Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Roach to Medina: Fight like Margarito

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Michael Medina, with his boyish looks, can’t be mistaken for Antonio Margarito. So, the best thing he can do now is fight like Margarito.

“I asked him to fight like Margarito,” said Freddie Roach of Medina, who serves as one of Manny Pacquiao’s sparring partners for his Nov. 13 fight in Texas.

Pacquiao trained behind closed doors at the Shape Up Gym yesterday afternoon following a hard run in and around the golf courses in the City of Pines.

Pacquiao left for Manila Saturday afternoon to be with his family and grace a sports festival at Camp Aguinaldo. He was back in Baguio Sunday evening.

Medina, who is six feet tall, is in fact a shade taller than Margarito, and with his big right can actually make Pacquiao feel that he’s in the ring with his real opponent.

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