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FightFan.com Exclusive – “Pacman 4/15″
By Ron Gabriel (28-Apr-2009)

Photo: Bruce Heinsius

Fightfan.com’s Ron Gabriel gives Fight Fans an inside look at a day in Camp Pacquiao in this exclusive short documentary titled “Pacman: 4/15″. Get a close up view of the atmosphere at the Wild Card Boxing Club as ‘The Pacman’ arrives and works out before the assembled international media before his May 2 fight with Ricky Hatton. See what Freddie Roach has to say and much more, only on FightFan.com!

Pacman 4/15

A Short Documentary by Ron Gabriel
Still Photos courtesy of Bruce Heinsius
Original music by Santos Furtado

Quotable:

Manny Pacquiao:

“I won’t underestimate (Hatton). I have to focus.”

“He’s a strong fighter and a good champion. I want to do my best to give a good fight and make people happy.”

Freddie Roach:

“Pacquiao is the most exciting fighter in the world today. It’s kind of funny…. I’m waiting for the day that Manny Pacquiao comes through my doors unmotivated, star struck or lazy… but it hasn’t happened yet. This guy leaves everything at the door and he comes in the gym knowing that boxing is what he does best.”

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mike Says:

pacman’s gonna kick hatton’s butt……

go pacman…
April 25th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Bennet - Manila Says:

WOW!!! kudos to the film maker/editor … this one’s better than the 24/7 … nice choice of music as well – i say that this could be a good entrance song of Manny, but much better if he could use the “Paint it Black” version of Mig Ayesa, a full-blooded Filipino-Australian singer
April 25th, 2009 at 7:55 am
bert gabriel Says:

oonad.
April 25th, 2009 at 9:06 am
George Says:

Boxers are motivated to fight, fans are motivated to watch a good fight, well writers are there to give light for both fans and boxers.Kudos to fightfan.com!
April 25th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Janato DeLeon Says:

Very nice work with this film. It’s some Hollywood shit.

I know my things. I’m like the Fresh Prince of Meadows West.
April 25th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Joe Says:

Excellent production, great work !
April 25th, 2009 at 10:03 am
ben kisla Says:

nice video! keep it up!
April 25th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Vancouver Fight Fan Says:

Hey Ron Gabriel. Great work on that Pacman Video. As a fan that’s the kind of stuff I wanna see. Very well put together! I can’t wait for the next Boxing Video!
April 25th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Fighting Fans Says:

I like this one because it is only about Our Idol and Coats Preddie and not have appearances of Hattons and Mayweathets!!
April 25th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
sam macabeo Says:

go pacmac…go Ron…nice video.beautiful editing.
April 25th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
your cousin Joy Says:

Nice work Ronald.
April 25th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
mikesman Says:

I long miss IVAN, where is he, what keeps him busy? What he`s take to Pacman Hatton fight? Goodluck and God Bless Pacman.
April 25th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
painkiller Says:

go idol
April 25th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
painkiller Says:

hatton ass will become red as apple… go manny
April 25th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
jhay Says:

hes too damn fast for hatton
April 26th, 2009 at 1:48 am
Toni Says:

Gotta go with Bennet – version of PIB by MiG Ayesa, not because he is Pinoy, but because his version rocks out.
April 26th, 2009 at 6:03 am
carlos djackal Says:

pacman is overhyped, his talent is superficial, those wins against the legendary mexicans were fluke, they were old and past their prime, the win against the dehydrated de La Hoya added to the hype and swelled his head but good thing it will burst come may 2, Nadel hussein once Ko’d the pacman but due to the hometown crowd and the biased old and past his prime ref Carlos Padilla, he was awarded the win spoonfeed…..but come May 2, he will met his worst nightmare, and it will be over for coach roach overhyped protegee….he will come crashing down to the real world….
April 27th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Fem Says:

Nedal Hussein is a CHUMP!

He is a piss poor fighter, look at where he is now, he should stick to fighting in RSL’s. Besides he used very dirty tactics in that fight he has no honor. Should have been stopped because of that,

Carlos you’ll eat your words on May 2nd!
April 27th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Pacfan Says:

To carlos djackal:

“they were old and past prime”?? Oh cmon men,obviously that is an excuses! SO after may 2nd if pacman makes hatton kiss the canvass and you give another excuses on hatton????WTF!!! you have a zero coomon sense maan…If I were you i should behave and wait for the may 2nd before make here shitty comment!you will eat your words!
April 27th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Pacfan Says:

