By Mark Vester
Considering the pounding that Manny Pacquiao gave to Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, before Oscar called it quits after the eight round, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach thinks the former six-division champion should retire before he really gets and suffers permanent injury.
Pacquiao, who was jumping up from lightweight to welterweight for the fight, was viewed as the safe decision for De La Hoya, who was already making plans for a fight with Ricky Hatton next summer. De La Hoya's body failed him and Pacquiao unleashed a one-sided beating. Roach hopes that some of De La Hoya's friends will tell him to retire.
“I hope Oscar has enough sense to call it a day. I know he doesn’t want to go out like this but if he doesn’t go out, he might go out really, really hurt. His close friends and family should tell him it’s over. I don’t want him to end up with some disease like Parkinson’s. He’s very clear-minded right now, but that could change,” Roach told the Associated Press .
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