Freddie Roach Vows To ‘Shut Down’ Wild Card Gym In L.A. To Avoid Exposing Manny Pacquiao’s Strategy Against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Freddie Roach is not taking any risks in his ward’s upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. The world-renowned trainer and the chief mentor of Manny Pacquiao, who faces the undefeated American fighter on May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States, has stated in a recent interview that the gym where they will hold the training camp for the huge bout will be closed down to the public as they will be working on the Filipino’s strategy secretly— away from the prying eyes of fans and possibly, spies from the Mayweather camp.

“I won’t tell you what the game plan is because that will be very silent. The whole Wildcard Gym will be shut down and we will work out Manny’s best strategy and nobody will watch it,” the 54-year-old Roach shared to South China Morning Post on Monday. “The cameras are only allowed after sparring and after mitts because the game plan is very important in this fight. I have had a plan for five years for this guy.”

“This guy” Roach was referring to, of course, is Mayweather and the five-year plan the trainer is alluding to is the fact that both sides negotiated a fight in 2009 but never panned out.

Roach admitted in the same interview that both fighters have changed over the years but also said that he knows what to expect from Mayweather and what he demands from Pacquiao. While Roach was secretive of any specific game plan or strategy against Mayweather, Roach was confident in saying that they’ll earn a knockout victory over the American in the latter rounds of the scheduled 12-rounder.

Without giving up a lot of information, Roach did say that part of the plan is to for Pacquiao to dictate the pace of the fight and be aggressive and conscious in firing more punches than the usually defensive-minded Mayweather.

Both Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) and Mayweather (47-0-0, 26 KOs) are expected to start their respective training camps in the U.S. in the next few days— roughly two months away from the super fight pegged to break record numbers both in live gates attendance and pay-per-view sales.

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