By Peter Wellington

Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach is trying to put together a dream team of sparring partners for the big fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13. Roach wants to recruit quick-fisted boxers with boxing ability to assist Pacquiao with his first defense of the WBO welterweight title. Last week Roach mentioned WBA junior welterweight Amir Khan as a sure sparring partner to help them in camp. If Andre Berto doesn't get injured in his January unification with Shane Mosley, Roach would like to add him to camp. During a conversation with philboxing.com, Roach added WBC junior welteweight champion Timothy Bradley on the sparring partner list.

The idea of Roach is similiar to Oscar De La Hoya's training camp against Mayweather in 2007. De La Hoya used sparring partners like Shane Mosley to prepare. Roach trained De La Hoya for that fight.  

“Other than Amir Khan as Pacquiao’s main sparring partner, I like to include Timothy Bradley in my list," Roach said.