Pacquiao begins training camp after promo tour
Manny Pacquiao's three-month-long preparation for his November fight against Brandon Rios begins in the middle of the month right after the Sarangani province Representative arrives from a whirlwind seven-city promotional tour. The 34-year-old Pacquiao (54-5-2 with 38 knockouts) will take on the Lubbock, Texas-born Rios (31-1-1 with 22 KOs) in a 22-round non-title bout on November 23 at The Venetian Resort's 15,000-seater CotaiArena in Macau, China. The Venetian hosted the inaugural promotional tour last Saturday. Both fighters had the chance to see Tiananmen Square and the world-renowned Great Wall of China when they made their stop in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday. Pacquiao's spokesperson Rose Tamayo, in a text message to the BusinessMirror, said the former pound-for-pound king will start his training camp in General Santos City within the week of August 12 after taking a few day's rests once he arrived from Los A...