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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES (AP)\u2014Freddie Roach is not a man given to hyperbole. When Manny Pacquiao\u2019s trainer says the pound-for-pound champion is having his best training camp, Sugar Shane Mosley had better pay attention.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao is in the final stages of preparation in Hollywood for his bout with Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas on May 7, and the Filipino congressman hasn\u2019t been so singularly focused on boxing for quite a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hasn\u2019t lost a step. He\u2019s working at a higher pace than ever,\u201d Roach said Wednesday in his Wild Card Gym. \u201cHe\u2019s not in the same condition as the last fight. He\u2019s in better condition than I\u2019ve ever seen. He isn\u2019t going to get caught underestimating anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roach fretted about Pacquiao\u2019s focus and fitness throughout a rocky camp heading into last fall\u2019s win over Antonio Margarito, calling it the worst training session of their careers. Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) was newly elected to office, which added another responsibility to the usual pandemonium swirling around the Philippines\u2019 most famous man.<\/p>\n

This time around, Roach and strength-and-conditioning coach Alex Ariza have been downright floored by the eight-division champion\u2019s determination to knock out Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs), who has never been stopped.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the complete opposite side of the spectrum this time,\u201d said Ariza, who\u2019s in charge of Pacquiao\u2019s fitness. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen Manny more motivated. I thought (the camp before Pacquiao\u2019s victory over Miguel) Cotto was the perfect blueprint for a training camp, but this has surpassed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

On their first day of workouts, Pacquiao did his running in the mountains, skipping the usual warmup days on the flats in Baguio, his Filipino base. He spent just three weeks training amid the innumerable distractions back home before starting his more monastic five-week session in Hollywood, reversing the schedule of last fall\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao already is solidly near the bout\u2019s 147-pound limit, and his sparring sessions already have exceeded 12 rounds, with Roach marveling at Pacquiao\u2019s sharpness and speed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you take five or six months off like that, you get re-motivated,\u201d Ariza said. \u201cHe found something in his DNA that motivated him again to get going. I think he had so much of the political stuff wearing him down last time that he didn\u2019t have it in the ring. That\u2019s not going to be a problem now.\u201d<\/p>\n

In yet another sign of his commitment, Pacquiao showed up to Wednesday\u2019s interview session just 15 minutes late – which qualifies as extremely early in Manny\u2019s wild world.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao doesn\u2019t acknowledge any special focus on this fight, but the congressman has been juggling more balls than most people could even carry for a long time now. He acknowledges needing an adjustment period to his legislative duties, which are getting easier to manage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned to rely on certain people to do my job,\u201d Pacquiao said. \u201cIt\u2019s different this time (around). I\u2019ve been training, and I\u2019ve set aside all work. \u2026 I never distract myself. I never think I was distracted. I was focused on the fight, focused on the training.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet the Pacquiao circus is still among the most entertaining shows in sports. The successful singer is releasing another single – a cover of Dan Hill\u2019s syrupy 1977 ballad, \u201cSometimes When We Touch\u201d – and he recently inked an endorsement deal to put his face on every bag of broccoli sold by one of the world\u2019s largest vegetable distributors as part of an overall endorsement of healthy eating and green practices.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao doesn\u2019t share some fans\u2019 disappointment with Top Rank\u2019s choice of his latest opponent. Mosley, who turns 40 in September, has been unimpressive in his past two fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Sergio Mora.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going in confident, or underestimating him,\u201d Pacquiao said. \u201cHe\u2019s a pound-for-pound champion, a good fighter. I\u2019m just going to be in condition and ready to fight. \u2026 He can still fight. Compared to Margarito or somebody else, he\u2019s fast. Maybe this time, he trains hard for this fight, and he can do a lot of things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pacquiao also still holds out the slightest hope Mayweather will end his self-imposed exile and step in the ring with him. The former superstar hasn\u2019t fought in nearly a year and has no plans on the horizon after turning down a megafight with Pacquiao and refusing to explain why.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Pacquiao said with a wink when asked if he thought Mayweather would ever step in with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, there\u2019s still a chance,\u201d Pacquiao said. \u201cIt\u2019s up to him if he wants to fight. I\u2019ll just do my job and make the fans happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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