ONE VP Rich Franklin visits Manny Pacquiao at home

[MoomBah]

 

[Wild]

Didn't know Manny was a shareholder in ONE. That's great. Also, Rich is such a cool dude. Awesome to see him doing well after fighting.

 

[Greek777]

Rich is the man.

 

[Greek777]

When Marciano and Hagler (just 2 examples) were in training camp, they used to call it "going to jail"

They would lock themselves away from everything - family, friends, regular life.. and focus on the task at hand

Mayweather for this camp actually shut a lot of things down, didn't do many of his pre fight rituals.. Wanted to focus 100% on the fight

Ever since Manny became an icon in his home country and especially since he pulled a Fedor and got super religious/truly believed the fight is "God's will"... he has not been the same. Lots of hanger ons. I think after his amazing career and coming from such poverty.. When he finally made it, after a few amazing years at the top of the sport, he just got tired. On top of that, he seems like he is focusing on everything BUT the fight, aside from the actual training, he is surrounded by everything except the fight itself

Just an opinion. IDK

 

[Wild]

When Marciano and Hagler (just 2 examples) were in training camp, they used to call it "going to jail"

They would lock themselves away from everything - family, friends, regular life.. and focus on the task at hand

Mayweather for this camp actually shut a lot of things down, didn't do many of his pre fight rituals.. Wanted to focus 100% on the fight

Ever since Manny became an icon in his home country and especially since he pulled a Fedor and got super religious/truly believed the fight is "God's will"... he has not been the same. Lots of hanger ons. I think after his amazing career and coming from such poverty.. When he finally made it, after a few amazing years at the top of the sport, he just got tired. On top of that, he seems like he is focusing on everything BUT the fight, aside from the actual training, he is surrounded by everything except the fight itself

Just an opinion. IDK

I dont know about the inner workings of his camp, hangers on, etc...but it seems crazy to me, to have 100+ people around you, a few days before the biggest fight of your career. Who knows, maybe the hard work was done and he just wanted to relax around friends and family. Tough to say.

 

[Ministry of Silly Walks]

Rich is the man.

he's very nice in person. very down to earth too.