Enough with the super fight talk because clearly, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will not face each other this year or even in early 2015. In fact, Pacquiao's coach Freddie Roach has already set his eyes on Pacman's next opponent on May 2015.
On Nov. 22, Pacquiao is set to fight Chis Algieri in Macau, China. While there is no guarantee that Pacman will leave Macau with the WBO belt on his waist, Roach has made his plans clear. Algieri is a very tough opponent, but whatever the result is, Pacman will go back to the Junior Welterweight Division and stay there.
Roach, who's been working with Pacquiao for several years now, believe that the Junior Welterweight is Pacquiao's best and most effective division. In his next fight, he has to meet Algieri at 144-pound catchweight.
"I just think it's much better for Manny to fight at 140. He's much more productive at that weight. It's much more natural for him to fight at that weight," he told Rappler.
"He's not a 147-pounder, he only forced himself to be a 147-pounder because that's where the money was but I think he's going to be a much more effective fighter at 140. I don't care who is there, we'll beat them all," Roach added.
Given his plan to move Pacquiao down this division, their first target is Danny Garcia. Garcia is currently the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council Junior Welterweight Champion, according to Latin Post.
However, Roach also shared that he thinks Garcia's camp won't oblige to fight Pacquiao. The Hall of Fame trainer goes on to say that Garcia and the other fighters under adviser Al Haymon won't fight Pacman because they are afraid and they know they can't beat Pacquiao.
"Al Haymon will not fight Manny Pacquiao, guarantee that. Because they're scared, all of them. His lead guy all the way down. It's not going to happen. All of the excuses about they don't like Bob Arum; it's just excuses," Roach explained.
Meanwhile, Pacquiao is currently getting ready for his fight in China against Algieri. It's going to happen on Nov. 22 so boxing fans should make sure to watch it.
