Mayweather paying off Pacquiao’s sparring partners?
Manny Pacquiao's preparations for the biggest fight of his career against Floyd Mayweather Jnr have been disrupted by his opponents manager/adviser, claims trainer Freddie Roach.
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Pacquiao took to Instagram last Thursday to post the latest video of him at work from his Los Angeles training camp, as his $300 million bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas draws closer on May 2.
However, Roach has accused Al Haymon — who works with Mayweather — as attempting to sabotage their sparring selections ahead of the fight.
The 55-year-old claims that they have had several chosen sparring partners, who have a similar fighting style to Mayweather, decline their offer to train with their camp because Haymon's team have offered them more more money to stay at home — in attempt to derail their preparations.
“I’m hiring sparring partners, Al Haymon's people calls them up and offers more money for them not to come. But I’m not worried about those guys,” Roach told ABS-CBN News.
“We got four really good sparring partners for Manny for this fight, Mayweather look-alikes.
“We started our game plan five years ago but we changed it a little bit.
Definitely there will be some adjustments. I'm confident that we'll win the fight and this will be the biggest fight night of all our lives.
— AP
