Pacquiao vs. Diaz Update

Though bothered by a slight cold, Manny Pacquiao feels good about his training, which he has focused on keeping the speed he has been known even though he has moved up to the 135-pound lightweight division.

"I don't have to reduce too much... and my speed is okay," Pacquiao, talking in Filipino, told reporter Lei Alviz in an interview aired on Tuesday over 24 Oras, GMA's early evening newscast.

As to the cold, Pacquiao said he caught it when he visited San Francisco last week, but it was all but gone away. The only setback it gave him is that trainer Freddie Roach caught the cold from him and had to be absent himself from some of his training sessions.

In October 2007, Pacquiao had some trouble getting down to the 130-pound limit in his bout with Marco Antonio Barrera. But he managed to deal the Mexican fighter with a unanimous decision defeat.

That was his last bout before he wrested the World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight title from Juan Manuel Marquez last March.

On June 28 in Las Vegas (June 29 in the Philippines), he faces Mexican-American David Diaz, who's defending his WBC lightweight title. - GMANews.TV