Roach: “We [Pacquiao] have to fight the perfect fight” [to beat Mayweather]
January 28th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: In an interview from writer Gareth Davies at The Telegraph, trainer Freddie Roach revealed that his fighter Manny Pacquiao would have to “fight the perfect fight” to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. You can say that again, Roach. Pacquiao would have to not only fight the perfect fight, but Mayweather might have to help out by having an incredibly bad night for Pacquiao to win this fight.
Roach is obviously talking about Mayweather’s fight with Zab Judah in 2006. Mayweather fought tentatively in the first four rounds of the fight against the then lighting fast and powerful southpaw Judah. But Mayweather took over the fight completely from the 5th round on and never looked back.
Judah was tough because he didn’t attack Mayweather like Pacquiao will likely do. Judah gave Mayweather very few chances to land counter punches in the early going of that fight, forcing Mayweather to initiate the attacks. Mayweather prefers to wait on his opponents and look for opportunities to land counter punches when his oppositions comes to him trying to land. Mayweather did look a little uncomfortable in the early part of that fight, but Judah was so fast back then and very controlled offensively. There was little for Mayweather to counter in the early part of that fight.
Roach says “It’s a complicated game plain I was beginning to put together.” I don’t know that Mayweather is the type of fighter that can be beaten with an artificial game plan. I think if anything, Roach might end up screwing Pacquiao up if he makes him follow some pre-planned pattern to try and beat a fighter like Mayweather. Floyd changes his game plan from second to second, and if you have Pacquiao stuck on plan A trying to beat a constantly improvising Mayweather, the fight could quickly turn into a route for Mayweather.
Pacquiao has got to be able to think for himself and adapt along with Mayweather, and using some mold that’s been dreamed up by Roach after seeing a fight four years ago or whenever. That fight was long ago against a different opponent. Mayweather fights differently based on who he’s up against in a fight, and what opportunities are there for him to capitalize on.
Roach says “You look at the way Floyd fights. If you put pressure on him, on the ropes, he rolls and ducks, and counters and if you get too aggressive, he’ll walk you so cleverly onto a counter punch.” That’s what I mean. Pacquiao would have a terrible time trying to attack a defensive fighter like Mayweather.
Every time Manny comes forward trying to land, Mayweather will move and counter and probably make Pacquiao look really bad. Mayweather is much different compared to any of Pacquiao’s recent opponents. In fact, I can’t think of any fighter that Pacquiao has ever fought that is similar to Mayweather. Pacquiao can all the sparring partners he wants to train for a fight against Mayweather, but none of them can mimic what he does – Certainly not Shawn Porter or Amir Khan. Those guys don’t like Mayweather.
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Amos, first I don’t know if you truly lose as much blood from a cut as you do from a hypdermic needle stuck in your vein sucking your blood into a tube for several minutes. Most cuts, even bad cuts, simply are just that “cuts”. They create a “cut” or an opening in the skin and the bad ones look really awful on the tv cameras. But even the worst of cuts, Vitali Klitchko against Lennox Lewis, where it looked like he might lose his eye the cut was so bad, DID NOT HAVE FLOWING BLOOD. Usually the cutmen do a pretty good job of stoping that and, even when they don’t it is a trickle that falls into the eye and disrupts vision. If it was more than a trickle, and if it was actually gushing blood, they would stop it. I am sure if the hypodermic needle weren’t invented yet and May wanted Pac to agree to have some big bald guy come into his gym and head butt him randomly and unlimited while training to get his blood for testing, he would most likley have a problem with that too. The problem with blood testing is IT IS INVASIVE, unlike urine testing. Pac has no problem with a blood test immediately after the fight. No way he could have PED’s during the fight, enhancing him and then not test positive for it with a test immediately after the fight. Why isthat not good enough? Because Mayweather WANTS him to be disrupted during training. He wants an edge, an uneven playing field tipped in his favoe, like with Marquez. Blood testing doesnt’ bother May. It does bother Pac. May knows this and is exploiting it to the public. the real purpose from Mayweather’s demands is to disrupt Pac during his training so he comes to the fight at significantly less than at his best. Anyway there is a new high tech urine test that detects everything that blood testing does and more and does it with a higher degree of accuracy. Why is that not good enough? Because this entire blood testing issue, unprecedented in the history of boxing, is only a smokescreen from May. A con game for the public. May is afraid to risk his 0. Sure I know he is a master boxer. But he is not intimidating, like Pac, or like tyson was in his earlier years. He doesn’t destroy you. He pitty pats you to death. Sure he will hit Pac. No question. Often probably too. But I don’t think he can hurt Pac and he never fought a fighter as quick as Pac. Remember how much trouble he had with Judah in the first few rounds and Pac is waaaay better and waaaay tougher than Judah. May is the better boxer. I agree with you. But Pac keeps getting better with every fight. Keeps learning. Mayweather stopped getting better a long time ago once he realized that no one can teach him anything anymore. Pac can hurt May and May cannot hurt Pac, and that will be the difference.
