BoxingScene.com caught up to strength trainer, Alex Ariza, who has just returned from Baguio City, Philippines, where he and five-time Trainer of The Year, Freddie Roach, were working with eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao, in preparation for the May 7 defense of his WBO welterweight belt against Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
Ariza will be in his seventh fight working with the 32-year-old Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts), who will be after his 14th straight victory and his ninth stoppage during that run when he meets the 39-year-old, three-division, five-time champion, Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs).
Pacquiao is coming off of November's unanimous decision ex-titlist, Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs), which earned him the WBC's junior middleweight belt, which Pacquiao has since relinquished.
Prior to that, Ariza was first with Pacquiao when the Filipino super star debuted with a lightweight, ninth-round stoppage of David Diaz for that division's WBC crown in June of 2008, his December, 2008, welterweight debut that was an eighth-round knockout of Oscar De La Hoya , and, a May, 2009, second-round stoppage of England's Ricky Hatton for the IBO junior welterweight trinket.
Pacquiao then dethroned WBO champ, Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs) with a November, 2009, 12th-round knockout, and decisioned ex-champion, Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KOs) in the March, 2009, first defense of that title before defeating Margarito.
BoxingScene.com spoke to Ariza to discuss Pacquiao's strength training for Mosley in this Q&A. Read More
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