Pacquiao trainers ‘fight’
WITH less than a week to go before his fight against Jorge Solis, a coup is seemingly in the offing within Manny Pacquiao’s camp.
Pacquiao, who had Freddie Roach in his corner in his epic trilogy with Eric Morales, is now being handled by Roach’s protégé Justin Fortune.
And according to Philboxing.com, Fortune doesn’t want Roach back in Pacquiao’s corner for the April 15 (RP time) fight at the Alamodome in Texas.
Roach is currently in Puerto Rico training Oscar dela Hoya against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Incidentally, dela Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions is locked in a legal battle with Bob Arum’s Top Rank, the promoter of the April 15 fight.
“Well, Freddie chose the bigger fighter (dela Hoya) and he can’t have both,” Fortune said in a report posted at Philboxing.com
According to the report, Fortune said he could handle the fight with Filipino trainers Buboy Fernandez and Nonoy Neri and that Roach can handle Pacquiao’s corner again when the Filipino icon gets a bout against marquee fighters like Marco Antonio Barrera.
Both Fortune and Manny Pacquiao have also told a press conference early in the week that they are not sure whether Roach will be in Texas for the fight.
However, Roach told boxingconfidential.com, “There is no doubt. I told both Manny and Justin I will be there. I am coming in on the day before the fight. Both Manny and Justin know very well that I am going to San Antonio. They both know for sure, no doubt, that I will be there to do my job just like I always do.”
Inconsistent
Still, two days after Roach’s interview, Fortune told a teleconference that he still wasn’t sure whether Roach would be in the fight.
For his part, Arum shot down Roach’s plan to attend the fight.
“You have to understand that Freddie is with dela Hoya. And, dela Hoya for the last month has been doing his damnedest to stop this fight. So, I mean, it’s really inconsistent with Freddie coming. Freddie is down there in Puerto Rico,”
Pacquiao, who had Freddie Roach in his corner in his epic trilogy with Eric Morales, is now being handled by Roach’s protégé Justin Fortune.
And according to Philboxing.com, Fortune doesn’t want Roach back in Pacquiao’s corner for the April 15 (RP time) fight at the Alamodome in Texas.
Roach is currently in Puerto Rico training Oscar dela Hoya against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Incidentally, dela Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions is locked in a legal battle with Bob Arum’s Top Rank, the promoter of the April 15 fight.
“Well, Freddie chose the bigger fighter (dela Hoya) and he can’t have both,” Fortune said in a report posted at Philboxing.com
According to the report, Fortune said he could handle the fight with Filipino trainers Buboy Fernandez and Nonoy Neri and that Roach can handle Pacquiao’s corner again when the Filipino icon gets a bout against marquee fighters like Marco Antonio Barrera.
Both Fortune and Manny Pacquiao have also told a press conference early in the week that they are not sure whether Roach will be in Texas for the fight.
However, Roach told boxingconfidential.com, “There is no doubt. I told both Manny and Justin I will be there. I am coming in on the day before the fight. Both Manny and Justin know very well that I am going to San Antonio. They both know for sure, no doubt, that I will be there to do my job just like I always do.”
Inconsistent
Still, two days after Roach’s interview, Fortune told a teleconference that he still wasn’t sure whether Roach would be in the fight.
For his part, Arum shot down Roach’s plan to attend the fight.
“You have to understand that Freddie is with dela Hoya. And, dela Hoya for the last month has been doing his damnedest to stop this fight. So, I mean, it’s really inconsistent with Freddie coming. Freddie is down there in Puerto Rico,”
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