Pacquiao wants Horn knockout to lure Mayweather, says Roach
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MANNY Pacquiao is seeking a dominant win over Australia’s Jeff Horn to try and coax Floyd Mayweather Jr into a re-match, the Filippino’s long-time trainer Freddie Roach has said.
Pacquiao, who was defeated by American Mayweather in an unanimous points decision in Las Vegas in 2015, will defend his WBO welterweight belt against former schoolteacher and rank outsider Horn in Brisbane on Sunday.
“He wants a re-match with Mayweather,” Roach told Sky News of 38-year-old Pacquiao. “To get Mayweather, you have to look good. Against Horn, he’s got to look good, he has to be impressive.”
Mayweather, who retired in 2015 with an unbeaten record of 49-0, has agreed a 12-round fight against mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor.
Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 knockouts) has failed to win by knockout since a 12th-round TKO win over Miguel Cotto in 2009 but Roach said the fighter was primed to cause a stoppage against 29-year-old Horn, who is undefeated in 17 fights against mostly obscure opponents.
“(Pacquiao) doesn’t like to predict knockouts and so forth but I do,” Roach said yesterday. “I think it’s going to be short and sweet. If our opponent comes out like he says he’s going to, Manny will fire back and I think it’s going to be great fight (but) it won’t last too long. And someone will get knocked out.”
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