But Roach isn't worried about Manny Pacquiao being the underdog, noting that his fighter has been in similar situations before.
"We are definitely underdogs and we love being the underdogs going into the fight. We're making a little extra money at the window and I love that when I'm an underdog," the 7-time Boxing Coach of the Year said in an interview with CBS Detroit.
Roach is sensing a stoppage victory by Pacquiao in the latter rounds and he explained why.
"I do think we'll knock him out in about the 9th round. We'll break him down in the body," said the boxing trainer.
One big reason for this confidence is that Roach believes Pacquiao has regained his old punching power.
"Manny hit the mitts the other day, he hit me with a couple of hard shots. I said, 'Are you really gonna hit your opponent that hard?' He said, 'Yes.' That's the best thing I've ever heard," Roach said.
Roach has been repeatedly criticized by Mayweather Sr. for supposedly being a "Joke Coach." The father of the unbeaten American even came up with a poem making fun of Roach.
"Freddie Roach is a joke, blowing smoke with no hope," Mayweather Sr. said.
But Roach said the joke is on Team Mayweather.
"His poems are a bit stupid, I don't do poems," he said. "The thing is, he's never beat me [in coaching] and he will never will. Ask him that question. Not once."
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
