So what does Freddie Roach think of a Diaz fight for his man?

"It's a tough fight at '35," he would admit. "Juan's very active but not a big puncher. It's a fight we would think about taking, for sure.

But for now, they have unfinished business at 130, it seems.

"Manny told me he wants to fight his next fight at 130," said Roach, who mentioned the same possibilities as Arum that reside at jr. lightweight.

Roach believes that they would have to work their way into being a lightweight before taking on the Houstonian.

"I want to see how Manny feels at '35 first, test the waters a little bit. Why go into a big title fight right away with a guy like him? He's a big, strong guy and he's very active. But he's a little bit slow of hand and so forth. I think Manny could out-speed him, but I would like to see how Manny reacts to 135."

What remains to be seen is just how much punching power Pacquiao - who won his first world title as a flyweight - would carry up with him.

"I think he'd still have good power but maybe not the devastating power he had at '26 and '30, where he's been," said the respected trainer. "His speed I'm concerned about also, because maybe the speed won’t be quite as sharp at '35. He had to lose a couple of pounds for the last fight because he wasn't watching his weight; it wasn't a problem making weight. He has no problems making '30 and after the fight he kept talking about '35, but the next day when he talked to me he said he wanted his next fight at '30."


From the same article,Roach's thoughts. Try and read the whole article,it's a great piece,as per the norm from Steve Kim.