Freddie Roach Comments SHOCK Boxing World – Manny Pacquiao News
WBO jr welterweight champion Chris Algieri is being built up as a real life “Rocky” following his gutsy and dramatic longshot win over Ruslan Provodnikov, but Manny Pacquiao’s Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach isn’t buying it. “‘Rocky’ is fiction and so is ‘The Chris Algieri Show,’ said Roach with just seven days to go until Manny Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri world welterweight championship fight week begins. “Manny looks tremendous. He has worked hard against the best sparring partners he has ever had. He knows what is at stake here. Believe me, he wants an emphatic victory. He needs an emphatic victory. That is why he has gone the extra mile in this camp to achieve that,” stated Roach following Pacquiao’s latest training session.
“I know New York is a sports capital desperate to hold on to its only world champion. But everyone in the Big Apple needs to realize that Chris Algieri is going up against a buzz saw in Manny Pacquiao,” added Roach. “New York has had its share of sports miracle upsets in the past — Bobby Thompson’s ‘Shot Heard ‘Round the World,’ Jerry Koosman’s two World Series victories for the Miracle Mets and Joe Namath’s Super Bowl III MVP performance — but the reality is this, heart, no matter how big, can only take you so far. On November 22, Manny is going to drop the curtain on The Chris Algieri Show.”