Chad, this is not about a “simple blood test”. This is about UNLIMITED blood testing DURING TRAINING and RANDOM. Pac agreed to unlimited and random urine testing and I am sure he would do the same for hair follicle testing, because he knows he is not taking anything illegal (unlike xylocaine mayweather) and this does not interfere with his training. If in fact it makes him weak for 3 days after getting his blood taken, can you imagine how disruptive it will be to have his blood taken every other day during trainiing. It doesn’t bother May. It does bother Pac. Some people are just different that way. And what do you mean that May gave him “the benefit of the doubt” in agreeing to a 14 day cutoff. What “benefit of the doubt” are you talking about? What Mayweather is demanding is UNPRECEDENTED IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF BOXING AT ANY WEIGHT DIVISION. And now you say he is being generous in giving Pac the benefit of the doubt and reducing it to 14 days. How magnanimous of him. When Leonard fought Hearns, they signed the contract and fought. Same with Hagler. Same with Duran. Foreman was a monster with an incredible body. Maybe from steroids. Who knows? Did Ali make him jump through 1000 hoops and make unprecedented demands upon him? No they fought. Oh for the good old days when fighters fought in the ring, not the media. NOw comes the self proclaimed ‘king of boxing” who basically ignores the NSAC which licenses him and sets his own standards, never before, but only for Pac. Now he has to do it with all future fights or he will lose credibilty. Do you really think he would turn down $45M if he was fighting Matthew Hatton and Matthew demanded that he be allowed to take PEDs and any illegality was waived? And do you really think that Hatton was “never the same” after the Mayweather knockout. I saw that fight. He hardly took a terrible beating. He was just never all that good and got far more credibilty from that Kostya Tzu fight than he deserved. Now if you say he will not be the same after the Pacquiao fight, that would make more sense. Anyway there is a new hi tech urine test that just came out that is supposed to detect everything that blood test does and then some and do it with more accuracy. If that is true, that would completely obviate the debate over this blood testing issue once and for all. Do you really think Pac would balk at this new hi tech urine testing? Of course he wouldn’t. Period. End of story. And who has Mayweather fought of note anyway? De La Hoya almost beat him. SPLIT decision, right? One judge thought May lost that fight. Hardly dominating. De La Hoya was a shell of himself when he fought Pac, I agree but he was still years past his prime when he fought May. If that Dela Hoya gave him a split decision, what do you think a prime De La Hoya would have done to him? May is simply afraid to fight anyone who has a remote chance of taking away his precious 0. Moseley? YOu mean the Mosely who is one year shy of 40? That Moseley? Uh huh. And the funny thing is he still might lose so I will be surprised even if that fight comes off. Let him drop these ridiculous UNPRECEDENTED, demands, go with the high tech urine testing or even the blood test IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIGHT (which is the only one that really counts anyway and does not interfere with training) and stop making excuses and risk your precious “0″ and stop trying to con the public and just fight.
