Reports are surfacing that Manny Pacquiao’s first leg of training camp will take place in Metro Manila in the Philippines. Trainer Freddie Roach had reportedly favored Baguio City, where Team Pacquiao prepared leading up to last November’s Miguel Cotto clash, but Pacquiao wants to be in a location where he can balance his duties as a newly elected congressman. The team breaks for camp on the 20th.
Also in the news, Las Vegas is finally starting to get a little bit of buzz with three fight cards near the city within a six day span, Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley seems to be getting closer to being finalized, and WBA heavyweight champion David Haye vs. Audley Harrison looks to be a go for November 13th in Manchester, United Kingdom.
For a detailed, picture by picture look at the latest news please continue on to the slideshow for more on Pacquiao, Haye, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Anthony Peterson, Antonio Margarito, Juan Manuel Marquez, Timothy Bradley and others..
(Photos: Pacquiao-Chris Farina-Top Rank...David Haye-Tom Hogan/Hoganphotos...Jhonny Gonzalez-AP)
It looks at though Team Pacquiao will be heading to Metro Manila in the Philippines for the first leg of their training camp for the champion's November 13th fight with Antonio Margarito (Photo: Chris Farina-Top Rank)
Trainer Freddie Roach had reportedly preferred to train in Baguio City, the same location the team trained at for Pacquiao's November 2009 TKO over Miguel Cotto (AP Photo)
Roach says that Baguio City has far less distractions and the results were obvious as Pacquiao was impressive in halting Cotto in the twelfth round in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Farina-Top Rank)
As for Pacquiao's upcoming opponent Margarito, the Tijuana brawler will be heading to Las Vegas for this weekend's Yuriorkis Gamboa-Orlando Salido clash at the Palms Casino (Photo: Chris Farina-Top Rank)
Juan Manuel Marquez recently went on the record in stating that he believes that Pacquiao will emerge victorious against Margarito. Marquez believes Margarito's best chance is to use his superior height and range while staying busy with combination punching (Photo: Chris Cozzone)
The September 11th card will feature yet another Nevada showcase from Gamboa, who is no stranger to fighting in the area. His bout with Salido could be a springboard to a huge 2011 bout with Juan Manuel Lopez (Photo: Chris Cozzone-Top Rank)
Also on the September 11th card will be a WBA lightweight eliminator between Brandon Rios, pictured above, and Anthony Peterson (Photo: Chris Farina-Top Rank)
Peterson was in Las Vegas in April for his brother Lamont's fight with Damian Fuller. Peterson had been angling for a shot at Humberto Soto but will settle for Rios instead (Photo: Chris Robinson)
Erik Morales also returns this weekend as he faces off with Willie Limond in a welterweight clash (Photo: HBO)
Looks like a November 13th bout between WBA champion David Haye and Audley Harrison is a go for Manchester in the United Kingdom. Haye is coming off of an April stoppage over John Ruiz but has suffered criticism for not facing one of the Klitschko brothers (Photo: Tom Hogan-Hoganphotos)
Who knows what Harrison has left at age 38 and his career never lived up to the potential many had for him (Photo; AFP-Getty Images)
Trainer Kevin Cunningham recently revealed that his charge Devon Alexander has told promoter Don King he has accpeted terms to a January 29th bout with Timothy Bradley (AP Photo)
Bradley is coming off a July victory over Carlos Abregu and later called out Pacquiao but an Alexander clash is huge in its own right (Photo: BoxingScene.com)
Former bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez returns to the ring on September 15th at the Hilton in Las Vegas. Gonzalez will be squaring off with South Australia's Jackson Asiku (Photo: AFP-Getty Images)
On September 17th welterweight contender Freddy Hernandez faces off with former champion Mike Anchondo in Primm, Nevada. Hernandez has scored recent victories over Damian Frias and DeMarcus Corley (Photo: Tom Casino-Showtime)
Source: http://www.examiner.com
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