Manny Pacquiao has never recovered from being knocked out by Juan
Manuel Marquez in 2013, says Floyd Mayweather's father and trainer.And Mayweather Sr believes his son will knock Pacquiao
out again when they meet for the richest fight in history in Las Vegas
on Saturday."Once you get hit like Pacquiao got hit by Marquez, it
won't take too many more punches until it happens again," said
Mayweather Sr."This fight is already won. Trust me."
Asked what he thought Pacquiao's best performance was, Mayweather Sr replied: "When he got stretched by Marquez."
Mexican legend Marquez had lost to Pacquiao twice and
drawn with him once before knocking him cold in the sixth round of their
fourth encounter.Philippine legend Pacquiao, a six-weight world
champion, has won his three fights since, although some suggest he is
not the fighter that he was.
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Mayweather v Pacquiao: 'Biggest hype there has ever been'However, Pacquiao's trainer of 15 years, Freddie Roach,
said his charge was as good as ever ahead of his fight with Mayweather,
who is unbeaten in 47 professional fights."Manny knows that knockouts are a part of boxing," said
Roach, a seven-time trainer of the year. "If you don't want to get
knocked out, go do something else.
"It was a bad knockout against Marquez, he was down for
a long time. I was worried but when we got back in the gym there was no
change, he wasn't gun shy.
"But Floyd has put on extra muscle and can punch when
he wants to. So I hope he chooses to come out in the early rounds and
tries to knock us out.
"Floyd will be looking to land that big overhand right,
which was kind of a sucker shot, a shot fighters like Manny shouldn't
be hit with."
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Roach did admit he might have trouble keeping control
in Pacquiao's corner during the fight - especially of assistant trainer
Buboy Fernandez.
"Buboy is supposed to repeat what I say in Philippine,"
explained Roach. "I'm not sure that's what happens sometimes, because
he talks a lot longer than I do.
"When Manny was fighting Miguel Cotto, he was getting hit on the ropes and Buboy started crying.
"I was thinking: 'I've got one guy doing what I told
him not to do and another guy crying.' It does get a little funny
sometimes."
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