Roach won't settle for just an impressive win; Koncz airs side

Boxing great Joe Louis once said of his opponent: "He can run, but he can't hide."

This famous line could well be applied to the coming Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley grudge fight where the Filipino ring hero will be eyeing a knockout victory not only to avenge his disputed split decision loss, but, likewise, recapture the World Boxing Organization welterweight championship the undefeated American took away from him, thanks to what promoter Bob Arum referred to as the "Three Blind Mice."

No less than Pacquiao's chief trainer has repeatedly pronounced won't be satisfied that his pupil of 13 years will settle for just an impressive win even as he vowed prepare the eight-division champion put the elusive to sleep in their 12-round showdown April 12 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

"Our goal is to win by KO, nothing less, " Roach reaffirmed yesterday. "We will decide the outcome of the fight and not the judges."

Roach's statement actually echoed that of assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez, who oversaw the preparation since Pacquiao came back from the two-city, one-week media tour in Los Angeles and New York early this month.

"Si Manny naman din ay nagpahayag na kailangan mapatsulog ang kalaban. Marami na ksasi siyang naririnig na insults at patutsada galling kay Bradley na hindi na niya nagugustuhan (Manny himself stated the need to win by KO. He's been receiving so many teasing and insulting statements coming from Bradley which he doesn't like)," Fernandez said lasts Friday.

"Sabi nga niya sa amin, kapag nag-decide na tumakbo muli si Bradley gaya nang ginawa niya noong unang laban, nakahanda siyang humabol nang humabol at kapag nakipagpalitan, pupitaktihin siya ng suntok," Fernandcez related.

To accomplish the mission, the 52-year-old five-time Trainer of the Year, who just arrived in General Santos City three days ago, has scheduled a thrice a week sparring sessions until Team Pacquiao leaves for Los Angeles probably a week from now.

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