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With all the ingredients needed for a more extensive training regimen awaiting him at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, California, Manny Pacquiao the other night said preparation for his fourth encounter with Juan Manuel Marquez is going on smoothly and without an iota of hitch.

Stressing that the extension of his training camp here proved a blessing-in-disguise, the eight-division champion said he's more than ready for a more tedious program that chief trainer Freddie Roach has charted in an effort to get him prepared for the fight set on Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

"As we've been saying, we have planned to win convincingly this time, possibly via knockout and that's we've been working on since we pitched camp here in GenSan," Pacquiao told the Philippines News Agency in a conversation while partaking dinner with members of his team after a two-and-a-half hour workout at the People's Gym inside the huge Family Country Hotel compound here.

"The stamina is already there, the speed and power have been recovered at wala nang kulang na gagawin kundi pag-aralan ang taktika at strategy na gagamitin sa laban pagdating sa LA," the 33-yer-old Fighter of the Decade assured.

"Maganda ang aming camp dito. No distraction whatsoever. Basta maganda ang weather, medyo mainit kaya siguro na-regain ko agad ang stamina...," Pacquiao said.

He was referring to the regimen prepared by himself, his boyhood friend assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez and younger brother Roger "Haplas" Fernandez.

One other wonderful thing happening at his camp, according to him, is there has been a very minimal distraction both in his roadwork at the General Santos Sports Complex oval and in his gym work at the People's Champ Gym, built solely for his use by businessman-sportsman friend Rey Golingan, owner of the Family Country Hotel.

"My security nga (headed by Caloy Homo), hindi na nakaha-high blood sa pag-awat ng mga taong nagpo-pose for picture o nagpapapirma ng autograph," he said.

"Alam naman ng mga kababayan ko dito na napakahalaga ng laban kong ito at ayaw nilang magsilbing distraction sa preparasyon ko," he added.

"Yun ang pagkakaiba kung nasa Baguio ka or other places kung saan pinagkakaguluhan ka ng mga taong hindi naman alam na nakaka-istorbo sila. Hindi naman puedeng pagbawalan dahil sasama ang loob," the Pacman said.

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