Sampalataya si Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach na kung haharapin ni WBC at WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. ang kanyang alagang si WBO 147 pounds titlist ay kaya itong patulugin ng Pinoy boxer.
Sa panayam ni Rick Reeno ng BoxingScene.com, iginiit ni Roach na kahit maglaban ang dalawa sa junior middleweight division na kampeon din si Mayweather ng WBC at WBA ay kumbinsido siyang na mapapatulog ni Pacquiao ang walang talong Amerikano dahil malaki na ang inihina nito.
“I think Mayweather is shot, his legs are gone and Manny will knock him out. If he wants to get knocked out - sign the contract,” pahayag ni Roach. “He says he’s sitting down [and not moving as often] to please the crowd. he don’t care about pleasing no crowd, I don’t think. He just can’t move no more. His legs are shot. He’s done.”
Kapwa may laban sina Pacquiao at Mayweather sa huling bahagi ng taon at naniniwala si Roach na kung hindi pa maghaharap ang dalawang boksingero sa 2015 ay malabo na silang magtagpo sa isang super bout.
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“I think this is it. I think if it doesn’t happen after this fight - forget about it. We’ve done everything possible on our side to make that fight happen, everything possible. We agreed to a 60-40 split at one time. We agreed to drug testing, everything,” giit ni Roach.
“All the fights [involving Manny now] have drug testing, and Manny is used to the drug testing, because at one time it was Manny who wouldn’t do the drug testing in the beginning and that’s why the fight didn’t happen the first time around...supposedly,” dagdag ng trainer. “But the thing is, since then Manny knows what the drug testing is, it doesn’t affect him that much to take a little bit of blood out of him. You hear rumors about the TV stations getting along, wanting to do the fight together....Arum said that and that encourages me.”
