Not even a pack of blood-thirsty dogs can stop Rendall Munroe.The stylish Leicester southpaw, 21-1 (9), challenges for the WBC super-bantamweight title against hammer-fisted Toshiaki Nishioka, also a right-leading fighter, in Tokyo next month and recently spent a week training in Portugal.
But 30-year-old Munroe had to contend with more than the thin air and mountainous terrain.
On one four-mile mountain run the former English, Commonwealth and European champion found himself being pursued by a local group of hounds.
But instead of deviating off track, Munroe - who is famous for being in possession of a great engine - stepped up the pace and left the pack trailing in his wake.
Promoter Frank Maloney, who joined the Midlands camp of Munroe and trainers Jason and Mike Shinfield for the week, said: "Nothing fazes him.
"Rendall didn't even show a hint of emotion on his face and kept running and running even though they were jumping all over the place behind him.
"It says a lot about him, because he finished the four miles almost a minute quicker than anyone else previously.
"I have never been involved with a fighter so single-minded," continued the London-based promoter," and he is unfazed by what awaits him [in Japan on October 24].
"Nishioka might have a good record [36 wins, four losses and three draws] and hit hard [23 inside-the-distance victories] but will never have met someone as talented as my man.
"Travelling to the other side of the world, to his opponent's back garden, won't effect his performance in the slightest."
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