By Edward Chaykovsky
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is focused on a high workrate to gain points, round by round, against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayweather will stake his WBC/WBA welterweight titles in the massive pay-per-view showdown.
Both sides are predicting a knockout victory, including Pacquiao's own trainer Freddie Roach, who says Mayweather's legs are now old and he won't be able to avoid the punches.
"I'm not really looking for a knockout," Pacquiao said. "We're not looking only for a knockout, but for throwing a lot of punches, and also making sure that every round, we're ahead on points."
Roach is confident Mayweather's legs are now shot. He's picking his fighter to work Mayweather over until a knockout is secured in the second half of the contest.
"Mayweather's legs are shot, and you saw it twice last year," Roach said. "He's not becoming more crowd-pleasing. He just can't move like he used to, so he has to exchange more. As long as we can hit him and then move, Mayweather can't touch us."
