Manny Pacquiao and his camp indeed did their research and planned the best way to deal with the primed Errol Spence Jr. on August 21st, and they did.
They are confident that the 42-year old icon will perfect the game plan to counter the southpaw opponent. Previous opponents of Pacquiao, who is a southpaw, are all orthodox. That’s why they devised a new strategy to deal with his southpaw foe.
“We have a strategy that we know how to use against a southpaw. He wants to fight toe-to-toe, and that’s going to be my advantage.”
“We’re prepared for anything. If he wants to use his reach advantage instead, we are ready,” said Pacquiao via BoxingScene.
But despite their game plan, Freddie Roach also has some reminders to Pacquiao when he goes against the American.
“There’s a couple of guys I worry about because they’re younger, they’re stronger and have complicated styles. But Spence, I do like because he’s flat-footed, he’s heavy on his feet, and he gets tired in the later rounds.”
“I told Manny, ‘We have to start quickly in this fight. We can’t stay in the pocket. Get off your combinations, and you’re going to get right out the way because he’s going to hit you back. He does have good power.
There [are] a couple [of] fights out we could fight, but Manny wants to fight the best guys out there,” Roach said separately in an interview with The Sun.
