Pacquiao’s early peaking worries Ariza

ALTHOUGH Manny Pacquiao’s condition is superb at the moment, his strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza is worried about the pound-for-pound king’s early peaking two weeks before his bout with American Sugar Shane Mosley on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The peaking state is when all physical and psychological systems of an athlete are maximized.

Ariza, who serves as Pacquiao’s main conditioning coach since 2009, told boxing site exam-iner.com that a boxer peaking too soon is at risk of leaving his best stuff in the gym during the actual day of the fight.