Roach: 90% of the crowd will be there for Pacquiao

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is confident that the expected 55,000 attendance at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on July 2 will be there for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao who defends against WBO #2 Jeff Horn. “I’ll bet you that 90 percent of the crowd will be there for Pacquiao,” Roach told CNN Philippines. “Australia is not a big fight town, but Manny Pacquiao is a big name there and he has never been there before. They’re gonna love to see him, and they’re going to come out.”