In the Ring with Boxing Champs Manny Pacquiao & Freddie Roach

Manny's messing with you. Oh no. Oh no. He looks like he's stalking me. He's ready to take me on. Oh my goodness. Nikki Novak here for Young Hollywood in Hollywood at the Wild Card Boxing Club. I'm about to get in the ring with Freddy Roach and Manny Pacquiao. We're here with a man that needs no introduction whatsoever. World famous boxer and Congressman, Manny Pacquiao.

Thank you.

How do you feel about your workout today?

Feels good and I'm happy with uh, of my condition. We just had a shot.

You smell good.

I I put some cologne for you.

Thank you very much. So I can do your warm-up routine now. Are you ready? Ready to watch this? What is that? What is that?

That's what they this Shakira.

Oh Shakira. Shakira. How are you preparing for this fight with Bradley differently than in the past? How are you feeling?

My feeling is um it's um really uh focused and 100% condition. And um nothing no distraction, no no I'm I'm thinking anything. I'm just you know I'm happy to to train hard and excited to to do my best.

But how many hours did you just work out today?

Today is um two hours, more than two hours.

The most intense workout I've ever seen in my life. A lot of respect for this man. And I saw something really cute, you were just talking with Sugar Ray Leonard, and you were talking about your son. And you were saying how your family really wants you to retire, but your son really wants you to fight Mayweather. What did he say to you?

My son is said "Ah, daddy, um I want you to retire but before that, before you retired, um I want to see, I have a one request, a last fight."

"What is that?"

Um "fight Mayweather."

What did you say back?

Uh, I said, "Well, um whatever God's will is we we we follow."

I learned a one two. Oh, I learned a one two. Are you ready to see this? That was a one two. How was it?

Yes. Good. Good. You know how to to to throw a punch.

Any tips?

Um one two and

So you're now a Congressman back in your home. If you could change a legislation, I would like to change I would like there to be three-day weekends instead of two-day weekends. What would you change?

Two days weekends. Um

And what three days? No. That's That's a long weekend. What's wrong with that?

We need to work. Uh that's that's Saturday, Sunday, that's enough.

Well, it's a pleasure to talk to you. Can you do the Shakira with me to go out? Ready? I am currently in the ring with Freddy Roach and Manny Pacquiao. I'm not feeling very safe right now. Are you going to protect me from him?

Uh he's he's pretty bad. I don't know why he did it. I'm getting old. He's He's maybe, I'll try. I'll do my best.

I heard um a story. I heard that you once, I mean you spar with so many of the people that you coach. That you once were were sparring, you were doing the mitts with Mike Tyson and you took a pretty bad hit to the jaw.

Yeah, Mike hit me pretty hard. It was it was um supposedly an accident but it

Oh, that's what he told you?

It happens in boxing and you you you miss sometimes. Preparing Manny for this fight with Bradley. How are you preparing him? Obviously, you know, a lot of people have talked about how he's changed, how his life has changed since November. How are you preparing him differently? How are you coaching him differently from from in the past?

Well, the last time we had a counter-puncher in front of us. This this time we have an aggressive, uh, strong guy who's going to come forward and uh, to set up situations and uh, it's uh, you know, we're really just the only difference is the game plan. The game plan is really, really important and uh

He's messing with you. Oh no. Oh no. He looks like he's stalking me. He's ready to take me on. Oh my gosh. I'm ready. I'm ready. So you're you're also, you're known like you're kind of like the Hollywood trainer. You train all these Hollywood actors for for movies. I know you have a long history of being friends with Mickey Rourke.

Mickey Rourke spending for for a while. Chris Eubank was in for a while. Uh, we we you know, all kinds of people come to the doors and the the best thing is that they come here and they're treated like everyone else.

So who is who are the Hollywood actors? Who is the toughest? Who would have made the best boxer?

Either Wahlberg or Mario Lopez. 50 Cent claimed that he could too but I haven't seen him.

Such a family atmosphere when you walk in the door. Everybody here I expected everybody to be really to Everybody's so nice. Is that sort of your philosophy?

Yeah, it's a nice, easygoing gym. Everyone's just Everyone's after the same result, a good work ethic. I mean, that's why I built this gym so waiting for the next superstar to walk through and there he is.

So you still stay inspired by waiting for that person? Well, I just walked in the door. I think I could be that person.

Possibly. There isn't a market for female boxing out there. And if you if you like pretty girls, so

Oh my gosh. Thank you, thank you. You will draw an audience. This is the best day of my life. This is the best day of my life. As you can tell. Yeah. Him no problem. I'm pretty I'm tougher than I look, Manny. Huh? I'm tougher than I look.

I know. I I that's why I told Fred. You're protecting him.

Oh my gosh.