Manny Pacquiao: Margarito Talks Too Much. Let's Get It On!

2:20 AM // 0 comments // Ian Purugganan // Category: Margarito , Pacquiao //

[Gerry Ramos] Less than a week before fight time, the word war has begun.

Robert Garcia warned counterpart Freddie Roach to be careful with what he wishes for after the four-time Trainer of the Year stood by his earlier prediction Manny Pacquiao will knock out Antonio Margarito either in the 8th or 9th round of their World Boxing Council (WBC) super-welterweight title fight on Saturday.

“(Freddie) Roach should better watch what he’s saying,” said Garcia in the third installment of HBO’s four-part series 24/7 that delves on the training and preparation of both parties leading up to the Nov. 13 bout at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Garcia’s statement was in response to Roach’s assessment that the 32-year-old Mexican won’t last the full distance against Pacquiao, the man considered as the pound-for-pound king of boxing today.

“We will knock this guy out, I promise you,” said Roach, 50.

“I see this fight as an easy fight, and right now with the way Manny’s working, I don’t see any problems.”

Margarito, on a comeback trail after being suspended from fighting for a year, further added fire to the fuel by saying Pacquiao won’t get any help from nobody once they step into the ring.

“Inside the ring, it’s only me and Manny,” he said.

The 31-year-old Pacquiao, however, won’t take those words sitting down.

“He (Margarito) talks too much,” he said in the same HBO series. “Let’s get this on.”