“I think Pacquiao, this time, it won’t even be close. I feel that Pacquiao stops him. The other fights were very close, but this time, I think Pacquiao drops him a couple of times and then stops him in the later rounds…We want to get a piece of him before his career is over. It’ll be a huge fight for Brandon. He’s got nothing to lose in that fight. A year from now, he’s going to be stronger and Manny’s already going to have two more fights. Things can change from one fight to another, so that would be great for us to be able to get a shot at that. I think Brandon gives Manny a better fight than what Marquez is going to be able to do. Marquez is already 37, you know, he’s already up there. I think Timothy Bradley, it’s going to be interesting to watch that fight, but I think it will make more sense; the fans want to see more of a Brandon Rios against a Manny Pacquiao,” stated world-class trainer Robert Garcia, who shared his thoughts on the upcoming November 12 rubbermatch between pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao and lightweight king Juan Manuel Marquez. You don’t want to miss what he had to say about an eventual move up in weight for WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios and a potential future clash with Pacquiao. Check it out!
BT: Like you said before, I’m sure it’s a lot eaier for you to train two fighters when they’re at the same gym, but is it difficult for you to game plan two fights with guys who are headlining on the same card?
RG: Yeah, you know, I’ve been in that situation before, but this is obviously two big fights. I’ve had smaller fights on the same card, but that’s nothing compared to main event fighters fighting big fights in Margarito in Brandon. So yeah, it is difficult. When I’m in that situation, for a half an hour before Brandon trains, I’ll be in the gym watching videos of his opponent and then after training him, I’ll do the same when Maragarito is about to come in just to change my mentality and change everything around. But we should be fine.