“Mayweather would be too big and too quick for “Mayweather would be too big .. for Pacquiao..” only if PBF grew bigger. DLH is bigger than floyd but he looked like a punching bag against manny. many people say that DLH was already over the hill when he fought manny. well, DLH already lost to trinidad, mosely and 4 other before he fought floyd. the split decision win of PBF against DLH is nothing compared to the TKO of manny against DLH which ended the latter’s carreer.
“Mayweather would be too .. quick for Pacquiao..” it depends on what you mean. admittedly floyd combines his speed with timing better than pacquiao. but in terms of raw speed floyd is inferior. i timed and compared the speed of their punches within approximately the same distance on the ring and pacquiao is faster by about 25%. moreover manny shoots punches at long distances aided by the speed of his leg. although, the buZzing sound of manny’s hand speed in practice really came from his mouth and not from breaking the sound barrier. floyd’s speed combined with his timing gives him precision while manny’s speed combined with this leg speed and leverage gives him power. manny’s stamina will be a huge factor if he combines it with his unrelenting power punches in every round. he could break floyd’s defensive forearms with punches. without his hands floyd would be a sitting duck.
the only way floyd could win against manny is to fight like leonard fought duran in their 2nd fight. the only way manny could win against floyd is to fight the way he fought DLH and morales but without getting the kind of hits that he got from cotto.
floyd will be a more accomplished nassem hamed for manny.
Manny Pacquiao beat an old Oscar De La Hoya, who was nowhere near the same fighter mentally or physically he was when he fought Floyd Mayweather. He then fought Ricky Hatton, who hadn’t look good vs Paulie Malignaggi and hadn’t been the same since suffering his first lost to Mayweather by TKO. Pacquiao ducked Mosley to fight Miguel Cotto who took 2 beatings back to back from Antonio Margarito & Joshua Clottey. In my opinion Clottey beat Cotto, but at the time Pacquiao vs Cotto sold better than Pacquiao vs Clottey. None of these fighters he has beaten have been the total package like a Floyd Mayweather, Shane Mosley or a Paul Williams. These guys that Pacquiao are fighting are shells of great fighters that they once were before and Bob Arum is hyping Pacquiao up by matching Pacquiao up with them, had he fought either of these guy 3 or 4 years prior to their fight, then the argument about who the best Pound 4 Pound fighter is would be legit. He didn’t want to fight Yuri Foreman because he is too tall. He is not gonna ever fight Paul Williams because he is tall as well. Mosley is a big risk, if fact too much of a risk to not get paid for taking. So that’s when Mayweather pops up, Pacquiao figures he could take a bigger risk in fighting Mayweather and get a bigger pay day win or lose. But $40 mil is not good of a enough reason to take a simple blood test. He took blood tests all the way up to the Hatton fight and as a matter of fact he took a blood test on the same day as the EriK Morales fight, which he lost. So he figures that the blood tests makes him weak. Mayweather then gives him the benefit of the doubt and gives him a 15 day cut off period leading up to the fight. He still turns it down. If you don’t have anything to hide then what’s the big deal? Pacquiao now takes a fight with Clottey who has never had a win over a top fighter before. Seems like Pacquiao is ducking Mayweather to me. Bob Arum is gonna ride the Pacquiao money train until it derails, he knows Pacquiao is not good enough to beat Mosley or Mayweather, and he also knows if Pacquiao loses then he won’t be worth as much as he is right now, so thats why he matches him up with fighters that he feels he can match him up with fighter that he can easily beat. Everything that Arum says about Paquaio being the best he has ever seen, better then Robinson, Hagler, Hearns or Leonard, those are the same comments he used to describe Mayweather when he use to promote him, now all he talks about is how Mayweather is not that good, if he is not that good then how come when there comes a fighter that gets a couple of notable wins underneath his belt the experts always say put him in the there with Mayweather. Now Mayweather vs Mosley is just about a done deal and fight fans have to tip their hats to both guys because they have step up to the plate and are making what some experts see as the biggest fight that can be made for both fighters outside of Pacquiao vs Mayweather. This fight is for the real Pound 4 Pound Championship.
