Roach concedes Morales will be the toughest fight

Celebrated American trainer Freddie Roach firmly believes that boxing fans have yet to see the best of Erik Morales ever and that the legendary Mexican fighter is poised to give his Filipino nemesis Manny Pacquiao the toughest fight of his career.

"He was embarrassed in the second fight. He's a proud person. He's a fighter. This is going to be the toughest fight of Manny's life," Roach said in a report by boxingscene.com.

Pacquiao and Morales are gearing up for the rubbermatch of epic trilogy on November 18 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Roach expressed some doubts Morales will be able to last the full 12 rounds against Pacquiao although he quickly added they are prepared to go the distance if necessary.

Roach said Pacquiao is expected to jump on Morales right after the opening bell and try to knock out the Mexican in the first seven rounds.

"We are going to go in and knock him out in the first seven. We are going to put pressure on him for every minute of every round and find out what kind of condition he's really in. We are going to be ready to go twelve hard, hard rounds," Roach added.

With the weight problem Morales is experience right now, Roach thinks that Morales is likely to concentrate more on losing weight that training for a third Pacquiao bout.

"I think he's going to have to concentrate more on losing weight than training for a fight to be honest with you. We're going to be training for the fight," Roach said.

Roach, however, said Morales is a tough fighter and they will not in any way take him lightly.

"We lost the first fight. I made an excuse and said that we took him lightly. I think we did take him lightly because we thought he was washed-up and just taking a payday," said Roach.

"Whenever you lose, there is always something out there. That's the nature of the beast. There is always something that didn't go right in training camp. Nothing is perfect in camp. You always have some reason as to why it happened, but that's why there is always comebacks and room for improvement," he added.