Mexican Antonio Margarito would definitely “fall like a tall tree” when he receives the rapid solid punches of world’s pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao in their scheduled 12-round bout, according to American trainer Freddie Roach.
Roach said Pacquiao (51-3-2 win-loss-draw with 38 knockouts) could finish Margarito so fast in round six rounds.
“We’ll keep him a little more active and a little more focused,” said Roach, noting that Pacquiao has improved a lot since the first day he started training late September. “Speed, as what I’m telling everyday, is the key to off set Margarito’s height and reach advantage.”
Roach is confident that Pacquiao will devastate Margarito with strong massive punches which he never experienced before. Pacquiao will be training away from everything not related to boxing by closing down his gym to keep the outsiders away.
“I’m closing the gym down from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.,” he said.
Personal trainer Buboy Fernandez also said they are doing all their best to increase Pacquiao’s superb stamina and improve his counter-punches that could easily whip Margarito’s ass, when they face on November 13 at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas.
“We want to increase Manny’s [Pacquiao] stamina and at the same time improve his footworks because we know Margarito always attack and attack,” said Fernandez.
Pacquiao and Margarito will fight for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight belt.
Strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, in an interview by ABS-CBN over the weekend, said Pac-quiao, the Fighter of the Decade, has three more weeks to improve everything at Roach’s Wild Card gym.
“He knows when we get to LA [Los Angeles], it’s gonna be a different ball game. There are no excuses there are no outside distractions no appointments,” explained Ariza. “We’re three weeks away and we still have a lot of time.”
Pacquiao, for his part, said: “I’ll do everything to win. I will be training everyday in LA.”
Source: manilatimes.net
