‘Sugar’ Shane is awed by Pacman

MANILA, Philippines — Through the years, Manny Pacquiao has maintained good relations with fierce rivals like Erik Morales and Oscar dela Hoya.

Count “Sugar” Shane Mosley in.

Mosley, now 53 and happily retired, rekindled his friendship with the Filipino icon when he joined one of Pacquiao’s recent morning workouts at Griffith Park in Los Angeles.

The two boxing greats fought in 2011, with Pacquiao dominating Mosley en route to a unanimous-decision win. Mosley hung up his gloves in 2017, while Pacquiao is set to end a four-year retirement and challenge World Boxing Council welterweight champion Mario Barrios on July 19 in Las Vegas (July 20 Manila time).

Pacquiao, 46, has been turning back the clock and impressing onlookers during his morning workouts since he started training at the City of Angels about a month ago.

Again, count Mosley among those in awe. “His hand speed looks good. His foot mobility looks good,” he said in a video by FightHype.com.

Pacquiao and Mosley were seen exchanging fist bumps and high fives, with the latter even playfully joining the former in shadowboxing.

In another video, Mosley gave a piece of training advice to Pacquiao, who obviously is no spring chicken yet still has a penchant to overdo things.

“Well, I think that Oscar (Dela Hoya) kind of said it too like ‘we’re not 20 or whatever years old, so you have to give your body time to rest.’… Sometimes don’t want to rest, and that can harm you. So you have to give yourself time to recover,” he said.