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title: "Pacquiao would face Golovkin – at 147lbs"
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# Pacquiao would face Golovkin – at 147lbs

Hall of fame trainer Freddie Roach recently, and perhaps mischievously, namedropped Gennady Golovkin as a potential opponent for his most famous student – the age-defying Manny Pacquiao.

Roach mooted an eye-rubbing catchweight encounter with heavy-handed IBF middleweight title-holder Golovkin as the Filipino legend pursues further glories at 41.

Eight-division champion Pacquiao has fought a world class opponent as high as 150lbs in November 2010, defeating Antonio Margarito for the WBC super-welterweight crown at a catchweight, but says boxing at this poundage is now beyond him. Even for that fight, Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) scaled 144lbs so it seems fanciful, even if money talked.

“As long as it is 147-pounds, I am okay with that. But if it’s above that, it’s too big for me,” Pacquiao told The Manila Times. “”No more. I did not really have a hard time then, but \[Margarito\] *was* too big.

“154? Hmm, it depends I guess, but there’s no negotiation \[between my team and the Golovkin camp\].”

Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs) scaled 159 1/4 lbs for his last bout against Sergey Derevyanchenko in October and 154lbs seems highly unlikely for him, too.

But Pacquiao has more than enough rivals at 147lbs including WBO title-holder Terence Crawford, WBC and IBF champion Errol Spence Jr. and former foe Keith Thurman.

*Main image: Stephanie Trapp/TGB Promotions.*