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名人堂教练弗雷迪 罗奇 近日对On The Ropes Boxing Radio. 说道：事情是这样的，一场拳赛中人们希望看到击倒场面，但一段时间以来曼尼 帕奎奥没能击倒对手，因此失去很多观众。我想他应当回到以前的状态，我非常愿意看到这些，帕奎奥将在与赫恩的对决中再次展现这些。
Although Pacquiao banked in a monster 4.6 million pay-per-view buys when he faced Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their "Fight of The Century" in May of 2015, his pay-per-view numbers outside of that fight, at least in recent years, have been nothing to brag about. Part of Pacquiao's decline in popularity, according to most observers, is the selection of opposition. Since getting knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012, Pacquiao has faced Brandon Rios, Chris Algieri, Timothy Bradley (twice) and Jessie Vargas. None of those fights were in high demand. The fight with Horn will be showcased on pay-per-view, and instead will be carried by ESPN. Roach believes the Pacquiao crowd will return in full force - if the knockouts return. "I would love to see him get his killer instinct back and go for the knockout. I know we haven’t done that in a long time and the bible has a lot to do with that, and it’s very tough to argue with the bible," Roach told On The Ropes Boxing Radio. "The thing is, people like knockouts in boxing and Manny has lost a lot of his crowd because he hasn’t knocked anyone out in such a long time. I think he needs to get back to that, and I would love to see him do that, and this [bout with Horn] is the perfect fight to do it in." "The thing is, people get knocked out and they get hurt, this is the game we chose from the beginning. I wish he would just go back to his old self, because he was a really hot product when he was knocking people out. I know he can do it again if I press the right button and get him to fire up." |
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