• Manny Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather Jnr

Mayweather should shut up and fight - Pacquiao trainer

ESPN staff
November 9, 2011
Freddie Roach is getting Manny Pacquiao ready to fight Juan Manuel Marquez © Getty Images
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Manny Pacquiao's trainer is exhausted by the long-running saga with Floyd Mayweather Jnr, and wants the matter resolved as soon as possible.

Freddie Roach, who is getting Pacquiao ready for Saturday's fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, looked on last week as Mayweather's advisor Leonard Ellerbe said his man wanted to fight the Filipino on May 5.

But while Roach admits Mayweather is the only challenge left out there for Pacquiao, he is not willing to simply bow to the unbeaten American's every whim.

"I'm kind of tired of Floyd," Roach told GMA News. "Shut up and fight or not. We'll fight him any day of the week. Who is he to make the rules? If that fight doesn't happen, I'm not going to cry."

Meanwhile, Pacquiao claims Marquez is too one-dimensional and has not progressed since their last fight, which Pacquiao won on a narrow points decision. Their previous meeting ended in a draw despite Marquez hitting the floor three times in the opening round; the Mexican reckons he was wronged by the judges on both occasions.

"His style is the same since our last fight, the sequel," Pacquiao said. "I don't want to predict [the outcome of] this fight, but I want this fight to answer all the doubts."

WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion Amir Khan, who is also trained by Roach, expects Pacquao to blow over Marquez in the early rounds. "[Pacquiao] should walk through him this time because Manny is totally different but it should be a good fight," Khan said to boxingscene.com.

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