By Mark Vester

Trainer Freddie Roach is hungry to get WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in the ring with Floyd Mayweather Jr. First order of business for Mayweather, he has to beat Shane Mosley on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - and Roach expects him to do so.

Mayweather-Pacquiao was being negotiated earlier this year. The two sides were unable to reach an agreement on the contract clause that called for random Olympic-style drug testing. Pacquiao wanted the drug testing, or at least the random blood tests, to end 24-days before the fight. Mayweather wanted the blood testing to end 14-days before the fight.

In the recent edition of BoxingScene.com's Insider Notebook, Roach, who in the past refused to consider Mayweather's demand for random drug testing - has changed his position on the matter. Not only is Roach considering Mayweather's demand, he is willing to get closer to Mayweather's cut-off date for the random drug testing.

"We're at 24 days (for cut-off for blood-testing), they're at 14 days," Roach said to BoxingScene.com. "Is 17 days acceptable? I'm sure negotiations can be made somewhere along the line."

Roach also told BoxingScene the outcome of Pacquiao's Congressional race will not prevent the Filipino champion from fighting again.

"Congressman Manny Pacquiao or not Congressman Manny Pacquiao, that's not going to make a difference," Roach said. "We will fight again this year and we hope it's Mayweather."

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