Los Angeles – With the days dwindling down for Saturday night’s welterweight fight between Joshua Clottey and Manny Pacquiao, I openly questioned if Pacquiao’s trainer sets too high of a standard for his fighter.
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Roach has been telling anyone who asks that Pacquiao will defeat Clottey via knockout, sooner or later in the Dallas, Texas night.
When Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum was questioned about Roach’s high expectations, fight after fight, the veteran fight man could only state Roach had made him a believer.
“He [Roach] has said so many things, I wondered Freddie, how can you say these things,” said Arum. “You put so much pressure on your fighter Manny Pacquiao. And you know something, Freddie Roach is right all the time.”
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We will have to see if Roach once again make Pacquiao defy the odds and deliver a knock-out on Clottey – a fighter who has never been stopped before.
