Roach: Khan has faster hands than Pacquiao
March 17th, 2010
By Chris Williams: At the recent Paulie Malignaggi and Amir Khan press conference, trainer Freddie Roach made a startling revelation when he said that his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has better hand speed and foot speed than World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Roach was quick to point out that he didn’t believe that Khan could hit as hard as Pacquiao, only that Khan was faster. For a lot of boxing fans of the sport, they believe that Pacquiao is the faster fighter in boxing.
Pacquiao won almost every round in a lopsided 12 round decision over Clottey. However, Pacquiao looked slower than he normally is and seemed to look heavier than usual. I can’t ever remember seeing Pacquiao look so sluggish before in a fight. He looked like someone who was carrying around too much weight and it was slowing him down. And in between rounds, Pacquiao looked old to me, laboring for breath and looking all beaten up.
And the tired look to his face seemed beyond just fatigue. He just looked like an elderly, aging person to me. I think Pacquiao needs to lose some weight, because he’s starting to look kind of slow now. Maybe he should retire. I don’t want to see Pacquiao keep fighting and end up getting badly beaten up by Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley. I think Pacquiao loses to both of those fighters right now.
Those guys are fast, energetic and natural welterweights. They move well for the weight and are able to get around the ring remarkably well. Pacquiao looked like a mini tank on Saturday. He wasn’t moving well at all. I think this is about as high a weight that Pacquiao can go before he starts getting beaten up regularly.
I hope they don’t throw him in weight light welterweight, because I think Pacquiao will look like a blister bag if he gains any more weight. When short fighter’s bulk up like Pacquiao is doing, they look like little tanks. I don’t mean that in a good way either. They’re okay when they don’t move a lot, but if they get put in with a fighter that uses a lot of lateral movement, the short fighter generally has a lot of problems because they have to carry that extra weight around with their small frames.
Pacquiao should move back down to lightweight, lose some that useless muscle he’s put on recently, stop eating so much and focus on fighting guys like Edwin Valero. That’s a great fight. Pacquiao doesn’t need Mayweather or Mosley to define his career and he also doesn’t need the money from those fights. I think he’ll lose to both of those guys, so why even bother.
Pacquiao should just move back down, fight a couple of fights and then retire before he sticks around too long and starts getting beaten up. Clottey pounded Pacquiao a little last Saturday, especially with his big uppercuts. During the replay, it was sad to see Pacquiao’s head getting snapped back again and again by Clottey’s uppercuts. I thought for a second there that Pacquiao was going to snap off during one of them because his head whip lashed violently, lifting upwards towards the rough. It was a good thing for Pacquiao that Clottey didn’t throw a lot of punches during the fight, because I don’t know that Pacquiao would have made it to the final bell.
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I think you are gay and you love Floyd too much that you dont want him to get hurt or to fight Pacquiao and with that your group make all of this discouragement to make the fight instead of helping it to get through and also make all this groundless accusations to satisfy your fears of losing to a discriminated great fighter. I think this fight should be “winner takes all”!. Frightening is’nt it?
Sluggish and slow???? youve got to be joking. He looked tired in between round mabye because he weas throwing so much leather. Mainly all hard shots too, it was like a twelve round workout on the damn heavy bag. That would tire anyone out. However the reason manny stopped and let clottey throw and land a couple is to try and open him up to a counter attack, looking for the knockout, but he wouldnt throw anymore than one hard hit at a time. Personally i woulda told pac not to bother after the first couple of times he got caught and told him to just keep moving in and out punching clottey at will and just win easy on points. Clotty wouldnt have touched Pacquiao all night if it wasnt for this tactic. Back to the slow point, that is utter it, in one round Pacquiao throws an eight punch combo with unbelievable blistering speed. However i think his best weight right now would be 140 pounds but theres nobody down there that could even come close to beating him , so why not smash these welterweights in super fights for the last few fights of his career.
