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Video: Manny Pacquiao displays impressive hand speed in first training session for Mayweather bout

Published 13:09 3 Mar 2015 GMT

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The build-up starts here

And so it begins. We are 61 days from the bell going in the long awaited fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather and the training has begun in earnest. Pacquiao has landed on US soil to begin his prep for the Las Vegas bout and he has posted a video from his first session at trainer Freddie Roach's Wild Card gym.

First day of training here in wild card gym, feels good to be back. Thank you Lord for the strength that you have given me day by day. 1 Corinthians 9:25-27 NIV [25] Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. [26] Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. [27] No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

A video posted by Manny Pacquiao (@emmanuelpacquiao) on Mar 2, 2015 at 6:36pm PST

Mayweather has also been getting to work, posting some images of his sessions, though his are of a more celebrity slant, like this shot with Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood.