FOUR-TIME trainer of the year Freddie Roach predicted that Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez would suffer a knockout in the hands of his ward, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao when the two boxers fight for the third time on November 12 in Las Vegas.

“I do believe Manny will knockout Marquez with the way I feel it. He is not the old Manny now. We have so many adjustments because Marquez is expected to give all he’s got in the fight,” Roach told boxing website 8countnews.com on Thursday.

“Well, Manny will prove the world how much he is better now than the last time he fought Marquez three years ago,” Roach added.

The 32-year-old Pacquiao (54-3-2 with 38 knockouts), since winning against Marquez (52-5-1 win-loss-draw card with 38 knockouts) in 2008 is unbeaten in seven straight bouts, where he annihilated heavier and taller foes namely David Diaz, Oscar Dela Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito and Sugar Shane Mosley.

For his part, Pacquiao told the Manila Times that he is expecting Marquez to go all out to prove that he is the better man.

“I won’t say anything, what rounds I would knock him [Marquez] out,” said Pacquiao. “All I can do is train better and harder before that fight comes. I respect him a lot as a fighter.”