By Mark Vester
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach made a recent appearance on BoxingScene.com's official audio show, Leave It In The Ring, to discuss Manny Pacquiao move to the junior middleweight division to fight Antonio Margarito on November 13. Roach says Pacquiao has wanted a fight with Margarito since the 2008 TKO win over Oscar De La Hoya.
"I think we'll knock him out. I remember Manny, after he beat Oscar De La Hoya, I asked Manny 'who's next.' And he said Margarito. I said he might be a little bit too big and everyone thought that at the time, of course. He saw something that he can take advantage of in that fight. I feel Manny will knock him out in the late rounds," Roach said.
Roach doesn't seem to concerned with Margarito's illegal hand wrapping incident prior to the fight with Shane Mosley in January 2009.
"He says he was unaware. I don't think we'll every really know unless he comes out and admits to it or something like that. Did he know or didn't he know? I'll just say this, if he used it in fights before than someone didn't do their job because you can't trust anybody because people will do everything to win. Margarito will never get away with that with me in the other corner," Roach said.
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