MANNY PACQUIAO will be a solid contender for Fighter of the Year honors when US newspapers, magazines and websites review boxing year 2003.
Pacquiao will be lined up alongside world-renowned fighters like Roy Jones Jr., Shane Mosley and Ricardo Mayorga during the balloting, but this early Freddie Roach believes Pacquiao has the edge for making the biggest impact in boxing during the year.
?I believe Manny deserves to be picked Fighter of the Year,? Pacquiao?s chief trainer told The Bulletin in Los Angeles.
No other Filipino puncher in recent memory has made so much impact on US soil than Pacquiao.