40 M for a few drops of blood? not as simple. Manny developed an averse reaction when he felt weakened after blood was taken from him when he was starving to make weight for the first morales fight. If something you ate made you very sick it would make you sick everytime you thought of that thing you ate. While it seems irrational for us it’s completely psychological to him.
when manny felt weak and lost to morales after blood was drawn from him when he was starving himself to make weight before the fight, he developed an averse reaction to that incident. If you ate something and you felt ill afterwards you are going to feel like it just thinking of eating that food again. So if manny’s fear is a bit irrational for us it is completely a psychological matter to him.
Like i said, I am an avid pacman fan but I too beleive there’s something he’s hiding. How can someone turn down a $4o mill fight coz of blood??? In the ring he bleeds more than they take???? Remember Solis fight??? the cut??? he lost almost a gallon there and had no effect on him. Marquez fights he bled a lot remember??? Tho I am not a Mayweather Sr fan either, I beleive theres something these people know. They been in the game for too long and can read between the lines.
For Manny vs Floyd, Steroids, ped’s or not Manny will get routed out just like Marquez. He will be frustrated fighting someone that fights off rythim and moves a lot. Pacman will be countered and a Floyd jab will get outa the bag. Just Like cotto vs Pacman in the first round, you only need a jab and discipline to stick to it to beat Pacman. Yhe only time Manny looks good is when the target is immobile and you wont get that with Floyd. I see Manny getting frustrated in the 2nd round and starts to chase and get wild and then he’s open for a treatment from Floyd.
To use Khan for training is so risky because Khan has no defense. Remember Prescott????
The only way you can beat mayweather is if you use any other rules but Macus of Queensberry and fight your heart out and steal the fans,
Zab was doing well till he imploded, mentally he’s fragile. Pac doesn’t wilt like a precious flower when he gets tagged.
And he’ll get tagged by Floyd, no secret there. But he’ll stay in Floyd’s face & throw every shot with the intent of doing damage.
Reagardless of the outcome they’ll both have to work for every pennny of the $500 gazillion dollars or whatever it is there gonna get.
Then they’ll hit the lockers & shower together.
TB, if May vs Pac would be such a mismatch in favor of May, why doesn’t he simply drop the testing condition (which is unprecedented in the entire history of boxing) and fight him and whip his “punk ass”? Oscar De La Hoya knocked out vargas, who was on steroids when they fought, right? It is not as if he was fighting with plaster of paris in his gloves like Margarito. IT is just PEDs, which he probablyl isn’t taking anyway. So what? It is not as if he is getting gamma rays and will turn into the incredible hulk, green skin and all. But no. May is soooo concerned that he might lose that he is willing to walk away from $45M. Maybe May is not as confident about that victory as you seem to be.
Man, what’s up with your bias article? Break it down and be objective, instead of spewing some rediculously bias statements. I’m tired of reading most of your dumb ass articles. You know, I’m open minded and every time I’m about to read an article from this site I always hope that it will be objective and fairly debated, but it always disappoints me. Do you really think that your bias remarks are very productive? Come on dude, you can do better than this article.
like ive been saying floyd is a great fighter, its really to bad that none of his haters can see that. he would beat pac mans a**. thats why pac will never take the test.
Btw, awesome work. Can’t wait for your next post!
Old $kool Playa…Floyd beat DLH at 154, and had been chasing Mosley for years, Arum kept Cotto away and P. Will can’t get a fight with any of the top guys because of the high risk..low pay check reward.
like ive been saying floyd is a great fighter, its really to bad that none of his haters can see that. he would beat pac mans a**. thats why pac will never take the test.
I personally think Clottey will beat Pac Man. Pacquiao is probably trying to get the steroids out of his system now before the fight with Clottey. Pacquiao is knocking out 100% of the fighters he is fighting at a heavier weight. he didnt do that at the lighter weights he has fought at.
