Floyd will eventually fight Manny,

TRAINER Freddie Roach is confident Floyd Mayweather Jr. will ultimately agree to fight Manny Pacquiao after getting Shane Mosley out of the way.

In an interview with the website boxingscene.com, Roach said he believes Mayweather ducked what could have been a megafight against the Filipino pound-for-pound king last March 13 (March 14 in Manila) "because he wasn’t ready for Pacquiao yet.

"He only had one fight in two years and I think he needed more time. He’s got another fight coming up and after that all of the rust will be gone if he beats Mosley. He’s in a tough fight. The thing is Shane has a little bit of trouble for boxers and I think it’s a good fight for Mayweather. I think he will win on points. Then he will be sharp and ready for a guy like Pacquiao."

Mayweather is set to fight Mosley on May 1 (May 2) in Las Vegas.

The supposed megafight was scuttled over asinine protocol for drug testing that Mayweather wanted.

Addressing this issue, Roach said: "The thing is that we have never flunked a test before. We have tested before and after every fight. If we were on steroids we wouldn’t pass. It’s not like there isn’t testing and it’s not like they just test you some times. If you are in a title fight they test you every time and the commission has been doing that for a long time.

"(Under) the Olympic style drug testing they couldn’t guarantee they wouldn’t do it the day before the fight. That’s an issue because Manny Pacquiao doesn’t like giving blood. I told him that that they can do urine, saliva, hair test, and any test in the world that would show exactly the same thing as blood. You see when he gets cut he doesn’t handle it well. He doesn’t like blood," Roach said.

Roach also stressed he wouldn’t agree to terms to be laid down by Mayweather.

"We aren’t going to let Mayweather run the show, that’s for sure. That’s giving the first two rounds away. Why would I do that? The next thing you know he’ll be saying we are fighting with 16 ounce gloves or in two minute rounds. We’re going to go with what the commission says and I’m sure there is going to be a tradeoff between Manny dropping the lawsuit and him dropping the drug test."

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