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PAC batters British sparring partner...

"MANNY Pacquiao continued to batter his sparring partners and, according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, is in high spirits.

“Pacquiao almost knocked out the first guy [whose name he couldn’t recall] and literally the kid was out on his feet. He was ready to go down,” said Ariza, who described the sparring partner as “a real tough kid from England. A big kid, who had to be about 155 to 160 pounds.”

The conditioning expert, who helped trainer Freddie Roach prepare Pacquiao for his fights against World Boxing Council lightweight champion David Diaz and later against Oscar de la Hoya last Dec. 6, said the sparring partner, who went four rounds with Pacquiao, had a good record.

“He was pretty popular because the press knew who he was and they interviewed him in the beginning,” said Ariza, who added members of the media told him the British fighter had “a brilliant winning career, but had hand surgery sometime ago.”