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Roach: Amir to follow Manny path
Freddie Roach expects Amir Khan to follow in the footsteps of his P4P king Manny Pacquiao.
Trainer Roach says the WBA light-welterweight king from Bolton has a bright future, and has the talent to emulate the Filipino icon.
Khan has rebuilt his career under the watchful gaze of Roach since suffering the only defeat of his career at the hands of Colombian Breidis Prescott.
And now he's preparing for the first defence of his world title against Dimitry Salita in Newcastle on December 5.
Roach said: "It was just fundamental mistakes he was making and the corrections were pretty simple. He learns very fast."
The likeness between Pacquiao and Khan is obvious, as Roach explained.
"Him and Manny Pacquiao are very similar - they both have good power and they both have good speed. And when you have speed and power it's devastating at times.
"I see Amir following Manny's path of course because they train together, when they spar together It's unbelievable, it's competitive. Amir's right there with Manny every step of the way and I think his future is pretty endless right know."
Khan himself was in awe of Pacquiao's destruction of Miguel Cotto at the weekend, but says the experts predicting he'll fight Manny in the future will be disappointed.
He said: "Me and Manny train together, we have the same trainer and everything. I totally respect him and what a great performance he produced at the weekend.
"He was amazing, I was there to watch the fight and it inspires you. When you see a great champion do that and think about the fact I was training with the guy for five weeks, to pick up even a little bit of experience from that is going to help me in my career.
"But as for fighting him in the future, I can't really see that happening because I'm sure by the time I get to that level he will probably be calling it a day.
"We train in the same camp and I've got too much respect for Manny to fight him."
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Trainer Roach says the WBA light-welterweight king from Bolton has a bright future, and has the talent to emulate the Filipino icon.
Khan has rebuilt his career under the watchful gaze of Roach since suffering the only defeat of his career at the hands of Colombian Breidis Prescott.
And now he's preparing for the first defence of his world title against Dimitry Salita in Newcastle on December 5.
Roach said: "It was just fundamental mistakes he was making and the corrections were pretty simple. He learns very fast."
The likeness between Pacquiao and Khan is obvious, as Roach explained.
"Him and Manny Pacquiao are very similar - they both have good power and they both have good speed. And when you have speed and power it's devastating at times.
"I see Amir following Manny's path of course because they train together, when they spar together It's unbelievable, it's competitive. Amir's right there with Manny every step of the way and I think his future is pretty endless right know."
Khan himself was in awe of Pacquiao's destruction of Miguel Cotto at the weekend, but says the experts predicting he'll fight Manny in the future will be disappointed.
He said: "Me and Manny train together, we have the same trainer and everything. I totally respect him and what a great performance he produced at the weekend.
"He was amazing, I was there to watch the fight and it inspires you. When you see a great champion do that and think about the fact I was training with the guy for five weeks, to pick up even a little bit of experience from that is going to help me in my career.
"But as for fighting him in the future, I can't really see that happening because I'm sure by the time I get to that level he will probably be calling it a day.
"We train in the same camp and I've got too much respect for Manny to fight him."
http://www.espnstar.com/other-sports...ow-Manny-path/
Haters will arrive in 3...2...1...
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