Editor’s note: Manny Pacquiao’s mega-fight versus Miguel Cotto inches near, and after a tumultuous camp inBaguio and a welcome return to Hollywood, Ari Gold shows up at the Wildcard Gym to hug it out with the the pound-for-pound champ. Fire Quinito’s special guest critic, Alekos Orendain, takes us through this week’s Pacquiao-Cotto 24/7.

Whenever I see Jeremy Piven, anywhere, I automatically think Ari Gold. So when he makes a brief appearance at the beginning of the 3rd episode, I was half-expecting him to talk Pacquiao into leaving Top Rank and signing with Miller-Gold instead. His appearance made a strange kind of sense in this episode, with it focusing a bit more on Pacquiao’s showbiz pursuits rather than his training. We get a behind the scenes look at Wapakman (not that I was particularly interested in it) and many (much too many) a glimpse of that ridiculous costume he wears. Ah that costume, what the hell is up with that? You’d think with all the money he’s making they could at least create a better outfit, but no, they had to settle on something that actually looked worse than Adam West’s Batman costume. Anyway, also featured in this episode was Pacquiao’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s show, where interestingly enough, Ari Gold’s favorite client Vinny Chase himself was a guest in the first season of Entourage (thanks to Jaemark for pointing that out).

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Editor’s note: Manny Pacquiao’s buildup for his mega-fight with Miguel Cotto continues. After turmoil in Pac-Man’s camp in the first episode of Pacquiao-Cotto 24/7, thing began to settle down for the pound-for-pound champ. Fire Quinito’s special guest critic, Alekos Orendain, takes us through the week in Pacquiao’s preparation.

I have to say, it’s been an interesting week for the National Fist. Most of us have probably seen clips of Manny singing Sometimes When We Touch on the Jimmy Kimmel Show (seriously, it’s not that he’s going up against a full fledged elite welterweight that has me convinced that he’s got the biggest balls in boxing, it’s that he has the guts to take his videoke trained singing voice and showcase it in a primetime talk show so very emphatically) and have probably read the amazing article in Time magazine (where he also makes the cover) about him and his life.

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