Nadel Hussein??where is Nadel Hussein now??you call him and have a rematch with Pacman…coz Pacman will eat him alive!LOLZ
April 27th, 2009 at 9:10 am
waway Says:

your all idiots arguing on nothing
April 27th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
ara mina Says:

to carlos djackal…past their prime…(barrera, ya probably, but not morales who is still roaring in his boxing carrer it’s just that he can’t take the level of intensity manny brings!, what about velasquez, larios and solis) come and think again men, and that hussein, well i think he will get a good bout if he fights in Muay Thai, he got a bad elbow and it hooks his opponent!!!hehehe! the only thing that manny put’s on the test is marquez.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
carlos djackal Says:

sorry folks but you must have been blinded by the commentators of that fight, if I can recall his name is chinito henson, he is a biased commentator, he only sees the punches of the pacman and the dirty moves of hussein, the viewers were made to think that pacman was hurting hussein on the contrary, you guys must be watching with your eyes closed and listening only to the biased henson, hussein’s career was ruined after that, he was undefeated then but that fight ruined his career,
April 28th, 2009 at 12:13 am
ara mina Says:

common djckal, i watched that fight and probably you just focus on how hussein landed his poor shots and not the elbow strikes everytime they got close, and haven’t you notice, hussien dirty tactics, holding’s manny’s shoulders then punch back like a coward. You should annalized this issue very carefully men coz we hate dirty bouts!!! and even if a Filipino fighters does some dirty fights, we can’t take that as an honorable fighter.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:00 am
Ace Freeman Says:

1) Please stop insulting each other’s politics and nationalities.

2) Bringing up Nedal Hussein at this point is as pointless as bringing up Hatton’s struggle with Eamonn Magee.

That’s almost as bad as Mayweather Sr. bringing up Manny’s losses as a weight drained teenager.

These guys are both world class fighters now. If someone’s going to lose, it won’t have anything to do with something that happened to them seven to ten years ago.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Dreamliner Says:

Manny by UD…

Can Manny land a “check left hook”???

Hatton should be able to take any punches thrown by Manny, but I dont think Mayweather Sr. can teach him to jab this late in his career…which is what is needed to keep Manny off balance.

Inside Manny will have the advantage with counter-punching.

Lets see if the ref allows Hatton to try and Bully Manny into the ropes where his punches have been the most effective.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:45 am
PACMAN Says:

The PACMAN will fight HITMAN Hatton for a real uphill bout as it wont be easy. I just don’t think PACMAN should fight Cotto next as he will loose by KO.
April 28th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
English Empire Says:

I guess the English Flag will be raised over the Philippines as the Spanish did for years when Ricky wins by KO.

“English Empire”
April 28th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Rustico Torrecampo Says:

i knocked out manny pacquiao couple of years ago.. of all his opponents im the deadliest, ask the truck driver Ernesto Ongkit who sideswiped my noodle cart why i am the deadliest and youll know
April 28th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Rustico Torrecampo Says:

hehe i am better than the best coz i beat him hehe
April 28th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Manny Pacquiao Says:

dat was long time ago you know, im now using my head movement and now im using my glabs, the reyes glabs because thats my glabs, and my right hands is improvement because thats what we do in the gym.. so if were goin to fight again its bery gud in boxing, i want to thanks all of the fans, to filipino pepol, mexican pepol and to all the pepol who labs boxing
April 28th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
fighting fans Says:

“English Empire Says:

I guess the English Flag will be raised over the Philippines as the Spanish did for years when Ricky wins by KO.”

Gago! If your going to say this kinds of things you have to make a research that Our Idol is from Mindanao and English Empire attempted to take over the Mindanao and they loose!!!
April 28th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
ara mina Says:

Orale’…history antics huh’…blah, blah, blah. anyway, I think manny should out box first hatton’s aggressiveness, he must observe well if he can go on toe-to-toe. If manny can take the brit’s power punch, then it’s time for him to unleash his sluggish berserker move, but still be very careful, we know hatton like’s those kind of game, it’s just that manny can avoid quickly if his in bad perspective and still composed jabs after a close changing of punches.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
pinoy Says:

whahaha.Nadel Hussein?hmm yeah i remember he lose to oscar larios for WBC title.2004?i dont remember.but oscar was loase to pacman.hehe and whats the meaning of that??
April 28th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
pinoy Says:

and u know why pacman knock down by only a jab?coz that Nadel Hussein!is fucking dirty fighter man.elbow,low blow.and shit he is not boxer he is a muaythai.haha.yeah he[Nadel Hussein]is lead the point but deduction coaz he is dirty fighter.
April 28th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Ricky H Says:

I going to win by KO in the 11th round!!!! Place your $$$ on me.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
pinoy Says:

i forgot pacman win by tko.loool
April 29th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Alfred Gabriel Says:

Pac Man all the way!!!

Good job Cuz..!
April 29th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Charles Dean Says:

this should be good fight. But for the 1st time Manny will face a true power puncher and will have to test if he can take a punch. he is not superman or they guy in the matrix that will out speed everyone. Ricky will win KO by 9TH.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:51 am
p4pbrain Says:

Im mexican, and we (me and my friends) have a lot of respect for Paquiao, he wins old mexicans? who fucking knows! that is not a excuse for any boxer, anyway he cant beat erik morales first time fight but he beat him 2 times later, nobody really knows what could happen, surprises surprises,i just have 200 hundred dollars to bet :) and im will going with Paquiao i dont want to lose anymore.If pacquiao fight with true mexicans boxers (not david diaz, oscar de la hoya and others, that guys are not mexicans homies) pacquio become our enemy. Great Video! arriba hermosillo Sonora MEXICO!
April 29th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Arroy Yoo Says:

I do not want to buy a ticket just to watch live in this fight!
I would rather stay at home and watch the fight all by my self. Because surely, a lot of Mexican will be coming to watch live ring action and for this, i fearly afraid of swine virus.
But this fight is a favorable luxury venue to all corrupt Philippine law makers especially from the lower house. They will never be distinguished by anybody because they have the reason to hide their face by wearing mask due to swine virus.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
na na na... Says:

all unbelievers will bow again.. hahayz, how many times to i have to tell you, you can’t say hatton is the power puncher here, you will never know unless you see Pacquiao punch in the ring live and here the sound of his gloves killing his opponent..