You have to respect Roaches comment, I believe it will make the fight happen for all of us. Lets get this on for boxing.
For those who say Roach will make adjustments to Manny in between rounds if and when Floyd changes his plans have you all watched Manny’s fights, Roach gives instructions but then Buboy Fernandez who is Manny’s trainer when he’s in the Philippines translates to Manny what to do. Am I the only one who finds this odd or a disadvantage when going against someone like Mayweather who doesn’t get instructions from his corner outside of Roger’s normal “Keep pop shooting the mother—–” Keep shooting that $hit up the middle”
As long a Pac is on the juice he will whoop any boxer…Almost feel sorry for Clottey…He getting p*mp for pocket change against a juiced fighter…
As long a Pac is on the juice he will whoop any boxer…Almost feel sorry for Clottey…He getting p*mp for pocket change against a juiced fighter…
Pac loves article like this…..it gives him motivation. Roach knows what he is talking….
@Dave Lahr , this article is completely biased
Mayweather done beat like 5 of Freddie fighters, Pac has a chance (slim) but he has a chance and everyone no wht Manny game plan throw a bunch of punches and apply the pressure that everyone game plan with Floyd. Zab Juda did good but the first couple around but u forget Zab is bigger and has a longer Reach same thing with Oscar bigger and longer Reach. For Pac to win he has to have a excellent jab if not easy day for Floyd .
QUESTION TO ALL:
What will happen if Mayweather loses to Mosley?
How will that affect everything?
Who will Pacquiao fight next?
Will it still be $40M each?
I’d like to pick everybody’s brain.
Dave Lahr = Liam Santiago
Esteban whatever his surname is = manuel perez so they are around!!
The last person to beat Floyd was a southpaw that out worked him. That was in the amateurs though.
If Manny can maintain a fast pace and not settle into any patterns, and refrain from getting over aggressive, then he can win the fight. If he can hurt Floyd early, then Pac will have a huge advantage by making FLoyd fight from behind.
Judah never fought back against Floyd so it was easy for Floyd to pick his spots in the middle rounds and take it to the “jawless” Judah.
He’s actually got to keep Floyd moving and give Floyd different looks so he can never get a read on where the attack will come from.
Floyd doesn’t have a footspeed advantage and whatever speed advantage he has (which is slim at best) is greatly trumped by Pac’s power/pop.
All in all. Great fight. It’ll be technical and very fast. Both fighters will be looking to make a statement.
dave
although i think floyd would win pac man i find ur article very biased dont go down the same brick road as perez.
The thing is floyd dosnt want the challenge and at some point in the fight pac will hurt him !! That is a cert probably early in the fight then floyd will get pacs timing to a tea and out point him with his lazer guided missiles to take a very razor thin sd
i also think he will avoid moseley !
True that Mayweather adapts but Roach is smart enough to adapt his instructions. He’s not one of those trainers that has no clue on fight night. Then again he’s no Roger Mayweahter who is always good for advice “keep doing what you’re doing”, “kick his ass”, etc.
david lahr is manuel perez & liam santiago’s new AKA!
LET’S GO PACMAN !!!
Good gives a damn if Pacquiao didn’t get to meet Floyd in the ring. They dont deserved each other to begin with, one fighter who is humble and the other who is full of it.
gamboa vs manny would be a great fight .gamboa loks like he will be the next best ting .
When Pac and May do meet, the tale of the tape will be as follow: Mayweather will let Pacman box his usual outstanding boxing technique in the first 3 to 4 rounds to figure him out….BUT rest assure that after that Mayweather will figure him out and when Mayweather takes over the fight he will take over BIG. Packman will not know what hit him. Mayweather is one of kind when it comes to boxing. He simply does NOT like to get hit and Packman, as good as he is, will not be the exception that hits him. Period. Look back at all the fights that Mayweather has had against his opponents that everyone truly taught that Mayweather would have his hands full with. It didn’t happen. Roach knows that in order to win the fight Packman is going to have to fight a PERFECT fight AND Mayweather shows up drunk and unconscious in the ring. Possibly of one of the above happening is minimal and the other one not expected. The end result, Mayweather wins the fight in the late rounds possibly even by knockout.
