Four teen housemates are staying tough in the Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition: Kim, Matt, Mikee and Gerald. Of the original twelve (12) housemates since day 1, they are the most relaxed in terms of eviction. They are not included among the nominees.

Meanwhile, things are not seemingly going well for the Chickboy Joaqui as he is one of four nominees for two evictions this coming Saturday. Teenage mom Jamilla is starting to feel the tension with the tenants because she is also candidate for eviction.

Surprisingly, teenstar wannabe Olyn is hanging on tight. After being nominated on a couple of occasions, she finds a breather right now from the heart-pounding nominations.

Of the four nominees, my bets to stay are Mommy Jam and Clare. Give your comments.

No, definitely. Manny Pacquiao is a different breed of fighter compared to Rodel Mayol.

The frustrating loss of Rodel Mayol in his bid to capture the WBC miminumweight title from Eagle Kyowa of Japan could be largely attributed to poor training. The fading stamina of Mayol going to the fight’s homestretch was a clear evidence of lapses in his training regimen. Although he was all gassed up in the first six rounds, it was also in those six rounds where his power resided. His training was only good for six rounds when he was supposed to last for 12 sapping championship rounds. The knockdown in the final canto was more a case of trying to buy time instead of a power hit by the champion.

Even the champion, Eagle Kyowa, was probably not in tip-top shape but his training was obviously more superior to that of Mayol as he had the fresher legs and harder hits in the crucial moments of the fight.

The thing with championship fight is that protagonists should make it a point to be in superb shape founded on excellent training. Champions are especially wary of their challengers because they have everything to lose if their challengers are better prepared than they are. It’s a given that challengers will pour everything out for them to snatch the titles from the champs.

The preparations done by Mayol and his team may have been better than the ones they had in earlier fights, but in terms of adequacy and quality, those preparations were not enough. Ask Kyowa to find out why.

Erik Morales, in his loss to Manny Pacquiao, admitted to poor training going to the fight. Manny Pacquiao, on the other hand, has been consistently trained by Freddie Roach in all his A-1 battles. He was in superb condition in the Morales rematch and that’s not even a championship fight.

Will Manny be duplicating the Mayol case? With Freddie Roach keeping an eye on PACMAN, I doubt a duplication. What may be duplicated is the consistent annihilation of Mexican greats by Manny. Oscar Larios will have to learn it in the ring what it is to trade punches with the Great PACMAN come July 2.