Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach says that Pacman will knock Floyd Mayweather out if the pair actually end up fighting.
“Manny showed against Algieri that his legs are great and he was on his toes for twelve straight rounds. I don’t think Mayweather can do that anymore. I think he’s getting old and his legs are gone,” Roach said during a recent radio interview with Leave It In the Ring.
“I think it’s only a matter of time before we knock him out.”
Roach said that one key difference between Pacman and Money is that Pacquiao is willing to take risks in the ring while Mayweather is not.
“Manny’s skills are really good. The thing is Manny will go for it. He'll actually go for the knock-out. And sometimes when you go for it, you put yourself in harm’s way to be hit. Like when he walked into a shot against Marquez,” he said.
“He’s been knocked out three times in his career, but he’s not embarrassed about it. That’s part of boxing. That’s part of the sport. If you don’t think you can get knocked out in this sport, then you picked the wrong sport.”
Roach also asserted that Mayweather believes Pacman is “dangerous.”
“Mayweather just carefully picks his opponents. I mean, why did they [Mayweather and Marcos Maidana] fight a rematch in that last fight? The first one put me to sleep, and the second fight put me to sleep even faster,” he said.
“I think Mayweather has hand picked every single one of his opponents, and he picks the right styles. We know he doesn’t fight southpaws very well, that’s one of the reasons why I think he’s ducking us. He knows a southpaw with power is dangerous.”