What are you on about Mr. Chris Williams….you are talking rubbish….you talk crap….you said Mayweather and Shane Mosely will beat Pacman….Did I just hear that right…Oh my god you must be idiot….None of them are faster than Pacman…..I agree that he is smaller than them but Pacman can knock them out without a doubt.Pacman made Oscar de la hoya to retire and made him look foolish and stupid but when Mayweather fought him , De la hoya was punching Mayweather until the last second and he looked good. Pacman knocked Hitman on the canvas twice in 2 rounds and Hitman was close to R.I.P but Mayweather took 11 rounds….not impressed….And Shane Mosely is too slow and old for Pacman….Mayweather is great at defence and Pacman is great at offence…..but at the end of the day….Offence scores the points and wins and KO comes when you attack not defend lamo…..and finally YES I do believe Khan is faster than Pacman but if they fight then goodbye Aamir lol ! c ya
khans only been with roach for 2 min,how long has pacman been trained by roach,khans power will come ,it just takes time
and hell still be lightning fast,the thing is khnas gonna be a major problem for anybody in that division,,,,hes getting stronger and faster all the time improving,its gonna take somebody equelly as fast to land on him,,,,,,and theres not that many fighters in the division who can match that speed,,,,,,saying that valero would ruin him,if he caught him with just one of them bombs!!!!!
Funny article, and look at all the comments it got, no one in a healthy frame of boxing knowledge would compare Kahn to Pacquiao
im a die hard fan of mayweather, but im more of a boxing fan..
i like mayweather cos he is a pure boxer, manny is unorthodox like ali, but with different styles, many more offensive where as ali was defensive as well..
At this point i dont see mayweather beating pacquiao. style mke fights, pacquiao need a proper puncher like tommy hearns that can force him to back down and slow down his aggressive volume punching, so mosley would be a better choice to have a good shot at pacquiao, maywether cant force it on manny, he will land on manny but manny will land more cos average punches thrown by mayweather through out his career is 40 punches per round…so with a work rate like that without a devatating punch to back down manny, mayweather woukd lose a unanimous decision against manny, however i dont seee manny ko floyd..floyd is very good at what he does and that is defensive mastery..
however mosley can force anyone to back down, have to accept the fact that, as good as pacman is, he isnt a welterweight, he is to me a light weight, but still pacman is ferrocious and mosley would take a lot of lather if he have to do it or attempt to do it against pacman and it could end up in him being stoped in corner or have to ko manny, my money is on mosley getting pulled from the corner..
does that mean pacman is better than floyd? styles makes fights, they all are legends and one have to lose.
mayweather dot fight pacman, you both are my fav fighters and i think u cant beat pac…and please dont hype khan too much and put him into ring with pac
one clean shot from pacman would be the end of the story…
khan only big titi than pacquiao that all…
I wouldnt call Roach’s statement a startling revelation, you only have to watch Amir and Manny fight for one round and you can see that Amir has the superior hand and foot speed. In my opinion Khan will beat Malignaggi by a comfortable UD
Khans faster than Pacquiao so what?? My Grandma still has more power and still has a better chin.
And shes dead
@ jb. Khan is faster than Pacquiao, this article seems pointless, when this is an excepted fact. And no, Malignaggi won’t out-box Khan, as he doesn’t stand much of a chance of beating Khan (that’s why he was chosen).
@ Thaibox.
Pacquiao only agreed to three blood tests, which, if he was using some form of PED’s, wouldn’t have been sufficient to pick anything up. The problem was, Pacquiao didn’t want there to be random blood testing. It doesn’t matter if you repeatedly type those words in uppercase, that doesn’t make your opinion anymore right!
I am I missing something here? Freddie said that Khan was quicker than Paquiao I don’t think it’s that far fetched is it?
If Freddie says that Khan beats Pacquiao then I would have fallen off my chair!!!
I didn’t know it was a big shock that khan is the faster fighter. When he first went to roach’s gym pacman said he struggled with khans speed in sparring. Lots of khans sparring partners say hes he fastest they’ve came against. He’s obviously still not the worlds best fighter but hes rapid!
Pacman camp is trying to lure PBF camp to fight. They’ve been sayin it that they want that fight. Whatever we saw in Pac’s last performance “might” not be his 100%. Someone said Clottey was like a jockey pulling his strap backwards a little. Pacman could be doing the same thing in that fight. We’ll know in the Pacman vs Mayweather/Mosley.
If Khan is as fast as his coach says because he is afraid of fighting with the Argentine THE CHINO MAIDANA interim champion of the category
Im really sick of Freddie’s mouth. He keeps talking all this s*** that he doesnt even know about. He keeps talking trash about Ricky for some reason and I dont see why! He just said on google news that Amir is plain better than Ricky (yet turned down Ricky for training after bragging that he could teach Ricky to be a better fighter, then said he wants Amir to fight him), which I think is complete bull s***!!! How, Freddie, how?!?!?
@Thaibox:
It doesnt matter if its after the fight. EPOs and HGH can be sweated out of his system by the end of the fight if taken correctly. That isnt the point, brother.
