MANILA, Philippines – Freddie Roach sees Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming fight with Jeff Horn as an opportunity for the Filipino icon to shed ring rust. Speaking recently to boxingscene.com, Roach seemed to be more inclined to look beyond the Horn fight on July 2, saying he prefers Pacquiao to take on undefeated lightweight champion Mikey Garcia. The thing is, it's kind of a tune-up fight for us and who he has next,” said Roach. The bespectacled trainer then mentioned that there is interest from Garcia’s camp for a fight with Pacquiao. “That's what we're looking for right now, a tune-up fight and then on to bigger and better things," he continued.

Source: Philippine Star May 10, 2017 04:41 UTC