Freddie Roach was not a happy man on the second day of the sparring session of reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. The legendary trainer did not hide his disappointment on his ward’s progress right after their training on Tuesday at the Elorde Gym in Five Ecomm. Those five rounds of sparring were the worst I have seen him spar,” said Roach, who arrived on Sunday night to supervise Pacquiao’s training for the July 2 fight against Jeff Horn at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. Roach wants the eight-division world champion to beat Horn (16-0-1 record with 11 knockouts) convincingly as the 38-year old Pacquiao has not scored a knockout victory in the last eight years. “He got to show here in the sparring that he wants to knock him down.

Source: Manila Times May 23, 2017 17:26 UTC