Freddie Roach likes what he sees whenever Manny Pacquiao trains at the Wild Card Boxing Club in preparation for the Juan Manuel Marquez on March 15.
"I haven’t seen him this excited since the first time that he fought (Marco Antonio) Barrera (in late-2003)," Roach told scribe Brad Cooney of boxingtalk.net last Monday.
"He’s doing very well. I have been running with him in the morning, well…I have been running behind him in the morning, and I can’t keep up with him," said Roach, who is readying Pacquiao for three eventualities.
"I have a strong guy to press Manny, I got a counter-puncher, and I got a guy that will run, all to give Manny different looks. We know the keys to victory, and we’ll show you what they are on fight night."
Pacquiao’s sparmates are David Rodela, Juan Garcia and Daniel Cervantes, and they all make Pacquiao work out a sweat on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
A Marquez copycat is set to join the team to help Pacquiao get use to the Mexican’s smooth boxing style.
By the time Pacquiao heads to Las Vegas a week before the fight, he would have already logged 120 rounds of sparring.
Roach said they are looking at winning the fight with Marquez being put down for good.
"We are going for the knockout. We have all intentions of knocking him out. After Manny’s last two fights, we need to fight a great fight…If Manny gets Marquez down this time, he’ll keep him down," added Roach.
Pacquiao sent Marquez down thrice in the first round the first time they met in May 2004 but the Mexican kept on getting up.
The bout ended a 12-round split draw as Marquez banked on his counter-punching skills in the remainder.
Meanwhile, Pacquiao will train at the Titanium Training Center on Polk St. in San Francisco next week as part of his job to promote the Marquez rematch. He will likely be brought to the Bay Area by a private jet that Top Rank chief Bob Arum is going to lease for one day.
"I haven’t seen him this excited since the first time that he fought (Marco Antonio) Barrera (in late-2003)," Roach told scribe Brad Cooney of boxingtalk.net last Monday.
"He’s doing very well. I have been running with him in the morning, well…I have been running behind him in the morning, and I can’t keep up with him," said Roach, who is readying Pacquiao for three eventualities.
"I have a strong guy to press Manny, I got a counter-puncher, and I got a guy that will run, all to give Manny different looks. We know the keys to victory, and we’ll show you what they are on fight night."
Pacquiao’s sparmates are David Rodela, Juan Garcia and Daniel Cervantes, and they all make Pacquiao work out a sweat on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
A Marquez copycat is set to join the team to help Pacquiao get use to the Mexican’s smooth boxing style.
By the time Pacquiao heads to Las Vegas a week before the fight, he would have already logged 120 rounds of sparring.
Roach said they are looking at winning the fight with Marquez being put down for good.
"We are going for the knockout. We have all intentions of knocking him out. After Manny’s last two fights, we need to fight a great fight…If Manny gets Marquez down this time, he’ll keep him down," added Roach.
Pacquiao sent Marquez down thrice in the first round the first time they met in May 2004 but the Mexican kept on getting up.
The bout ended a 12-round split draw as Marquez banked on his counter-punching skills in the remainder.
Meanwhile, Pacquiao will train at the Titanium Training Center on Polk St. in San Francisco next week as part of his job to promote the Marquez rematch. He will likely be brought to the Bay Area by a private jet that Top Rank chief Bob Arum is going to lease for one day.
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