MANILA, Philippines - Juan Manuel Marquez woke up just before sunlight was up on Monday and created the 45-minute travel to Toluca from Mexico Metropolis exactly where he engaged in outdated college instruction strategies like wood-chopping and striking a spare tire having a sledgehammer.

To claim that Marquez is searching ahead to knocking out Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 8 is definitely an understatement.

In accordance with the Mexican mass media, Marquez woke up at four:thirty am and travelled to Toluca with two members of his coaching group, braving the dawn chill which is brought on by the elevation of eight,seven hundred toes, greater than 1,000 ft larger than their homebase in Mexico Metropolis.

"The vacations are more than," Marquez informed the major Mexican sports activities paper Esto. "This will be the starting of a terrific planning."

Marquez didn't waste products time in priming up for Pacquiao by opting to report for education correct absent despite the fact that he was just active advertising his fourth battle with Pacquiao final month in La, Ny and Mexico Town.

The mystical mountains of Toluca is going to be the venue of Marquez's roadwork inside the coming weeks though he'll devote the majority of his time organizing below the watchful eyes of Nacho Beristain.



"There is adequate time to attain fantastic planning. I've about two plus a fifty percent months to obtain plenty of planning," additional Marquez, who turned 39 final August.

Although it appeared that Marquez was in complete blast, his trainers produced it distinct it absolutely was just the starting in the extended and arduous planning to show that he could be the greater guy.

Pacquiao and Marquez battled to some attract the initial time they satisfied in 2004 but Pacquiao scored two questionable wins in 2008 and 2011.

Nevertheless, owing towards the near choices, Corridor of Fame promoter Bod Arum stated a fourth battle involving the 2 is anticipated to produce a killing not simply in gate attendance but, a lot more importantly, in pay-per-view income.

In the course of the marketing tour, Pacquiao and Marquez each expressed optimism that there will not be described as a require to phase a fifth battle.

Pacquiao, who turns 34 on Dec. 17, stated he'll go for an early knockout, even though Marquez echoed precisely the same factor, vowing that once the cloud clears, his hands--and not Pacquiao's--will be lifted.