Freddie Roach - Manny Pacquiao's seven-time trainer of the Year- suspects Floyd Mayweather may not show up for the Fight of the Century on Saturday.,
That feeling has grown as the rancour between the two camps has continued this week with argument about the gloves each fighter will wear, how their hands will be wrapped and even the protective cup Pacquiao will wear.
Roach says: 'I dont know why Floyd has gone quiet for this fight. I really wonder if he's going to turn up on the night.
'His speech is very low-key subdued. I dont think any fighter is afraid but I don't think he wanted this fight.
He was forced into a fight he didn't want to take.'
The storm in a jock-cup obliged Pacquiao to have that item of apparel cleared by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Roach says: 'They made a protest about Manny's cup. They came to training this week, inspected it and approved it.
The commissioner marked it and signed it to make sure it's the one he's wearing on the night. But it's the regular cup.
"As for the gloves, the commission have approved our gloves but they say theirs are not ready yet!
'I will be the one in their dressing room watching them wrap Floyd's hands.
'Manny wraps his own hands. Sometimes people put too much wrapping on.'
Pacquiao agreed with his mentor that he has always been keener than Mayweather: 'This is the first time I've felt this excited about a fight. I thank God for keeping me at peace.'
When asked about Mayweather's assertion that he is only in this for money, Pacquiao said: 'My life before was living in the street, with nothing. It is still beyond my imagination that this boy you are talking to could become known to every person in the Philippines and so many around the world.
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