I think pac would have issues. Floyd is bigger and very fast. The way he dominated the much smaller marquez was impressive (although why he felt it necessary to come in 2 lbs overweight is beyond me and takes some luster off the domination) and pac although is better then marquez is still very similar in terms of height and will have difficulty reaching and hitting floyd because of that.
I knew Roach was behind Pacman backing out! If roach new he had a chance he would have talked manny into it! He can talk manny into anything! That was his chance out of this one when it came to the testing. I think this fight will happen no matter what , as soon as Roach figures out a way to beat him. I bet he will be picking apart the Mosly fight 24/7 before he decides to do it.. Hopefully they both win the next fights!!!
This is what I have been saying for a long time. Manny doesn’t have a boxers chance. He has a sluggers chance against a really good fighter.
Your talking pre prescott khan, who was weight drained at lightweight. Khan would outbox any of his previous bouts.
It don’t matte who Pac spar with! Unless they can imitate floyd defensive style he won’t help matters much! The only person i seen to come close to doing that was Shane Mosley and tht didn’t help the other guy beat Money either
shakeeb tell me something,why is khan dumping his wba belt rather than fight madaina didnt limond and gomez put khan on the seat of his pants. and you say khans the secret to floyds defeat, are you having a laugh shakeeb or just telling oneself jokes.
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao will never happen. Pacman will never agree to random drug tests, he’ll be caught!!!
pac man will have to land a “LOTTERY” punch to beat mayweather !! roach knows it !! i know i get manny worshipers riled up by saying that .. but i think alot of people just want to see floyd beaten up , and i totally understand that , and respect their opinions .. floyd is mouthy and arogant n very disrespectfull of others .. that said anyone who knows boxing can see floyds skills are heads and tails above pacmans..pacman is very good for boxing , very exiting to watch ..but hes not on the the skill level of mayweather ..pac has been outboxed several times already , will more than likely happen again if not may then someone else..
a smaller ring and same day weight in and 15 rounds will favor manny 12 rounds favors fm because he runs early
Loomis and JJKk – You two make me sick, you pair of nappies. None of you know anything about boxing, and this childish forum fight is a true test of both of your characters. YOu should be ashamed of yourselves.
Why are you Pac fans going after Dave…it is Freddie Roach whos stating we need to fight a perfect fight not Dave…Hello!
weve heard it all now ha ha ha,amir khans the secret to floyds defeat lol khan got ko.d by a columbian roadsweeper bredis prescot in 54 seconds and has refused to fight his mandatory challenger marcus madaina,and wont fight bradley alexander holt or judah lol.should,nt even be spoke in same breath as floyd,amir khan needs a chin replacement he,s been knocked down more times than a crash test dummy.
Oh my GOD…did just read several post that said Khan is a better boxer then Floyd…seriously…lmao…you got to love Pac fans…this is like fighting Ricky Hatton all over again…wow
jjkk your another 2 liner that knows damn all about the sweet science of boxing,go read some books on boxing you dumbwit then come back and talk sense.
Btw Roach keeping on about Mayweather just highlights what a bum Clottey is, they would rather keep talking about a boxer they pulled out of negotiations with rather than the one they are signed up to to fight.
Khan better skills than Mayweather?!
10/10 for idiocy.
If 3lbs doesn’t make a big difference then why was it asked for?
Roach’s secret weapon will be Pacman sparring with Amir Khan. Khan has better boxing skills than mayweather and doesnt run around the ring looking like a headless fish.
Haha Floyd would KO Manny easy and Roach knows it.