I just wrote Freddie an email and this is what I said:
I used to be you and Pac-man’s biggest fans. (I still love Pacquiao) I had the most respect for you, but now I am starting to lose it, simply due to what you have been saying about Ricky Hatton!!! Look, Im an average American from Seattle, WA. Ricky has gone over 42 fights without a defeat and has beaten some of the best in the world! How can you say you could have taught Ricky, then you turn him down, then you want Amir Khan to beat him like a walk over mat?!?!?!
What the hell has Amir Khan done to prove ANYTHING?! He beat a VERY VERY VERY washed up Barrera and Dmitry Salita who has never fought anybody worth a crap! Not to mention Amir was knocked out by a bum once in his career! Im not saying Amir Khan is bad, Im just saying that it hurts me to see you bad mouth a legend in Ricky Hatton. Ricky is a good man who deserves more respect. Ricky has only been beaten by the worlds 2 best fighters and went 42-0, while Amir’s record is 22-1 (a horrible knock out by the way for that loss). Please be more respectful to a man that really respects you (yes, Ricky has always respected you alot).
To all of those which are blind or just mentally unstable:
PACMAN AGREED TO BLOOD TEST STRAIGHT AFTER THE FIGHT!!!
PACMAN AGREED TO BLOOD TEST STRAIGHT AFTER THE FIGHT!!!
PACMAN AGREED TO BLOOD TEST STRAIGHT AFTER THE FIGHT!!!
So stop writting those stupid comments about Pac ducking kfc…
Ewerybody knows that Maywanker is the Ultimate Ducker!!!
TO SAVE HIS 0 HE BECOME A 0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And that how he will be remembered…
the thing is with Freddie Roach and Amir Khan you can’t train a glass jaw unless you’ve got the defensive skills of floyd Mayweather your only gonna go so far before you get ko’d
It dont matter if Floyd lands more shots than Pacquaio in terms of thrown punches !! Floyd can land 100 % of his punches but it wont knock down anyone !! while pac can land 1 and knock u out !
indeed, the evidence is ricky hatton
hatton floydie problem for the rest of 9 rounds before he ko the guyz. however, pacquiao needs only 2 rounds
Khan is a bum. Fast hands but no chin?
another overhyped Briton
chris williams, you should think about what you wrote about Manny Pacquiao before you look like a fool!!!
Tye you don’t know boxing Pac threw many punches in a combo affect with out power in order to make Clottey open up so that Pac can catch him But Clottey seldom threw. He also had to becareful cause of Clottey power something Maywether lacks as a welter had power as a Jr Lightwieght but not at this wieght.
LOL jb they are both his fighter so his not choosing but stating the facts so when he says khan is faster he means it, he also said manny hits harder than khan. watch the vid on youtube.
You’re right though I don’t know you. You actually are correct about the 100 full force punches comment, their is no boxer out their that can do that, and if they tried Mayweather or any other good counter puncher would destroy them.
I’ve been in the a fitness freak since jr. high school, I’ve done boxing, brazilian jui jitsu and worked in a gym for years. While I think Pacman’s performance on Saturday night was still phenomenal I do believe it can’t be compare to what he did in the Cotto fight. He didn’t have the same speed, strenght, stamina. I’ve only this in the past with people using steriods or after long layoff. No I have lots of ???
I wouldn’t take Freddie’s comments seriously. He’s just trying to make his fighter look good. Khan is not faster than Pacquiao. Freddie didn’t mention Khan’s power because even he knows Khan will not knock out Malignaggi. He wants his guy to focus on hand speed to catch the quick footed Malignaggi and not focus on landing one bomb at a time. Paulie will most likely outbox Khan. He is more experienced against better opposition. Paulie will be highly motivated to win in New York.
@Kiddynamite
Where in my post did I say the words “full force”?
Many boxers have opted to cover up and still got knocked out, cause they were forced to drop their hands from the body shots. Pacquiao missed almost 1,000 punches in that fight cause he decided to head hunt rather than focus more on the body. The amount of punches Clottey threw in that fight are more than he threw in his fight with Baldomir , and the same amount he threw in the Margaritto fight, so saying that he wasn’t throwing punches, because he was getting hurt is not true. Clottey said that he didn’t have a problem with the power of the punches, but the speed of Pacquiao. Watch the fight with an unbias eye and you can see the flaws. Pretty much it’s like this if Clottey spent 80% of the time guarding his head Pacquiao should have spent 80% of his time breaking down the body, but he didn’t and that explains why he only landed 20% of his punches.
