The National's Sport cover for the Tuesday, April 7 issue, featuring Manny Pacquiao and the first of a three-part photo essay series exclusive to The National from Mike Young, who spent 18 months on the inside of Team Pacquiao.
Ahead of the Manny Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather May 2 fight of the century, Young, a former photographer for The National, offers a collection of images he shot while embedded with Manny Pacquiao and company from 2013-14. Part 1 of the series looks at Manny the Boxer.
In the first set of Pacquiao photos, “we see him training hard at the gym in General Santos city in the Philippines in preparation for the defence of his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title against Chris Algieri in Macau.
“His trainer Freddie Roach puts the ‘Pac Man’ through his paces, working him hard on the pads and bag.
“The hard work and hours of punishment served Pacquiao in good stead in November last year as he assaulted Algieri’s body with shots that left his American opponent breathless.”
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