So Now We Know Who Manny Pacquiao Will Be Fighting

Manny Pacquiao's date and venue has been announced, as we await for official word on his opponent, though Freddie Roach may have provided the scoop.

The 37-year-old called time on his boxing career until he had the itch to lace up a pair of gloves again. Roach knew he still had some fight left, and next thing you know he was booked for November 5th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Speaking to Boxing News:

"I always said he would fight again. Right after his last fight we spoke about it and he said he would most likely fight again. He still has a lot left. At the moment everyone is mentioning Terence Crawford but I don't like that fight for November. Almost the entire training camp would be in the Philippines, we wouldn't be able to fly back to the States until 12 days before the fight."

The Philippines senate will be in recess in the weeks leading up to the fight, with 'Pacman' working by day and training by night before then, which doesn't please his legendary trainer.

"We'll also be training in the evenings because Manny will be working in the senate all day, so it won't be the best camp. Crawford is a great athlete and I wouldn't want Manny going into that fight if he's not 100 per cent. I want the November fight to be more of a warm up fight and then for Manny to fight again shortly after - I want it to be a two fight deal."

Despite no confirmation of his foe, Roach has claimed he will "definitely" fight unified light-welterweight champion Terrence Crawford who put on a masterful performance en route to a dominating win over the previously unbeaten Viktor Postol.

"For sure, the Crawford fight will definitely happen. Crawford's a great athlete, we weren't expecting him to fight the way he did against Postol. I'm not sure he'll be able to box like that against Manny, it won't be a problem if he does it's just a pain in the ass tracking someone down all the time."

As for the weight, they're still mulling over a return to light-welterweight as Team Pacquiao are wary of the threat the unbeaten American possess.

(H/T boxingnewsonline.net)

Nasir Jabbar

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