adminLOS ANGELES. — Floyd Mayweather’s demands have made Manny Pacquiao angry ahead of their May 2 megafight, according to Freddie Roach. The biggest fight in boxing might have happened years ago but for disagreements over drug testing and purse splits, arguments settled late last year before the showdown was finally confirmed last month.
Pacquiao has agreed to abide by Olympic-style testing in the run-up to the fight and underwent the first of his random tests in front of a Filipino television crew on Saturday.
But Mayweather’s insistence on controlling every pre-fight detail has left a lasting impression on Pacquiao, according to his trainer, who says he has never seen his eight-weight world champion more motivated.
“I can see it in his eyes, in his body movement, his attitude in training that he really wants to win and win decisively,” said Roach, quoted on philboxing.com, from Pacquiao’s training camp. “Sometimes, I cannot help but think he’s mad at this guy.
“I can feel when we’re doing the mitts. With the way he hits the mitts, I can see it on how he responds to the things we want him to do,” he said — Sky Sports.
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