BAGUIO CITY, Philippines ? It looks like Amir Khan will end up sparring with Manny Pacquiao.
The reigning WBA light-welterweight champion yesterday said trainer Freddie Roach told him to be ready because any day from now he might be thrown in to spar with the Filipino superstar.
Khan, a British-Pakistani, has been up in Baguio for more than a week now. He came in to train under Roach for his fight with Argentinian Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas.
But Roach could be thinking of putting him in the ring with Pacquiao because Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has reportedly decided against coming over to help Pacquiao in his sparring sessions.
?Next week we?ll be having sparring with Manny, so Freddie Roach told me to get my timing and condition before stepping into the ring,? Khan said.
Pacquiao is into his third week of sparring with Mexico?s Michael Medina and Glen Tapia. They did eight rounds the other day and may spar the same number today.