@Ryu
First and foremost you dont know me from Adam so for you to say i dont know anything about boxing is like me saying you dont…which i wouldnt because i dont know you…and FYI i DO know boxing…ive boxed and i have been around it for years and still am so dont be an idiot and say i dont know anything when you dont know me. Theres those that know boxing and those who read a couple of articles and think their bert sugar..so which 1 are you? cause i wouldnt guess and say you are the former cause thats ignorant.
And FYI name a fight where both Williams and Margarito throw 100 full force punches per round FULL FORCE being the key word and i will eat my hat…Boxers dont come out in a round and just swing 100 full force punches they set punches up etc….
in conclusion dont be so f-ing ignorant…
Unbeatable? No ones unbeatable.
Im not biased towards either pacman or mayweather, but from what i saw against clottey, pacman is definetly unbeatable right now. People can say he got hit but wow, this is boxing. of course your gonna get hit at least a few times in any fight. And pacmans offence will destroy any fighter. Just think about how tough clottey is. If pacman never had power, clottey wouldnt have been covering up as much as he did. He definetly could feel that pacquaios power was serious, and that is clottey were talkin about. probably the most durable boxer out. And to be honest, clottey, when he did land, didnt seem to bother pacman. Pacman has proved he can take shots and i doubt that floyd would be able to trouble him power wise. people say that floyd would counter, but u cant counter 100+ punches every round. I m not sure floyd can take pacmans power eithr.
650,000
Isn’t this the same Freddie Roach that said he wanted a winner take all fight with Mayweather jr? This guy needs to shut up allready.
FREDDIE JUST CANT STOP TALKING.
any 1 know what the ppv with pac and clottey like to find out ?
white brithish boxers are always vonrabale
nice to see khans bro represnting pakistan in olmypics are they funding him at the moment are they training him aswell does he live there seems very to faced or his he just throwing a tantrum stamping his feet for his own way sounds a bit like his big bro
roach really is talking poo my boy is 5 and roach also says his hands are faster than khans lol with better punch resistance
@Vinny
In regards to your statement that Floyd and Shane would never fight Clottey, that statement is probably half true, because Shane Mosley was about to fight Clottey before, but something got in the way of the fight. Floyd would never fight Clottey, because at this point in his career Clottey wouldn’t bring in the kind of money he’s looking for.
@KidDynamite
Another person who doesn’t know boxing, FYI Margaritto, and Paul Williams are two fighters who can throw over 100 hard shots per round and have thrown over 1,000 punches in past fights. Stop riding Pacquiao so much and learn boxing.
Wow, a lot of fans including this writer are realy dying of frustration and envy! Be carefull people, hatred, jealousy and envy may kill you. Khan is younger and may have a fastest hand but Pacquiao have the power, stamina, experiences, foot-and handspeed. That´s the big difference. There are still fans who cannot accept that a little man from a third world country is dominating the sport of boxing. Pacquiao just said in his recent interviews, he really wants to fulfill his mother wishes for him to retire. And said, he is thinking about it and after the election he may have 1-2 more fights and his done. He already achieves many of his dreams and it´s time for the future boxers to feel in. So to the writer and Pacquiao haters, a couple of fights more and your wishes will be granted.
“I think he’ll lose to both of those guys, so why even bother.”
Sure why bother fighting possibly the biggest fight (against Floyd) in the history of boxing. Shows how much you know about boxing.
@vinny
there aint a boxer out there who throws 100 punces “full force” for 3 minutes….not one!! whoever tried it would end up getting knocked out specially if that person is fighting someone with the defence of floyd as most would be hitting his arms..who ever tried it would gas out quicker than Zab Judah…
Thank you for your article, it is evident that your brain is also in a downhill. It has reached its highest point when you reached the intelligence of a monkey now you’re back to the intelligence of a pig.
Floyd is an old boxer who really don’t know how to box. He just fought old boxers or boxers who are from the lower weights. Never he did fought a real welterweight. Now he will fight an old guy in Mosley. Same old same old. Old mosley. old and from lower weight Marquez. Need i say more. However, whatever i say floyd nuthugger like William will never get it since they have a brain of a pig.
Most floyd nuthugger never did finish school. they are all a moron.
Writer manages to take a Freddie Roach quote about Amir Khans hand speed and turn it into a fng essay slating pacquiao?
Blimey..
PS – You go throw 1200+ punches at a moving target within 36 minutes with little to no rest, and see how tired you are.
fast, speed, velocity is not boxing. You need to mixed it with timing and right tactics to be deadly.
