By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach is cool to the idea of his fighter WBO welterweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez for a fourth time. Roach instead prefers that Pacquiao go after the winner of the June 23rd rematch between Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz. Roach sees it as a fight that draw a lot of interest from boxing fans, according to the Manila Bulletin. However, some fans might see this as a cherry-picking move by Roach by having Pacquiao go after the arguably weaker Berto or Ortiz rather than facing Juan Manuel Marquez again and maybe losing this time.

Roach doesn’t make the decisions on who Pacquiao fights, however, as that job belongs to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum. He’s looking at putting Pacquiao back in with Mexican warrior Juan Manuel Marquez for a fourth time in November. A fourth fight between Pacquiao and Marquez will likely do A LOT better than a fight between Pacquiao and the winner of the Ortiz-Berto fight.

The reason is Berto and Ortiz have already been exposes recently in defeats. Berto doesn’t have much of a fan base in the U.S, while Ortiz is mostly popular in the West Coast. Marquez is much better known and has a lot of Mexicans nationwide in the U.S, on top of all of his Mexicans fans at home in Mexico. It’s a much bigger fight than what Roach wants by having Pacquiao fight Berto or Ortiz.

Of course, it makes Roach’s job that much harder if Pacquiao fights Marquez again because many fans thought Pacquiao got a gift decision over Marquez last November in Pacquiao’s highly questionable 12 round majority decision victory. Right now, Roach is on then top while Pacquiao is still winning, but if he gets beaten by Marquez in a fourth fight, Roach could lose some of his rock star luster. He’s already had some problems recently with his fighters Amir Khan and Jorge Linares both losing. A loss for Pacquiao obviously won’t help matters any. Putting Pacquiao in with the Berto-Ortiz winner would be a lot easier option than putting him back in with Marquez. The judges might actually pick Marquez next time.