Pacquiao wants Horn knockout to lure Mayweather: Roach
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[June 28, 2017]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - 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 to come out of retirement for a 12-round fight against mixed
martial arts champion Conor McGregor.
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Pacquiao 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 at a media conference on Wednesday.
"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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Filipino boxer and Senator Manny Pacquiao raises his boxing winning
belt during a news conference upon arrival, after winning WBO
welterweight bout with Jessie Vargas, at Ninoy Aquino International
airport in Paranaque, Metro Manila in the Philippines, November 8,
2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
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The 'Battle of Brisbane' at Lang Park, a 55,000-seat
venue used mainly for professional rugby matches, is the biggest
fight in decades 'Down Under', throwing Pacquiao's unheralded
opponent Horn into a huge spotlight.
Horn reminded Pacquiao of his 2012 knockout loss to Juan Manuel
Marquez and said the Filippino had lost some of the power in his
punches.
"Ever since that knockout loss against Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny
doesn’t pull the trigger like he used to when he was on his big run
of wins," the 29-year-old told local media.
"He's looked good in his last two fights but he hasn't been able to
win inside the distance for a long time and I think that's because
of the KO loss he suffered against Marquez in 2012."
(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Amlan Chakraborty) [© 2017 Thomson Reuters. All
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