How’s Manny Pacquiao’s camp coming? “Manny’s doing well. He just finished 10 rounds. It was a good workout, everything’s on track. We have a little press workout in San Diego tomorrow. Overall he’s doing great.”
BT: How’s his power compared to 130?
FR: Yesteday he weighed 144 at the mandatory weigh-in, so he’s right where we want him. We’ll be 135 by fight time. He’s a lot stronger, he’s not gonna kill himself to make weight (at 135). His power and speed are coming very well. He’ll be even stronger.
BT: Oscar De la Hoya is looking for a big name for September now that Mayweather retired. As his trainer what would you recommend?
FR: I’d love that. Manny loves that. We were talking about it today.
BT: Have De la Hoya’s people contacted you about it?
FR: No.
BT: What are there things in Oscar’s game that Manny could exploit?
FR: Well, you know, I think we have too much speed for him. I think our foot speed and hand speed would be too much for him.
BT: What was your final verdict of Hopkins/Calzaghe?
FR: You know, I think they might’ve given the fight to Bernard if they were scoring it on effective punching, but it could’ve gone either way. Calzaghe threw more punches.
BT: There were rumors of Mayweather/Manny at some point. Was this ever real? What would’ve happened?
FR: We never dicussed that. Manny really wants Ricky Hatton. I know Manny could beat Ricky Hatton. He’s the same size as Ricky and he can do everything better.
BT: What do you think of Haye and Klitschko at heavyweight?
FR: I saw David Haye. He’s a big strong guy, he’s been at cruiserweight. The questioning when a guy is moving up is if he can take the punch of a heavyweight. But it’s good for the heavyweight division.
BT: Who do you go with in big versus bigger?
FR: Haye is a small heavyweight. He does have tremendous power. It would be very interesting.