Just months ago he said “Mayweather is the easiest fight we can have”. Now he says Manny will have to fight the impossible “perfect fight” to win. Haha. May already won this..!!!
DAVE LAHR IS SALIVATING!…you didnt even thought of maybe its a ploy of roach for mayweather to feel overconfindece….what would be dave larhs life without paquiao and roach?…can you write something new dave lahr?..its like the same every day,your just filling up this forum with your hatred,envy, of manny and roach and it is all nonsence,your like an annoying alarm clock,maybe you can write something about mayweather,do you have any interesting things to say about him?
loomis your moron or iliterate never ever mayweather call out pacman not mosely go back to school u idiot
3lbs doesn’t not make that big of a difference,….Cotto came in shape and he lost. Styles make for great fights fair and square…Pac vs Floyd, would be a tough fight for Pac, but I think he can pull it off, but wouldn’t be surprise is Floyd wins too, then again Floyd has not been active for a few years.
David do you honestly think you know more than Freddie Roach? With every great trainer is a great fighter. Little guy from a 3rd world country has nothing to lose. I think the person losing the mind games here is Floyd. If my Pops groomed me to be the best boxer in the world, but tells me he doesn’t want me to fight Manny, I’m not going to go into a fight confident. Floyd found a way out by ruining the guys reputation. Floyd is a great spoiled fighter from a middle class white area Grand Rapids Michigan. The minute something goes wrong, he runs….”Legacy don’t pay bills”
Its so interesting and sad at the same time ro read all this emotional comments.Can we be fans and not fanatics? Anyways to my point, I am a Pacman fan but I dont see a chance of him winning against Floyd. Floyd is too smart and he sees so many holes in each fighters game-plan. For Pacman to watch Zab vs Pbf fight for floyds habbits even wont help because Rogger Mayweather says you only need a good jab and be disciplined with it and beat Pacman.
I wish Pacman wins coz i know it will happen but I just dont see it.
For the level of opposition, Mayweather trumps Pacman. Mayweather fought delahoya at 154 wearing 12ounce gloves. I still think Manny cant hang with delahoya at 154.
Cotto kills himself to make 147, they gon ask him to go to 144 to defend a 147lbs belt. Roach knows dehydration will weaken a fighter while Pacman was hydrating up. I still think Cotto wins at 147.
For Pacman, theres always something about weight. Mayweather said no to the 144′s and 145′s. I applaud him for it for making a 147 stand. (you know it will happen)
My view is that both fighters have an awful lot for the other to worry about.
Mayweather has to know that Pacquiao will be fast, throw relentless combinations and will be in and out quick. This pace will not drop throughout.
Mayweather will be very elusive, look as though he is hiding and then explode an accurate counter attack.
I think in terms of flaws Pacquiao shows more. Marquez and Cotto both showed ways to trouble Pacquiao. These are not that easy to exploit as the opower speed and workrate protect him but there are definitley weaknesses!
Roach better focus on Clottey before they become Tyson-Douglas.
This is insane! Those guys dont like Mayweather?? Aamir Khan has stated in the past hes a fan of Floyd Mayweather!!!!
Can you point out how mayweather beat manny rather than manny beating mayweather? what does ducking floyd has?
liar lahr! don’t hate, congratulate (pacman)! and weep in your corner (with floyd).
loomis the idiot. you are poor enough to make some comment
I think Manny has a pretty good chance. If you go by Manny’s past 5 fight vs Floyd you gota admit Mannys faught the better guys. Roach will give Manny a great game plan. Manny won’t tire like ODLH or ZAB and won’t go for reckless attacks (As he seems to de less as less now). Roach will be smart and get manny to hit Floyd wherever he can. The shoulder, chest, arms and not go for the clean shot which is mistake most fighters make agains floyd
Floyd will fight Pacquiao using his mouth while wearing a running shoes….. bwaaaaaaaa
freddy roach is way too clever to follow the advice from your article
coach roach is delaying pacmans defeat to floyd.lets not forget floyd offered to pay marquez step aside money to fight pacman and what happened,yeah,pacman turned it down.within days of pacman beating cotto floyd called on pacman to fight and pacman said he was not fighting him,arum then had to travel to phillipines to coax pacman to fight floyd. floyd agreed to 99% pacmans demands and pacman refuses 1% of floyds demand,.pacmans hyped up superstardum will end when he meets floyd.richard shaefer even said pacman dreads a 3rd fight with marquez.
