

The Pacquiao camp explained that the new policy is designed to ensure that the boxer will not come in contact with any fan who might be suffering from a cold or some other infection. “We can’t afford to have Manny get sick even for just a day. We need him every single day for his training until fight day,” a spokesman for Pacquiao said.

A few disgruntled fans who were turned away after they attempted to take a selfie with Pacquiao said that they will now cheer for Mayweather instead.

A little sour grapes there, eh?