Manny ready for Floyd – Roach

MANNY Pacquiao will be ready to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. should Pacquiao successfully defend his World Boxing Organization welterweight title against Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez in their November 12 showdown in Las Vegas, according to renowned trainer Freddie Roach.

Roach, who has trained Pacquiao for nearly 10 years, said Pacquiao-Mayweather could be made as early as May 2012.

“We want that [Mayweather] fight badly,” Roach said in an interview on ESPN radio as he recalled Team Pacquiao’s giving in to Mayweather’s conditions to make the fight happen. “We agreed to everything he asked for the least time [but] nothing happened. Read Full Story