It’s like Pacquiao Punching power to middle weight, and i can assure you that!!!!! Hatton will feel the speed and power of Pacquiao Comes May the 2nd.

Lastly some Filipinos never change they never go fight with their own comrades (balimbing pa rin!!) since spaniards came, Dick heads are their until now!!! Support you own BTCHES!!!!,,,

As for British I honor you all, but comes may the second let’s face it, hatton may look faster on training but that guy ain’t no good, coz his punching power decreases, he can’t balance speed and power at a short time or one or two…

Pacquiao will not shock the world coz, Pacquiao will win as expected, for me it’s 8 or 9 round..

I bet 900 dollars to win for 400 dollars…
April 29th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
FG Mike Says:

I AGREE.

Arroy Yoo Says:
I do not want to buy a ticket just to watch live in this fight!
I would rather stay at home and watch the fight all by my self. Because surely, a lot of Mexican will be coming to watch live ring action and for this, i fearly afraid of swine virus.
But this fight is a favorable luxury venue to all corrupt Philippine law makers especially from the lower house. They will never be distinguished by anybody because they have the reason to hide their face by wearing mask due to swine virus.
April 30th, 2009 at 1:02 am
ara mina Says:

exactly na,na,na…in a short span of training hatton’s speed movements, it will surely not effective, he may show it all in the training ground butnot in the actual fight, we will e pressuring himself by the way he moves, if it is the speed movement he needs or just slug all the way. it will not come up as a collaborative tactic simply because hatton is not pure on it, it only distract his fight plan. as for pacman…well what can i say…he’ll just PAC that man by round 5, TKO.
April 30th, 2009 at 3:06 am
troy Says:

yeh paquiao is so very strong.. hatton wil not get better in round 6 or 9.. hehehe
April 30th, 2009 at 6:02 am
p4pbrain Says:

@na na na… and the others.

“About 80 per cent of the virus is highly related to a North American body of swine flu that’s been around for a number of years, but about 20 per cent of it comes from an Eurasian variety of swine flu first seen in Thailand, so it’s recombined to create something totally new. How it did that, where it did it, when it did it, I don’t think we know yet.”Dr. Frank Plummer

complete note->http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/24/health-flu-mexico090424.html

READDDDD before talk, i respect all of you but just dont talk if you dont know about the virus.

That is offensive. We all are prone to the virus so try to help instead to talk.
April 30th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
p4pbrain Says:

Sorry!! @na na na, i was mistake, the past note was for @Arroy Yoo and @FG Mike.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
fighting fans Says:

“Manny Pacquiao Says:

dat was long time ago you know, im now using my head movement and now im using my glabs, the reyes glabs because thats my glabs, and my right hands is improvement because thats what we do in the gym.. so if were goin to fight again its bery gud in boxing, i want to thanks all of the fans, to filipino pepol, mexican pepol and to all the pepol who labs boxing”

Holy smoke!! it’s Our Idol and his making a comments her!!!
April 30th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
joe Says:

fifty buk says ricky hatton 11th round
April 30th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
joe Says:

I mean fifty buk pesos ricky hatton 11th round lose
May 1st, 2009 at 12:54 am
Fighting Fans Says:

just like in every game or competitions..the winner will bring home the beckon, praise and accolade while the loser may bear the pain and shame…but one thing is certain, after these two brave prize fighter battle each other in the ring, whether win or loss both of them will deserve the glory and pride by giving all of what his got…
May 1st, 2009 at 2:49 pm
ara mina Says:

HITMAN…HE WILL PUT HIS NAME TO THE TEST!
= PACMAN
May 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 am
ara mina Says:

Manny…pleas stay out of Philippine Congress!!!
May 14th, 2009 at 6:04 am
maze Says:

for jmm aka cry baby and pretty much done mayweather, you can dream about being no.1 but the pacman is still the king of the hill now. so for you wannabe’s, slug it out and maybe king pacman will give you the chance to face him. both of you are below the king so better know your rule, and shut your mouth.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
aqua coach Says:

nobody can stop pacman.. they’re too slow for him.. he has already proven the filpino killer bloodline
June 10th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
MO Says:

Impressive filming! Way better than 24/7, I say!
July 27th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Intruder Says:

Manny boys going down, all hail mayweather punk.no disrespect pacman but i think your time is coming to an end.your previous fights mean nothing when you step in the ring with mayweather. Your time is up|!? stop hiding and come out and play with the big boys.
August 9th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
jah2x Says:

wag ng tmakbo sa kongreso
September 12th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
jah2x Says:

be proud to be a filipino citizen
September 12th, 2009 at 11:25 pm

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