Freddie Roach will bring conditioning coach Alex Ariza and import a battery of sparring partners when Manny Pacquiao kicks off training camp in the second week of September.

“Where Manny goes, I go,” said Roach on Saturday from the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood when asked about the timetable for Pacquiao’s November 13 ring return in a venue to be determined very soon.

Owing to his other job as Sarangani congressman, Pacquiao will have no choice but to set up camp in Manila so he could attend daytime sessions at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City.

Pacquiao will either pick Antonio Margarito of Mexico or Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico as his dance partner.

Roach said on standby as chief sparring partner for Pacquiao in case Margarito is tapped will be Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. If it’s Cotto Pacquiao is facing, the lead sparmate will be Shawn Porter. — Nick Giongco