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Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach said that he will advise his prized fighter Manny Pacquiao to hang up his gloves if he fails to perform well in his upcoming fight against Brandon Rios on Nov. 23 at the Cotai Arena in Macau.
Manny Pacquiao is looking for more challenges in his training ahead of his fight with Brandon Rios after the Filipino champ totally obliterated his current sparring partners at the Pacman Wildcard Gym in General Santos City, Philippines.
Freddie Roach is considered as one of the best trainers in the business and is known for not backing down from any challenge presented to him, but the boxing Hall of Famer admitted that he is concerned with the presence of a popular figure in Brandon Rios' camp.
Ruslan Provodnikov scored a scintillating tenth-round TKO victory over Mike Alvarado Saturday, and already, there are talks about a possible showdown with Manny Pacquiao.
Famed trainer Robert Garcia knows Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23 KOs) will have a hard time against Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KOs), but he is confident that "Bam Bam" is ready to face the former pound-for-pound king on Nov. 23 in Macau.
Top Rank boss Bob Arum seems uninterested in arranging a second bout between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, sensing that the second showdown between the two top welterweight contenders may not create enough buzz among boxing fans.
Freddie Roach, the trainer of former pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, is now declining--or, at least, is what Pacman's former strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza said of one of the best trainers in boxing during an interview with Ring News 24 recently.
