Pacquiao clarifies split with trainer Roach is not final
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Manny Pacquiao hasn’t entirely turned his back on a 16-year working relationship with trainer Freddie Roach.
The eight-division world champion said he will be trained by Restituto “Buboy” Fernandez and Raides “Nonoy” Neri for his fight against Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) for the World Boxing Association welterweight title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 15, but that it was on an experimental basis. “I am still not closing the door for Freddie,” Pacquiao, 39, said yesterday. “We just want to try and experience that Buboy will handle this one fight and after that go back to Freddie — I mean if I will make a decision, but right now I didn’t make a final decision yet.” Pacquiao disclosed his decision for this fight last week in the final sentence of a news release. Roach said he didn’t officially learn about the split until Pacquiao’s announcement, and the veteran trainer issued a bittersweet statement heralding the end of one of the most durable partnerships in a notoriously fickle sport. Roach had been in Pacquiao’s corner for 34 consecutive fights since his US debut in 2001. Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs), in his first news conference since then, said he wanted to clarify the situation. “Freddie and I are like a family. We’re like a close family and I didn’t make up any decision yet about Freddie Roach,” he said.
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