By Dino Maragay (philstar.com)
MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao has reunited with strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune for his rematch with Timothy Bradley on April 12.
Fortune, who served Pacquiao in the same capacity a few years back, joined the Filipino icon in Wednesday morning’s press conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles to help promote the rematch.
It can be recalled that Fortune worked on Pacquiao’s conditioning from 2003 to 2007 before he was fired by chief trainer Freddie Roach, who named Alex Ariza as his replacement then.
But Roach and Ariza figured in a bitter split, paving the way for Fortune’s reentry into the Pacquiao camp.
A former professional boxer from Australia, Fortune has been credited for turning Pacquiao into a well-sculpted fighting machine during his tenure as the boxer’s conditioning coach. Among his well-known routines is the use of Thai sticks to hit Pacquiao’s arms and abdomen repeatedly to toughen them up.
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