Top Rank boss Bob Arum said that Buboy Fernandez, Manny Pacquiao’s childhood pal and assistant to the legendary trainer Freddie Roach, could handle well the Filipino ring icon’s preparation for his fight against reigning World Boxing Association welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse on July 15 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

For the first time after 17 years of partnership, Roach would not be Pacquiao’s trainer as the Pacman braces for the Argentine pug.

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