Coach Freddie Roach is prepping up
Manny Pacquiao on his upcoming match up against Juan Manuel Marquez. The fight is still a few more weeks away as they are set to face for the third time in the ring on November 12, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao will be defending his WBO World Welterweight title. The bout has a catch weight of 144 pounds on their 12-round fight. But Pacquiao’s long time coach think that they will be reaching the 12th round as he wants that the fight would end earlier than expected. You can also buy
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In the latest interview with the Hall of Fame trainer during one of their training sessions in their Baguio City training camp, Roach wants to end the
Pacquiao and Marquez trilogy with a convincing result. Winning over Marquez is not just enough to concinve everybody that he is a better fighter than Marquez. And the only way to do that is by having Manny knocking out Marquez. The 51-year old trainer told reporters, “Victory is no longer enough. I want Manny took Marquez.” It seems like Roach wants the fight to end the way Pacquiao obliterated Ricky Hatton in 2009, where Hatton was forced to retire from the sport after he was knocked out by Pacquiao in the second, or have the referee call for the stoppage of the game to rescue Marquez from being clobbered by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao and Marquez have been pitted against each other for twice before and each of them ended with not so convincing results. The two fighters first fought back in 2004, but the game ended with a controversial draw. Both fighters think that they have won the fight. But later on, one of the referees admitted to have scored the game wrong and that the fight should have been won by Pacquiao. They the fought four years after to settle the score, and their rematch was aptly billed Unfinished Business. But they were still not able to finish their business as the fight ended with a split decision, in favour of Pacquiao. Due to the controversy, Marquez immendiately called another fight But Pacquiao declined the offer as he wanted to move up to another weight division.
But after three years, they decided to go ahead for another match and they think the third time will be the last time that the two will be facing off against each other. And it will not for the whole stretch and Roach will be surprised if it did. He said, “I’d be surprised if the fight goes eight or nine rounds.” He commented that Pacquiao has changed a lot since the last time the two fought each other. Pacquiao is now the pound for pound king in the world, and on the latest rankings, Marquez is placed on the 6th spot. He has improved a lot on his game plan and fighting techniques. Roach added, “Manny won’t fight him the way he did in the past.”
Buy Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 tickets now and don't miss the chance to watch this fight live! And when he went down to see Pacquiao for the first since arriving in Baguio City earlier this week, he was shocked about the huge improvements in Pacquiao’s physical condition. It seems like Pacquiao is really out to knock out Marquez when they meet later this year as he started his training even withput Roach who was also preoccupied with previous engagements in the past weeks. Roach shared, “He’s very strong and fast. I didn’t expect him to be in this condition. I thought that like in our previous camp here, we will be staring again from scratch. Well, I was told that he begun working out two weeks before our original plan. And I think that was good.”
He then added that Pacquiao is not more focused, despite having his hands full with other obligations. They are now busy on the first phase of his training in Baguio where they are scheduled to stay in the City of Pines for three weeks. Later this month, they will be flying off to the United States to fiunish the final phase of his rigid training. With the way Pacquiao is progressing, Roach thinks that he will be able to knockout Marquez and end their rivalry in a convincing fashion. Don't forget to
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