Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach expressed no problem if ever unbeaten WBO world junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford would be chosen as Manny Pacquiao?s farewell dance partner.
Roach said he already received a call from American promoter Bob Arum who asked about the trainer?s thoughts on Crawford, an American who has not lost a fight in 27 bouts, a two-time division champion and won 19 bouts by knockout.
Roach said that while Pacquiao has the last say for his swan song, the seven-time trainer of the year winner would not oppose the choice of Crawford.
But the 55-year-old guru has reiterated his preferred choice as Pacquiao?s next foe which is said to be the Filipino icon?s farewell fight set on April, 2016.
?The next opponent may be Terence Crawford, but it could also be a rematch against Mayweather, if he comes out of retirement, which I think will happen and I think he will return to the ring. I?m sure Manny would make a better fight than what [he was able to do] in the first fight,? Roach told TV Azteca.
Aside from Crawford, British superstar Amir Khan, current world welterweight ruler Tim Bradley and Mexican tormentor Juan Manuel Marquez are said to be on Pacquiao?s radar.
Apart from being a stablemate of Pacquiao under Arum?s Top Rank banner, the 28-year-old Crawford is being seriously considered as Pacquiao?s next foe owing to his impressive resum?.
Before dominating the 140lb kingdom, Crawford terrorized the lightweight division where he scored a smashing 9th round TKO win over previously unbeaten Cuban sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa in June of last year in Crawford?s hometown in Nebraska.
