MANILA, Philippines ? If Terence Crawford is next for Manny Pacquiao, trainer Freddie Roach is going to think twice whether the fight should happen at 140 or 147 pounds.
Crawford is the WBO and WBC champion at junior-welterweight (140) while Pacquiao is back as WBO champion at welterweight (147).
Pacquiao, who came out of a short retirement to snatch the title from Jessie Vargas last November, said he can fight at 140 or 147.
?There?s no problem. I can even make 135,? he said.
The Filipino senator has assured his fans that he will continue fighting as long as his body can or as long as he keeps on winning.
Pacquiao?s next fight should happen in the period between March and June of 2017. Sportshub ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1
Roach thinks Pacquiao has two more ?good fights? left in his career.
But the great American trainer can?t decide for now if Pacquiao should slide down to 140 or stay at 147 to face Crawford.
?I like the fight at 140 but he hasn?t fought at 140 in a long time. I think he will be a bit quicker and a bigger puncher but he?s been at 147 for so long so we will see,? Roach told Boxing Scene.
Pacquiao has campaigned at 147 pounds for quite some time now, won some and lost a couple of fights.
But he hasn?t scored a knockout since he stopped Miguel Cotto just under 12 rounds more than seven years ago.
At 140, many think that Pacquiao can regain the punch that has knocked a lot of his opponents down and out.
Roach, however, insisted that whoever it is, the fact is that Pacquiao, who turned 38 a couple of weeks ago, will spend the rest of his career fighting the best in the sport.
?Manny wants to keep fighting and if we don?t get the Mayweather fight we want to fight the best guys out there. We don?t want easy fights. We will fight anyone. We want to fight anyone in the top 10,? he said.
That includes Crawford ? at 140 pounds or otherwise.
