Freddie Roach will train Manny Pacquiao to knockout Bradley – Boxing News
Manny Pacquiao, the current WBO welterweight champion, will start his training sessions soon with Hall of Famer trainer Freddie Roach. Pacquiao, who is scheduled to take on unbeaten American pugilist Timothy Bradley, will be taking special sessions to improve
his knockout ability since he has not knocked out any opponent after Miguel Cotto in 2009. Freddie Roach, in his recent interview, said that he wants Pacquiao to knockout Bradley in his upcoming fight.
The Filipino pugilist will start his training with Roach from April 16 onwards. Roach, who arrived in the Philippines this past week, said he already has a plan for Pacquiao. Roach just got done with training Amir Khan for his match on May 19 at the Mandalay
Bay Resort in Las Vegas against Lamont Peterson.
Roach is all excited to train Pacquiao. He said, “My wish is to get to Baguio as soon as possible, start preparing as soon as possible and get Manny in shape as soon as possible. I want Manny to win by a knockout, and that's what we will be preparing for.
How to win by KO. He knows how to deal with his being a preacher and a boxer. Now that he is a self-proclaimed changed man, I see no more distractions that mark our previous preparations. Except basketball, of course, because outside of boxing, that's his
world.”
Roach, who previously showed concern over Pacquaio’s recent religious u-turn in life, is now all good about it. He said that Manny knows how to deal with his boxing career and his religious side and therefore no complications will occur.
Manny Pacquiao will have his WBO welterweight title on the line against Bradley. Even though Manny Pacquiao is the king of pound-for-pound boxing, his recent activities and controversies surrounding him have made his fans sceptical. Analysts have already
rated Bradley as 3-1 underdog for the fight while Manny is the favourite. However, considering Bradley’s confidence and training sessions, nobody can surely say as whether Manny will dominate Bradley or not. Manny needs to learn how to knockout a fighter like
Bradley in order to overpower him.
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