Boxing Manny Pacquiao News

With Shane Mosley as the likely foe, trainer Freddie Roach wants Manny Pacquiao to train for six full weeks at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles in anticipation of a great and hard fight.

“People who say this is the easiest fight are crazy. It’s definitely not the easiest fight,” Roach admitted on Sunday, adding that Pacquiao should stay focused and train hard to face the threat posed by Mosley.

“Manny has speed but so has Mosley. He’ll give us a little trouble because he is also experienced. He is a different type of fighter compared with Margarito. He is a much better boxer. Manny loves guys who come to him but Mosley will box him and come to him much more intelligently,” Roach warned.

Roach, who was among the special guests of Pacquiao when he celebrated his 32nd birthday last Friday in General Santos City, noted that Mosley even had Floyd Mayweather Jr. “out for a moment” in their fight several months ago but “kind of let that slip out.”

He also pointed to the impressive pay-per-view numbers when Mosley fought Mayweather, adding that Mosley “did beat our last opponent (Antonio Margarito) also.”

“It’s not an easy fight by any means but whoever Bob puts in front of me, I’ll get Manny ready for him,” Roach said.

Sources said the only issue holding up an announcement regarding the Mosley fight set in May has been Pacquiao’s desire for a bigger guaranteed purse than what Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has offered him.

This tactic is nothing new, however, and many expect Arum and Pacquiao to eventually come to terms, as in the past.

Arum, who also attended Pacquiao’s birthday bash with wife, Lovee, is expected to negotiate terms with Mosley on his return to Las Vegas.

The proposed Pacquiao trilogy with Juan Manuel Marquez is out for good according to Arum, because Marquez has been asking more than double what he got for the Mayweather fight which he lost early last year.

“That just shows he really doesn’t want the fight.”

Source: Inquirer.net