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Freddie Roach wants Timothy Bradley as one of Pacquiao's sparring partners
By Granville Ampong PhilBoxing.com Mon, 21 Dec 2009
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HOLLYWOOD, California, December 21, 2009 - Less than three months before the hottest boxing campaign hits the mark, both camps of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have yet to issue official statement as to the finality of the match and its first official press conference.
But, Freddie Roach makes his own list of rated top-A sparring partners for his pupil.
"Other than Amir Khan as Pacquiao's main sparring partner, I like to include Timothy Bradley in my list."
Bradley, 26, is rated No. 1 in the light welterweight division. Like Mayweather, Jr., Bradley bears an orthodox stance at 5' 6" and remains undefeated with twenty-six wins.
Roach says both Khan, former sparring partner of Pacquiao, and Bradley will make the best of Pacquiao for a Mayweather fight.
"And I have the keys to break down Mayweather even in the earlier rounds." Roach says in a telephone interview with this writer last Friday. "Mayweather will have no more excuses; We'll catch him early, if not it's going to be Pacquiao by unanimous decision."
"Pacquiao will strike on at unexpected angles that Mayweather will become frozen from taking too many shots." Roach adds.
Meanwhile, amid a difficiult economy and a wave of lay-offs, boxing fans' enthusiasm continues to spread like a brush fire, eagerly anticipating the fight between two acclaimed pound-for-pound gladiators to take place.
One fan says: "I am not making a good paycheck from my unemployment benefit . But, I am starting to set aside enough dollars for the Mayweather-Pacquiao match."
Report from Top Rank officials has it that the MGM Grand Arena is likely the venue of the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao definitely this March 13, 2009.
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