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ARLINGTON, Texas — Retirement.
That’s a word and a decision trainer Freddie Roach hopes, prays and truly believes that Manny Pacquiao won’t have trouble with when the time comes to do so.
The 50-year-old Roach knows full well what the dangers are of staying in the fight game longer than one should; he remained in the game too long and wound up with Parkinson’s Disease as a result of punishment absorbed during his pugilistic career.
“We’ve talked about it a little bit, touched base on it a little bit. But I’d like to see Manny fight two more fights and then quit,” said Roach, who hasn’t minced words when advising several of his fighters to end their career when he saw fit to.
“I’d like to see him take this fight [against Joshua Clottey on Saturday], and then maybe one with Floyd Mayweather and be done with it. I don’t see any more challenges out there, and you don’t have to go any further,” said Roach. “I would love to see him go out on top and not be one of those cases that he stayed around too long, because that happens too much in boxing.”
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