I invite anyone in here to throw 100 punches at full force for 3 minutes and see how hard they are breathing after 1 round of that. Now multiply that by 12 rounds and let your buddy punch you in the face while you’re doing it. It’s not that he’s aging, he was just going at such a fast pace, of course he’s going to be tired.
I agree with RICO that Mosley and PBF wouldn’t give Clottey a chance to fight them because the risks outweigh the benefits of fighting a guy like Clottey. He’s not well known by most boxing fans, but is a legit WW. He’s durable and punches hard. People say he’s a Class B fighter because he was dominated by Pacquiao, but he beat Judah just like PBF and gave Margarito a run for his money. He was robbed in the decision against Cotto. He also would have won his fight against Baldomir if he wasn’t disqualified. In my opinion Clottey has only really lost to Pacquiao. This should be a testament to boxing fans that Pacquiao is a great fighter.
I’m not a nuthugger of any boxer, but I realize that Pacquiao is a great fighter just like PBF is a great fighter and Mosley is a great fighter. Pacquiao’s dominance over Clottey is no small feat. I don’t think Mosley or PBF would have dominated Clottey the way Pacquiao did. I actually think Clottey would give both of them a rough time in the fight. In that sense I think a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather or Mosley would be a great event to watch and the outcome would be unpredictable unlike many people in here claiming that Pacquiao will dominate, PBF will dominate, or Mosley will dominate.
PacMan is on the downhill. He needs to fight the best fighters now before he falls from grace. People are saying he’s in his prime. Sorry, PacMan has past his prime and starting to lose his momentum. Fighters who are aggressive and takes a lot of punishment like PacMan decline a lot faster than boxers who are more denfensive and conservative. PacMan’s face can easily be bruised through all the years of fighting. He’s aging and his fall from grace will be at the hands of a good defensive fighter or a counter puncher. All signs points to MayWeather ending PacMan’s career if they ever fight. PacMan needs to fight all the greatest but if he can’t get his hands on MayWeather he needs to fight one more spectacular match with an elite boxer and call it quits to vindicate himself from the match with Clottey. End in a spectacular win over an elite fighter will make PacMan’s career an epic one. PacMan needs to fight atleast one more battle and no more class B fighters. No Marquez, no Cotto, no Margarito. He needs to step up and fight a real opponent to seal his epic career.
@lapu lapu
One-hit KOs are something you see in the Heavy and Light Heavy divisions, not Welterweight. Stop sucking Pacquiao’s breasts and start learning something about boxing. You’re making Pacquiao look bad by making uninformed, uneducated comments like that.
you chris damn, its better you are the one will face pacman so that you can try his flashing smoking hands like you`ll seeing millions of stars in your eyes….and mayweather is nothing he can do of pacman but to hide under in his father back.
Man, how i wish Floyd got the guts and courage like his nuthuggers here. But in reality, his scared. Floyd let the boxing commission do their job and you as a boxer, just fight dude.
Pac maybe small but he can outlast Floyd or Mosley with the same intensity and ferocity as the first couple of rounds. Mosley or Floyd wont be able to outlast Pac – they will get worn down as the rounds gets longer and they wont be able to defend themselves causing them to get KO !! stamina, power and speed is a killer !!
It dont matter if Floyd lands more shots than Pacquaio in terms of thrown punches !! Floyd can land 100 % of his punches but it wont knock down anyone !! while pac can land 1 and knock u out !
reading on what trainer roack in between the lines..if momneyweather reads this article… roach is bluffing that moneyweather can beat da pac ..he might believe the greatest trainer of all and mind reader..money weather might agree fighting da pac cuz he thinks da pac is 2 slow likw roach said…heheheh. u r welcome floyd be my guest…pac said smiling
Chris williams r u fookin high do u expect a human to bounce around on there toes for 36 mins throw over 1200 punches and not b sweatin r breathin heavy.do us all a favour and think b4 u write r dont write at all. Ur the most ignorant person ive never met numpty
I suggest we all boycott this dude and stop reading any of his posts. In fact, boycott this site until they actually allow posts that makes sense and unbiased.
This is not a boxing writer just a boxing fan and not a very knowledgable fan at that.