I read this article with interest .. Is amazing how most sweet science fanatics dont know alot about boxing.Mayweather stated cleary after the fight that his uncle told him Zab is a front runner and after few rounds will loose steam and gas out, thats exactly why floyd was not reckless.It only took kotza Zu,Miguel Cotto to confirm to the public that and as Zab himself admitted in a phone in interview on ESPN prior to the cotto fight that,he can be known to be a guy with the tendency to be taken and drown in a deep water.
Go back and watch the Dela-Hoya fight, Roger mayweather kept telling his nephew to ‘let the biscuit tired a bit’, down the stretch you will get his ass’ what unfolded was exactly what the plan was meaning oscar has a tendency of fading at the later rounds.
You find here that when people make an assesment they forget to consider that each fight has his own strategy.By using one fight to critise Floyd hihglights the lack of sheer knowledge about strategy and preparation leading to every fight.Pac is exciting to watch but if you cant accept the fact that floyd as a boxer goes by a notion of hit and dont get hit, then you wont understand why some of us sees as bit excellent with what he does.And am sure he would be around for ages compare to pacquiao who without a doubt will might be around that long cos of the toll those punches might take a toll on him..
Boxing is a great sport but most writers are limited with their assessments no wonder get all this cheap arguments.
dave lahr, again!
i hate manny, i hate manny, i hate manny!
if that is your only reason for writing, please stop. it would be more of a favor to yourself than to the rest of us.
Don’t Mayweather’s the one need to show he can fight since he is the challenger and not the other way around.
LETS ALL SUCK MAYWEATHER OFF HA HA
You’re right Dave! You forgot one thing, Freddie’s a helluva lot smarter than you’ll ever dream of being and he’s on Pac’s side. You can advise KFC on what to do and see if he’ll take your sorry advice. So what if uses a fight 4 years ago? You always use the JMM fight against Pac? Remember Team Pac take note of habits not mistakes. I wanna watch the fight with KFC not because it’s gonna be an exciting and hard fight but I just wanna see the f****r b**tch slapped and his ass handed to him and his convict family. I hope Pac holds enough back each round to dish out the punishment evenly over 12 rounds so that even you won’t know whether you’re lookin’ at his face or his ass. He and his loser, asswipe of a family r gonna need reality TV to make a living after that. I hope Pac get the KFC Christmas he’s wishing for.
Pac will retire you too dude, if not already…..
after this post im going to take wowzabeans advice… and ive only read one of this guys articles. You may not like pacquiao but keep that to yourself, instead of writing weak and biased articles. Pacquiao is in with more of a shout than you give him credit for, and as wowzabean said, Roach took Oscar to a split decision with Floyd. I admit Manny’s defence isnt the best and Floyd could capitalize on that, for me its very difficult to call.. but dammmmmn start talking some sense or dont talk at all.
Obviously, the writer like Floyd’s fighting style, that’s perfectly OK. This goes as well to people who like Pacman’s. But I guess first and foremost both camps should find the perfect TIME to fight each other, and I hope that will be very soon.
the only way to beat an excellent technician is be a better technician
you also have to understand that mayweather has not thought anyone quick in his last 3 fights. Manny has khan level speed and he is a southpaw. Floyd is a an excellent fighter but he is beatable. One think is for sure though you cannot brawl him constantly and win. I believe that manny has to brawl for two rounds, inbox for 3 rounds, outbox for 3 rounds etc. See mayweather is a slow starter and adjusts over time, if he’s not given the time he struggles.
hey you!!!your article seems crazy.