By Radio Rahim

Freddie Roach, who trains eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38KOs), admits that a potential fight with WBO/WBC junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford (29-0, 20KOs) is "not his favorite fight."

Crawford is set to return on December 10th in an HBO televised fight from Omaha. If Crawford wins his next fight, and Pacquiao defeats WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on November 5, the two of them could be on a collision course for 2017.

Arum had offered Pacquiao the option of facing Crawford next month. That fight was rejected by Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach, and longtime adviser Michael Koncz - as both of them had concerns with Crawford's style after watching him outbox Viktor Postol in July.

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who has Pacquiao and Crawford, would like to stage that fight.

"Right now the biggest fight for Pacquiao is Vargas. He's ten years younger, he's punching like a mule, he's very determined, he's going to bring the fight to Manny. Manny hasn't trained like a normal person," Arum said. "If he gets by Vargas, I would think that the opponent that everybody wants would be Terence Crawford, but Terence Crawford is going to have a tough fight December 10th."

Roach, who trained Postol for the fight with Crawford, is not very enthusiastic about doing that contest.

"Well, we have to be looking at that fight because he's one of the biggest new guys out there and he's a very good fighter and he has great legs. He really showed in his last fight that he can move for twelve rounds. And he does punch very well. I think he has a lot of power, because he does hurt people when he hits them. He has some sensational knockout," Roach said.

"It's a fight we're talking about, it's not my favorite fight in the world, but I know that it is something that we might have to fight next. I've watched him, he's like a young Mayweather, but he's a little more aggressive, he hits a lot harder . This guy has great legs for twelve rounds. He can move very well in the ring. He can even run when he wants to. But during those exchanges, when he stops, he does punch very hard. That's a very difficult fight."