Manny Pacquiao, Freddie Roach Say Divorce Story Not True

It turned out Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach was misquoted on the divorce story about Manny Pacquiao and wife Jinkee which appeared in the May 10 issue of the Los Angeles Times.

In the LA Times report, Roach was reported to have said that Pacquiao was served with divorce papers on the eve of the Marquez fight.

Pacquiao and Roach have denied the LA Times report, saying someone lied, though he knew Pacquiao and wife Jinkee were not getting along well before the fight.

“I never said that in my life, but someone wrote it, and someone lied,” Roach told Steve Angeles.of ABS-CBN News.

“I said I knew him (Manny) and his wife weren't getting along before the fight, but I never said that.”

“The thing is, we did have a bad week before the last fight and everything kind of fell apart and a lot of distractions, and he’s got rid of all those distractions and now everything is smooth,” he added.

A number of stories have been posted on the Internet and print media about the distractions Pacquiao had to bear before his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez last November, one of which is the serving of divorce papers to Pacquiao allegedly on Jinkee's initiative.

One of these stories was posted on B/R which used the LA Times report as the source of the story. The writer is providing the links here in order to correct any misinformation that may have come from the article source.

Meanwhile, Pacquiao, who is facing unbeaten Palms Spring boxing star Timothy Bradley, has reunited with strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza at Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym in Hollywood.

Ariza left the Baguio training camp in the Philippines ahead of Roach and Pacquiao, to be with Julio Cesar Chavez for his June 18 fight against Andy Lee in El Paso, Texas.

Ariza was seen in the company of Pacquiao on Monday morning in the hills of Griffith Park for Pacquiao's early morning run. They were joined by assistant trainers Buboy Fernandez and Nonoy Neri.

Pacquiao is set to face Bradley on June 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.