Manny Pacquiao will attempt to win a title in an eighth weight division when he meets Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC junior middleweight championship on November 13th at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas. The first portion of Pacquiao’s training camp will take place in the Philippines and on Friday some key members to the camp left the United States and made their way overseas.
Welterweight hopeful Rashad Holloway, junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan, 20-year old New Jersey prospect Glen Tapia and trainer Freddie Roach will all be joining Pacquiao and strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza in Baguio City after their flight touches down. From that point forward camp will commence and six individuals from different walks of life will see their world become intertwined with one another.
For a closer look at each man and what they bring to the table please continue on to the pictures below for a picture by picture look at some key members from Team Pacquiao and what to expect from the camp..
On November 13th Manny Pacquiao faces off with rugged Antonio Margarito at Dallas Cowboys stadium. At stake will be the vacant WBC junior middleweight championship of the world (Photo: Chris Farina-Top Rank)
Pacquiao will train the first portion of his camp in Baguio City in the Philippines, as it is the local that trainer Freddie Roach prefers. The tandem trained their for last November's bout with Miguel Cotto. (Photo: GMANews)
Undefeated junior middlweight Vanes Martirosyan is a long time staple to Roach's Wild Card Gym and will be a key sparring partner to Pacquiao. Martirosyan is originally from Armenia and possesses tremendous length and range (Photo: Chris Cozzone)
Earlier this year in Las Vegas Martirosyan fought a nip and tuck battle with Uganda's Kassim 'The Dream' Ouma, winning a close decision (Photo: Chris Farina-Top Rank)
He followed that up with a lackluster ten round nod over Brookyln's Joe Greene on the June 5th Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman undercard. Martirosyan is in need of a big win and could be returning to the ring in December. (Photo: Chris Farina-Top Rank)
Welterweight Rashad Holloway is another key member in the camp (Photo: Facebook picture)
Holloway recently relocated back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas and is now trained full-time by Freddie Roach (Photo: Chris Robinson)
Earlier this year while dining at the Palms Buffet Holloway told me his history with Pacquiao, as he first sparred with the Filipino fighter before his December 2008 bout with Oscar De La Hoya. Holloway and Pacquiao formed a friendship and he says that he hasn't seen Manny for nearly six months (Photo: Chris Robinson)
New Jersey prospect Glen Tapia is a new face on the scene and the 7-0 fighter has generated some buzz by sparring the likes of Yuri Foreman, Joshua Clottey, Paulie Malignaggi, Kendall Holt and others. Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti figured that his speed and youth would be a welcome addition in camp (Photo: Facebook picture)
I spoke to Tapia earlier this week and he expressed how grateful he is for the opportunity. He went on to state that he has always admired Pacquiao and is looking forward to everything (Photo: Facebook picture)
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was supposed to also be in camp but now the whole situation is up in the air (Photo: Chris Farina-Top Rank)
At last weekend's HBO doubleheader Freddie Roach revealed that promoter Bob Arum told him Chavez would not be making the trip to the Philippines although in recent days Ronnie Nathanielz has reported the Sinaloa fighter will be coming, but just a few weeks later (Photo: Chris Robinson)
Chavez was eyeing a December 4th clash with WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto but that bout now appears to be off. Cotto may be facing Kermit Cintron on that same date in Atlantic City instead (AP Photo: Mary Altaffer)
We spoke with strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza earlier in the week, as he touched down in the Philippines before everyone else. Ariza stated that he arrived early to get the groundwork done for all of his work (Photo: AFP-Getty Images)
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