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Laos na! Matthysse says Pacquiao has lost his mojo since Marquez KO

April 18, 2018 21:31·
Freddie Roach reveals what it is about his split from Manny Pacquiao that hurt so much

Freddie Roach reveals what it is about his split from Manny Pacquiao that hurt so much

Pacquiao, who lost the WBO welterweight title to Jeff Horn past year in Brisbane, Australia via a controversial unanimous decision, believes that Fernandez can get the job done though he hasn't decided yet if his childhood pal will be his trainer for good.

Now, for the first time, the Filipino boxing legend himself stood in the podium to promote his own fight and visibly proud of it. Pacquiao was not only proud to promote his fight with Argentina's Lucas Matthysse scheduled on July 15 at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, but was also proud to have assembled an impressive card that have four world titles on the line.

"Freddie and I. we're like a close family, and I didn't make any decision yet about Freddie Roach, but if, assuming, I will make a decision about Freddie Roach and choose Buboy Fernandez as head coach for this fight, I'm still not closing the door with Freddie".

"I heard it like everyone else and that's the thing that is a little disappointing, but my thoughts mostly are about all the good times we had and the work we did together".

"Manny has won so many titles and has done so much in boxing".

Pacquiao, one of the world's most successful boxers, is the latest athlete to launch a virtual currency, following Floyd Mayweather and former England striker Michael Owen. I'll die for it.

"There are plenty of opportunities for us to discover new boxing talent, this is the reason why I have chose to take matters into my own hands and finally made a decision to stage my own fights with the MP Promotions, my very own promotional company".

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"This is my first time to defending my title which is hard to obtain".

"This is going to be huge for my career and for myself, and for everybody", said Matthysse, whose personal record stands at 39-4, with 36 KOs. "We guarantee people will enjoy this fight because of his style and my style, he's very aggressive".

The Kuala Lumpur bout will likely mark the first time in 15 years that Pacquiao will be fighting without his long-standing United States trainer Freddie Roach, who expressed hurt last week after saying ties have been cut. "But he is not in the same boxer anymore", Matthysse said.

After 16 years and 34 fights, Pacquiao stated that he wanted a change of scenery, which hurt Roach.

"Bob Arum is in charge of American pay-per-view and that's it", Pacquiao told AFP. "I will not enter into it or fight in MMA".

He is now considered by many to be the world's top "pound-for-pound" fighter, an unofficial honour Pacquiao once held.

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