Pacquiao to fly to US Feb. 28 to start training

Manny Pacquiao laughs before a basketball game between Kia and Talk and Text in Manila on Wednesday. Pacquiao declared himself an enemy of doping on February 25, ahead of a megabucks bout with unbeaten Floyd Mayweather, his longtime rival as the planet’s best “pound-for-pound” fighter. AFP PHOTO

Manny Pacquiao will leave for the United States tomorrow, February 28, instead of March 8, which is the original departure plan of his camp. Pacquiao aims to begin his training early with Freddie Roach at the Wildcard gym in Los Angeles, California for his mega fight against unbeaten American Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2.