Pacquiao’s boxing trainer, Freddie Roach, said he would have preferred his ward to have a third fight against Juan Manuel Marquez if not for the Mexican champion’s reported insistence on a big pay check. Marquez would have posed a greater challenge against Pacquiao, the first and only boxer to win 8 world titles in as many weight classes.
"No, my first choice was Marquez, I think he deserves the third fight,” said Roach.
“The first fight was a draw, and after that, Pacquiao won by a point… let's be honest, Marquez is the biggest challenge for Manny, and he's the only one who knows how to fight with him," he added.
Roach thinks that the Mexican can still go toe-to-toe against the fleet-footed champion from General Santos City.
"I think he [Marquez] is small for 147 pounds but he's very disciplined, and a great fighter. Everybody says he's getting old but he still keeps winning and winning," he said.
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