Filipino boxing champ and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao on Friday mourned the death of Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, who died at age 68.

Steward had trained many stars in boxing, and has earned the respect even of his wards' opponents, such as Pacquiao.

"My prayers are with Emanuel Steward and his family," Pacquiao said on his Twitter account.

My prayers are with Emanuel Steward and his family.

— Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) October 25, 2012
 

His condolences came despite Steward's analysis last June that Pacquiao showed "slippage" in his delivery as well as some weaknesses that Pacquiao's then opponent Timothy Bradley could exploit.

Bradley had won over Pacquiao in a controversial decision.

"I see a slow slippage in his delivery ... The animal-like intensity is slightly less than it was. That's the legs. That's what I always look at. It might not be there to the untrained eye, but you'll see ... a guy like Bradley — a good, young, intelligent fighter — can exploit those weaknesses. This is not a good fight for Manny," Steward said in an interview published on the Los Angeles Times at the time.

Steward died in a Chicago hospital on Thursday at age 68. - AMD, GMA News