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Roach: Mayweather will go the way of Dela Hoya

By: - Editor / @RLuarcaINQ
/ 03:16 AM March 07, 2015

MANILA, Philippines—Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach believes that Manny Pacquiao will beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. so thoroughly on May 2 that the American—like Oscar De La Hoya before him—will be forced into retirement.

Unlike ring pundits and Pacquiao himself, though, Roach thinks that a rematch with Mayweather will not happen if the Filipino eight-division title holder prevails in their fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

“If Floyd loses that fight and Manny fights the perfect fight, I don’t think Floyd will want the rematch,” Roach told Lance Pugmire of the LA Times from Macau. “It’s the end of his career.”

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The seven-time Trainer of the Year said Mayweather will find that a first defeat will be hard to take after piling up a 47-0 record.

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“He’s so crazy about that zero,” Roach said of the brash American, who still has two fights left in his multimillion-dollar contract with Showtime.

Pacquiao has intimated to close friend, former two-division world champion Gerry Espinosa, that “there will be a rematch in November”—a statement that betrays Pacquiao’s confidence in winning the fight that is projected to gross over $300 million (about P13.2 billion).

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But because Mayweather calls the shots for the fight, Pacquiao cannot seek a rematch if he loses.

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Meanwhile, Pacquiao told AFP that he will attack Mayweather from the get-go.

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“He can run but he can’t hide,” said Pacquiao, who added he is also prepared if Mayweather chooses to slug it out.

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