Pacquiao told ABS-CBN upon his arrival from a two-week vacation with his family in Japan and Australia on Friday that Mosley is a busy puncher and has exceptional skills.

“Mosley throws a lot pf punches,” said Pacquiao, who meets the US fighter on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

“(Of all the fighters I have faced), Mosley is the most knowledgeable in boxing,” added the Filipino pound-for-pound king.

Oddsmakers have installed Pacquiao the overwhelming favorite to beat the 39-year-old Mosley, who has promised to shock the world.

Mosley will set up camp in Big Bear, California, the high-altitude training headquarters which is more than 7,000 feet above sea level and is just an hour and a half away from downtown Los Angeles.

Pacquiao, on the other hand, plans to spend four weeks in Baguio (elevation: 5,000 feet) starting in the second week of March then move to the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood in the last four weeks.

Freddie Roach said he is willing to head back to the City of Pines to make sure Pacquiao gets in tremendous shape for a fight that the celebrated trainer believes won't be a walk-in-the-park.

Roach said he would like training camp in Baguio to begin as early as March 7 and that he has eyed rising junior-middleweight prospect Shawn Porter as one of the sparring partners of Pacquiao.

Roach said there are other two other “quick guys from the East (Coast)” that he would sign up to help Pacquiao rev up for the iron-chinned Mosley.

Nick Giongco, Manila Bulletin