By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao gave his training mentors the slip Sunday, spending his first day in the United States on a trip from Los Angeles to San Diego to coach his basketball team in an exhibition game.
San Diego resident Pat Michael told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that Pacquiao did not play in the game that pitted his basketball team against a high school selection at the Mira Mesa High School gymnasium.
He also said that assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez and the other members of Pacquiao’s team from Los Angeles “played for laughs,†even though they won both games they played.
Michael said that Pacquiao, who was supposed to rest before the start of his grueling two-week final grind Monday, was merely keeping a commitment and his presence in San Diego “made a lot of people happy.â€
Present during the game was Pacquiao’s congressional chief of staff lawyer Franklin “Jeng†Gacal and members of his entourage. They travelled to San Diego in three vans. - PDI
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