Know your enemy, this must be the most important rule in any battle.
In boxing, this could be the most useful strategy. With the Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Manny Pacquiao fight nearing, both camps are now resorting to using sparring partners that can help them familiarize with each other's style.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Manny Pacquiao fight is deemed as the most important match of the decade. Over at Pacquiao's camp, trainer Freddie Roach revealed they have one or two boxers whom he says are their "secret weapon" against Floyd Mayweather Jr. He described the guys as the ones he exactly "wanted" to prepare his kid for the mega fight that will take place on May 2 at the MGM Grand Arena.
"I got the guys that I wanted. We selected good young fighters, undefeated fighters," Roach said in an interview with On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
"We got one kid from Finland, he's 24-1. We got one kid from Chicago, he's 8-0. We had one kid from Boston but he didn't work out, he can't make it so we guy a guy from St. Louis. I brought some great young kids to box, I've got too many actually. I got six really good guys that all look like Mayweather."
How his team will rule the Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Manny Pacquiao Fight? Roach says the guys he hired have knowledge of how the undefeated American champion plays.
"And I have one that I'm gonna use in the last two weeks is one that used to work at Mayweather's gym and was part of Mayweather's camp," Roach quipped.
"He does the style really well, he's my secret weapon right now, he's my secret weapon right now. He's staying at my house, we talk about strategy all night long, we watch film all night long and he said that Mayweather had disrespected him and they kind of just threw him aside, so I took him on," the seven-time Best Trainer awardee added.
