BOXING king of the ring Manny ?PacMan? Pacquiao is expected to silence his old archrival Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico with a decisive win, according to his renowned trainer Freddie Roach. Roach declared at the Los Angeles stop of the media tour of third Pacquiao-Marquez fight scheduled for November 12 that he wants his prized Filipino boxer to knock out Marquez to finally stop talk that the Mexican was robbed in their two previous encounters.
?This fight is more personal for Manny,? he said. ?When Marquez came to the Philippines with those T-shirts ? it was a slap in the face to Manny. He will get his payback,? Roach added.
The renowned trainer said that Pacquiao took offense with that Marquez antic shortly after the Mexican boxer lost his World Boxing Council lightweight title in 2008 to the Filipino boxing king.
?Manny let [Antonio] Margarito and [Shane] Mosley off the hook. In this fight, that?s not going to happen,? said Roach, who has trained Pacquiao since he started fighting in the United States 10 years ago.
Pacquiao will defend his World Boxing Organization welterweight title (147 pounds) against Marquez, a unified world lightweight champ, who is going up in weight for the title fight at an agreed weight of 144 pounds.
Bob Arum of Top Rank Promotions, Pacquiao?s promoter, shared Roach?s observation about the prospect of seeing a more aggressive Pacquiao in the big-money fight to be held at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
