On the screen were two fighters slugging it out for the right to face Paalam in a battle for the gold.
“I’ve only seen bits and pieces of [him]. I know the boy is very, very, very, very handy and he’s been around for a long time, but I will look at some tapes tonight and come up with some tactics,” Abnett said.
Sports psychologist Marcus Manalo, who studied human kinetics at University of the Philippines and has a background in strength and conditioning, joined the preparations to pitch in his own ideas while helping the local coaches better understand Abnett’s thick Australian accent.The team rehearsed the strategy twice on Friday, with both training sessions monitored closely by nutritionist Jeaneth Aro, who will concoct a precise meal plan for Paalam leading up to the fight.
The food Paalam will eat will also keep his body fit for what Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines executive director Ed Picson said “would be a few limbering exercises” before the bout. Manalo also plans to “normalize the possible intense emotions that might arise as a result of pressure and expectations” by reminding Paalam that he “has power over those thoughts and emotions and that he can choose how he will respond.”
Paalam is the last fighter standing for the boxing team after Eumir Marcial was forced to settle for the bronze by a machine-like Oleksandr Khyzhniak of Ukraine during the middleweight semifinals on Thursday.
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