ALTHOUGH Manny Pacquiaoย is already in Los Angeles at the Wild Card gym preparing for his massive unification battle with Floyd Mayweatherย on May 2, the Filipinoโs trainer is currently in Macau to help another of his boxers, Zou Shiming attempt to win a world title. In fact Roach is out in China under Manny Pacquiaoโs orders.
โI was home and [Manny] called me and told me in the Philippines itโs a little bit crazy, thereโs too many people, I canโt train,โ Freddie related. โSo I said come early to America and he said okay. That was on Friday or Saturday and he was coming in on Sunday and I told him Iโll see you Sunday or Monday at the gym and he says, โNo, no, you have to go to Shimingโs fight.โ I said no I have Marvin [Somodio] covering it, heโs okay, heโs covered.โ
But Pacquiao, despite the magnitude of his own fight was insistent. โHe said no Freddie, Shiming needs you there to win the fight. He said go to the Shiming fight. I said no Manny weโve got a big fight coming up, itโs really important that weโre together. But he won the argument. He told me to come here and help Shiming and me and Marvin can do our best to get him to win a world title,โ Roach revealed.
โManny Pacquiao is like the nicest guy in the world. He actually told me to go. He said Shiming is a better fighter when youโre in the corner. So go to the fight.
“You donโt see that around fighters but Mannyโs a gentleman.โ
Freddie Roach discusses the Zou Shiming fight in depth HERE
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