Wow! Chris Williams really does not want to see the results of a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao or Moseley vs. Pacquiao fight. CW wants badly for Pacquiao to move back down to 140 lbs. and lower and he keeps trying to convince himself that Pacquiao is slower and more sluggish. Man, if that was sluggish and slow I would hate to see what Pacquiao can do on a good day… If Clottey’s punches effected Pacquiao or the weight increase effected Pacquiao then why was his work rate not effected??? Why was his Intensity not effected??? CW wants badly to be the biggest Manny Pacquiao fan but keeps telling himself that what he sees in Pacquiao can’t be real. If Pacquiao beats Mayweather or even gives him a good beating then he’ll really need psychiatric help. Gotta be true to yourself CW, its ok to admit that Pacquiao has an excellent chance of beating Mayweather and Moseley.
p.s. Chris Williams, Please dont delete my response this time.
Chris, I thought your article is about Roach’s comment on Khan being faster than Pac. Why in the hell did you come up with the last 6 paragraphs bashing Pac instead. What is your IQ and are you a real writer or a real hater?
Matweather landed a total of 475 shots against Marquez landing 60percent of his shots,pac landed only 20 percent of his 1200 something shots,who is more accurate,???/lot of wasted energy,plus against a boxer who stand right in front of you with his guard up.common,just look at the facts if marquez blasted pac just imagine what a pure boxer will do plus a defensive genius whos defense is 100 times that of clotteys,pac wont touch Floyd.pac cant box he is a brawler,Floyd gonna counter and uppercut him all night long,Im fan of neither yea Floyd might not fight everybody for what ever reason but still dont change the facts he will outskill and out box pac
Wow. Stupid author, stupid article. Author is about as convincing as a 5 year old.
I am not sure if this writer watched the same fight as millions of other people did. If he did he was watching in slomo? To say that Pacman was much slower contradicts all of the ringside announcers commentary during the fight. I mean they were running out of adjectives and all they can say was “BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG”.
when will this writer give credit where it is due? i mean credit for pacquiao. he seems to critcize pac everytime, his justification to discredit pac’s achievement and skills seems endless. his points are baseless and so ignorant of what he’s saying. really hope manny face either mosley or mayweather. when that time comes, hope this writer can show some nerves by putting some thousand bucks against pac, i am very much willing to bet against this writer. cant wait, really!
Khan maybe fast but can he still be fast at the championship rounds and take a few hard shots at those rounds.
And what a stupid article from this writer. She’s just trying to gain attention. Now that Manny beat Cotto and Clottey, this writer Chris Williams is saying Manny should retire. After Cotto and Clottey’s performance they should retire. And Manny has already started retiring fighters and still continuing. When Manny retires all the WW including Floyd and Shane then what is this writer going to write about.
Hey lets not get carried away here boys, if Pac and Kahn fight, Manny would slaughter him…..lets get real about Kahn….he’s still wet behind the ears.
I was just saying that he has a better chin than people give him credit for. I saw his head get snapped back, but I’m not convinced those punches affected him. If you watch the fights with Morales, it’s the same way. He gets hit hard, but it never knocks him down or shakes him up. It was like that in the Cotto fight, too, b/c Cotto was the bigger man, but Pacman just let him hit him on the ropes while he rested so he could come back with a flurry.
I don’t know what your motivation in discouraging Manny from fighting Mosely and Floyd Chris, but I want to see him fight those 2 guys.
khan is not in the same league as the pac and speed only kills when its used right! plus u have to have a chin to counter a counter when ur as fadt as manny
wow thats surprising if true, i didnt realize khan was that fast.
I dont think he has the fastest hands in the game today though:
1. Gamboa
2. Floyd
3. Khan
4. Pac
1200 punches is tiring! and guess what uppercuts snap heads back! jabs and straights do too! manny is the mover in any fight that he is in. have u ever seen floyd throw 1200 punches? its cuz hes a backup fighter. manny took cottos best. and bea down the great wall of ghana! next is the competetive pride of mosley! cuz mosley will beat floyd. oh and all of u that think floyd did not duck pac! y all the sudden a olympic drug test. where were u guys with this allegation b4. exactly! if u followed boxing at all u would know about the rules and regs and mannys hardship to blooddrawing.
If Khan ever faces Pacquiao, the winner will be whoever’s side Roach will be on.
Could be true…but what does it matter if he can’t take a punch?
I don’t think anyone is convinced yet that the kid has any sort of chin.
i think u are afraid that ur man (mayweather and mosley) will grind and crush and pulverized by super Pacman. ur not the one who will fight so dont afraid.
