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By Nick Giongco
Reserve one premium ringside seat for Manny Pacquiao on Sept. 16 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The Filipino southpaw confirmed yesterday his attendance on the night Marco Antonio Barrera and Rocky Juarez slug it out in a super-featherweight title rematch. "I will be there to watch that fight," said Pacquiao on Friday as he was whiling away time at his former training headquarters, the L&M Gym in Manila. Pacquiao made a surprise visit to the sweat shop that was built in the 1960s and took the opportunity to rub elbows once again with the establishment's main men. Ramon Lainez, Lito Mondejar and Gerry Garcia were there, but Rod Nazario was not although Pacquiao managed to talk with Nazario on the cellphone to inform him about his arrival there.
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Pacquiao said he will begin working at the gym in General Santos City next week although he made it clear that he'd been running the past few days. Pacquiao, whose weight remains in check, hosted a late-lunch of fried chicken and sandwiches but left after two hours to attend to business affairs. He was scheduled to grace the inauguration of his bar and grill, Knockout, later in the day and should be back in Mindanao in time for his workout at the gym of former benefactor, Rey Golingan. Pacquiao plans also to train Cebu before flying to the US.
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