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“Phenomenal” is the only word conditioning expert Alex Ariza and the handful of those present at the Wild Card Gym Wednesday could use to describe Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao’s performance in doing 15 rounds non-stop on the punch mitts. Ariza said Pacquiao didn’t even take a break for a sip of water.

He said trainer Freddie Roach couldn’t take the extended punch-mitts session any longer. Ariza described the workout as “unbelievable man, not even a sip of water and Freddie finally said I quit.”

What was even more amazing is that Pacquiao “did five-and-a-half miles of mountain running with only his pet dog “Pacman” able to keep pace with Manny as everybody else turned around and started running back downhill, including myself” said Ariza.

The initial plan was to do ten rounds on the punch-mitts but Pacquiao increased it to twelve and then pushed Roach to go fifteen.

Pacquiao followed up his explosive punch-mitts performance with his usual routine of shadow boxing, working the heavy bag and the double-end speed ball among others."