I don’t think Manny looked “old” or like he needed to retire. With regard to the uppercuts he was taking, I think that’s part of Pacquiao’s nature. He reminds me of Rocky Balboa because he’s offended if he doesn’t get hit. It’s as if he was frustrated Clottey didn’t come to fight, so he wanted to give the fans some action. I think Pac’s also the kind of fighter who wants to prove that he can “fight” the bigger man. He wants to show that he can take a punch, and if you noticed, it only motivates him. Those uppercuts didn’t hurt him; he responded withcombinations that had Clottey backing away.
See Paulie frustrating the hell out of Khan, but Khan’s backed by GBP so hell “find” a way 2 “pull” it out, GBP has already screwed Paulie once b4… Khan’s not Roach’s next “great one” a kid by the name of Jose Benavidez is, he’s already sparring with Khan & holding his own, only 17 yrs old too!
Yeah Mayweather ducks for nobody.. He is perfect.. he is Godlike… yeah he is invisible.. he can beat up Mike Tyson,a nd Mohammed Ali, and Sugar Ray Leonard, yeah… Mayweather is the greatest athlete in the whole world. Yeah !!! He fought all the best fighters in the world and beat, especially the First fight with Costello. He won that hands down. Lederman and those HBo idiotz dont know shit about boxin eeeerr. And Pacquiao took Peds, Steriods, Cocaine, and A Side Meth.. Aaargh And I believe whatever Mayweather says because its the truth, because their perfect people, and I cant crap my pants unless he tells me too.
MAn pride 79 is probly the smartest guy i heard in this whole article discusion, PAC is the one who ducked MAY, but people try to blame it on MAY, at least he gave PAC his demands that would only be of advantage to PAC. wow cant believe people are saying MAY ducked PAC. thats laughable, MAY ducks no one.
I got Fast hands,Faster than Kahn and Pacquiao. Just ask my girlfrend, She cals me octapuss.
It seems that Khan has fast hand speed . . however, he has yet to be “really tested” against top tier boxers. The quality opponents, the magnitude of the fight, handling the nerves of “being in the moment” will tell whether Khan really has this special speed.
Pacquiao has shown this speed in the most toughest ring battles and came out on top . . doing it “inside the ring” . . is the true test. That is why Pac Monster is the current P4P king.
Obviously Roach is nurturing his “potentially next great pupil” in Khan . .
And to this author – - again, another whinner, another person to make excuses why Mayweather or whoever is not the P4P king or the best boxer of the decade. Well, you are certainly entitled to your own opinion. As for the boxing enthusiasts, we are enjoying Manny’s exciting ride . . and I certainly hope he gets to fight either Sugar Shane or Mayweather . . so that all your predictions continue to be wrong.
Khan throughs 5-6 punches a sec, heard it on tv!!!
Amazing, this guy just doesn’t let up. He HAS to dig so deep to find something negative to say. Now Pacquiao looks like a retiree and needs to be a contestant on the biggest loser? I’m not going to give this guy the satisfaction, just don’t post on this joker’s articles.
Can Mayweather win over Clottey’s style?
What does he need to do to win?
Can Mosley win over Clottey’s Style?
What does he need to do to win?
I guess if you throw punches at a rate of 100 per round you’d be out of breath and just tired.
But can anyone here tell me how can either Mosley/Mayweather win over Clottey? What style will they need to use to win?
I have not read anything from anyone ( maybe I missed it) regarding what those two ” Greats’ would do? as if they have a different way of winning over Clottey. I keep reading Manny this, Manny that so what can those other two do differently?
Silence … awfully quite.
22guns, by refusing 2 submit 2 the testing Pac is ducking May… Floyd gladly accepted the million dollar weight clause that Pac requested if May came in over 147, May request that he gets tested olympic style & all of a sudden he’s afraid of needles! I’m not a May fan, but clearly you need 2 get off Pac’s D*cK!
in uk we been watching for years ppl in usa will see on 15th amirs hand speed
The only thing Khan has that is faster than Pacquiao is falling down the canvas. Roach is hyping up a his new student too much. Khan can’t even fight Maidina…scared to get knocked out fast like with Prescott. Khan needs more PEDs to get to where Pacquiao is. Khan beats up Paulina easy like anyone else could. I want to see him fight Bradley or even Valero. Until then Kahn is the fastest knockout victim of this boxing generation.
Erik morales, mrc antnio barrera, David Diaz, rcky hatton,oscr dl hya, m.cotto, j clttey… They all say’s that PAC has speed.. Ups n down.. Frm arms 2 leggs.. I rather have PAC speed than khan.. I wAtch 2 of kahns fight, he doesn’t look tha fast.. Not even close….
