Boxing: Pacquiao team stands divided

Manny Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach expressed contrasting views when discussing the possibility of a knockout.

LOS ANGELES: Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach expressed contrasting views when discussing the possibility of a knockout by the Filipino in his title bout next week with US Shane Mosley.

While Pacquiao said a knockout had not been a specific focus during their preparations over the last two months, Roach felt stopping an opponent was the perfect way to end a fight. Mosley, 46-6-1 with 39 knockouts, has yet to be knocked out during his professional career and Roach has set his sights on Pacquiao becoming the first boxer to achieve the feat. “I think all fights should end in knockouts so I am looking for a knockout,” Roach said on a conference call with the Filipino southpaw.



Published in The Express Tribune, April 29^th, 2011.