Manny Pacquiao's timing is terrible and with just five and a half weeks to his Suncorp Superfight with Jeff Horn the world welterweight champ is in the worst form of his career.
That's the opinion of Pacquiao's esteemed trainer Freddie Roach, who could only shake his head in disappointment as Pacquiao lumbered through his second day of sparring in Manila.
After wowing the Australian media with his fast and flashy work on the punching mitts last week, Pacquiao had all the zest of a mummy as the Los Angeles-based Roach told respected website philstar.com that the sparring session was "an eyesore".
"His second day of sparring today is maybe the worst I've ever seen so far. His timing is really, really off," Roach said after a dejected Pacquiao wrapped up his workout.
Roach arrived in Manila from America on the weekend to take over the champ's preparation after Pacquiao had spent the preceding few weeks training with old friend Buboy Fernandez.