Afraid? I remember when I was 7-11 years of age and a group of us used to play with the other guys 12-15 years old. The older guys are okay with the basic rules of the game when they are winning but, when they begin to lose, they change the rules and added rules to stop you from winning again. You guys are just like those bigger bullies. You can’t swallow defeat, you can’t live with basic rules now, that you have to make new rules of blood testing, badmouthing, demeaning and racial remarks to win. It is not the American way !!!boy!!!!
Personnally I wouldnt want to see a Pac & PBF fight it’ll be another boring match, Mosely is much better opponent.
Superfighter you are the one who needs to wake up coz’ your chickenweather is not the Pound for Pound King…Stop sucking Chickentweather’s nuts.
@superfigter Pacman did not duck any fighter he will fight anybody unlike your Chickenweather who chooses his opponent to secure a win…STUPID FUK!
I wonder if the PAC-MONEY fight will ever happen, both guys are to blame, but i think a little more blame should go to PAC because MONEY did agree to all of PAC’s terms, but when MONEY brought up one, PAC would not budge. It would be a good fight between the 2 best this generation, but I think since MONEY is the type of fighter PAC has Problems with, I personally would put my cash on MONEY-MAy if this fight were to happen.
Cotto is a genuine welterwieght yet when Manny won, nobody mentioned him being slow or the fact that he should not stay in the welterweight division. Clottey was just a much bigger opponent, bigger than mosley and mayweather, whose punches carried strength. Mosley will struggle against clottey and mayweather will be typically boring against him as the two are predominalty defensive, but give credit where it is due to Pacquiao. He keeps fighting bigger opponents and beating them so pls recognise his achievements.
I think this is a good assessment of Pacquiao. I agree that his best weight class is light welterweight 14o lbs. Even Roach mentioned this a number of times in the past. I also agree that Pacquiao looks old. I am Filipino and a Pacquio fan but I agree with this writer.
22guns, PBF is scared of Pac? You sure? He is not just playing mind games? Oh, you stupid, stupid Pacnuthuggers, when are you gonna wake up? Pac is overrated. All you have to do is look hard who he was pitted against in his last half-dozen or so fight.
All i know is that PAC will continue to duck MAYWEATHER unless MONEY fights PAC under PAC’s Terms. Plain and simple, and we all know PAC is the one who walked away fromt the fight.
Congratulations, you’ve managed to write the single stupidest article on this site and that is really saying something.
Roach is just hyping Khan’s fight with Paulie. Mayweather throws one punched in every 3 seconds. Pacquiao throws 6 to 7 punches in 3 seconds. Pacquiao moves in and out faster than Mayweather. Pacquiao kn ratio is higher than Mayweather. Mayweather will get ko’d if he ever fights Pacquiao. I’d rather see Pacquiao vs Mosley. Mayweather is a boring fighter.
Chris Williams dream of Mayweather being known as the best P4P will never happen (I see your a Mayweather nut hugger)…lol…it doesn’t matter what you say, but the experts out there who gave Pacquiao all those awards (figher of the decade…etc.) knows more than me or you…so stick to the facts…if you ever want to be a credible writer…speak the truth…otherwise you’d be a Great Ficiton writer!
throwing more than 1200 punches for 12 rounds at 147ls is incridably very fast..can this writer named anyone at welterweight who throws the same volume as what pacman did to clottey? you’re not real man..
I’m sure if PAC never started making any demands we would have already seen MONEY beat PAC, but PAC wants an edge over MONEY
You have your own opinions that Shane or Floyd Jr. will beat Manny, but my opinion is that none of them can even dominate a Clottey like opponent. If you thought Manny was slow in that fight we might have watched a different fight. After the fight, when Clottey was asked what happened his response was Manny was just too fast. Can’t wait until the May 1st business is done so once and for all, doubters will be proven wrong once again by the Pacman. Put your money where your mouth is, I have, and made a small fortune by believing in Manny.
Same could be said for PAC, If money should drop his conditions then so should PAC for the fight to happen, unless PAC doesnt wanna fight unless he has the advantages
All Mayweather needs to do is just agree to the fight with no ridiculous pre conditions and Manny will be there. This chicken head is too scare of Pacman.
How can you say that Pac looks like an old man and sluggish when he threw over 1200 punches???
Anyone who disagrees with hard speed thing
Check out Khan Salita fight
Khan has fastest hand speed in boxing imo