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ROACH WANTS PACQUIAO TO FIGHT CRAWFORD NEXT, SHOULD MANNY BEAT BRADLEY By Ronnie Nathanielsz PhilBoxing.com Thu, 07 Apr 2016  Although eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao claims his third fight with Timothy ?Desert Storm? Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 10, Manila Time, will be his farewell bout, there are many who believe Pacquiao will continue to fight should he beat Bradley, impressively. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum who originally pushed for a Terence Crawford showdown and both Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach accepted the offer, Rick Reeno of Boxing Scene reported that Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum - who promotes both Pacquiao and Crawford - was not comfortable with placing Crawford against Pacquiao in a headline fight of a major pay-per-view. Arum said "Crawford is an excellent fighter, a future star for Top Rank and boxing, but he wasn't known by the people. He was on a couple of fights on HBO, but we were afraid to put him in as a major opponent on a Manny Pacquiao card.? Reeno said ?If Pacquiao wins, and decides to continue his career, Roach would like to see him fight Crawford in the fall. Roach said ?Crawford is the one that everyone is talking about. I have no problem with Manny fighting Crawford if he decides to go on. I think its a great fight for the world. I think the best should fight the best and I think he might be the best out there at this point. I would like to see him fight Crawford next if that could be available, but after Manny fights we'll have a better idea on what he wants to do next and we'll go from there." Unbeaten in 28 fights with 20 knockouts Crawford is the current WBO junior welterweight champion as well as a former WBO and Ring Magazine lightweight champion. Nicknamed ?Bud?, Crawford is known as a fast, hard-hitting and highly technical fighter and is well known for his ability to comfortable switch hit from orthodox to southpaw. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ronnie Nathanielsz.  |
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