Roach thinks Khan is very similar to Pacquiao
May 13th, 2010
By William Mackay: Freddie Roach, the trainer for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, says he sees a lot of similarities between the 23-year-old Khan and his number #1 fighter Manny Pacquiao. In an article at Reuters. Roach says “I see a lot of Manny in him [Khan]. They’re very similar in a lot of aspects.” Roach has said in the past that he believes that Khan can become a great one like Pacquiao.
Pacquiao has a much better chin than Khan and always did have a good chin. Pacquiao can be hurt, but he wasn’t getting staggered like Khan has been earlier in his career. Pacquiao is a lot tougher. He’s willing to take punishment in order to inflict his own shots. That’s not how Khan is. He doesn’t like to take a lot of shots and I don’t think his chin is good enough for him to ever fight the same way that Pacquiao does.
I think Roach sees the blazing hand speed from Khan and the good ring movement and he’s thinking that he may have another Pacquiao-like fighter. That’s probably not going to happen unless Khan’s chin gets a lot better.
At 23, Pacquiao was already an awesome fighter and pretty much fearless. I can’t say the same thing for Khan. He seems very vulnerable and incomplete. Maybe his chin will get better in the future, but then again maybe it wont. If he can’t take a big hit, Khan will get exposed when he finally steps it up against good fighters like Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander and Marcos Maidana. In the meantime, Khan will probably keep taking on light hitters like Paulie Malignaggi. Khan is very good against those kinds of fighters, but we don’t know how good he is against punches because he’s only fought one – Breidis Prescott – and been knocked out in one rounds.
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yeah right Khans power isnt even close to manny’s, he could even buckle weak ass Paulie.
Haha… good one…
“Anonymous says:
May 14, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Pacquiao god fearing? Obviously not that god fear.
You shall not commit adultery.
Maybe he picks and chooses what to fear.”
Similar? Both in boxing and personality? I don´t think so! There is definitely a big difference, Pacquiao loves playing basketball while Khan loves to talk a lot. About Freddie Roach, well he is being realist, once Pacquiao leaves him, he needs to earn a lot for his medicine expenses. Now he is investing for Khan, what´s wrong with that? About Pacquiao and Freddie Roach, they have been together through thick and thin for more than 10 years, they will definitely remain friends.
@ anon yep put no name so your dumbass comments can never catch up with you gullable muppet
Roach has a right to overstate.
Pacquiao god fearing? Obviously not that god fear.
You shall not commit adultery.
Maybe he picks and chooses what to fear.
really, now this site bans anyone who has something bad to say about roach?
i am loving how editors are keeping my posts off the site…
OLI yhiinking khan but i will puut a few quid on paulie MD
VERY SIMILAR !?!?!?
WELL BOTH ARE TRAINED BY ROACH IF THATS WHAT HE MEANS….
HEY ROACH, PACMAN IS GOING TO RETIRE SOON, THERE IS NO NEED TO HYPE KHAN, YOU WILL FIND ANOTHER WARRIOR TO TRAIN, JUST BE PATIENT.
CAN U IMAGINE KHAN HAS THE HEART & COURAGE OF MANNY, CMON ROACH BE SERIOUS.
@Ashwarrior- Fair enuff. We dont actually KNOW pacquiao is on anything, i hope he isnt. but in that case i cant see what the problem is with taking random drug test?? To me, only a drug cheat would complain about drug tests, plus how does a guy go from not knocking everybody out at superfeatherweight to suddenly going up and knocking everybody out at higher weights and all of a sudden your chin is invincible?? Any fair comment we dont know hes guilty of anything.
However- one thing we do agree on is that Khan is a chinny ducker. How do u see the fight going tommorow night?
OLI dude you talk a lot of sense and i usally agree with you but i really dont think a god fearing pray every day pacman also with compassion would try and gain an uneven plying field sounds more like a mayweather thing to me dishonesty drugs beating women i know whos word i belive i could look very silly by saying pacs clean but this is my opinion it means nish
I’ve never even seen Khan fight.And i follow boxing everyday.All i know is that he’s beaten the old and ‘Glassed jawed’ Marco Barrera. Sorry but I’m not impressed
@ big d pac man only been kod off body shots though its one area you can gain muscle the chin isnt
@ SANJ berto is from haiti
Give Khan the same potient as Pac Man and he can get a cape and a set of tights and fly into the ring.
WTF everyone slaughtering khan let him prove himself when he fights maidana and bradely which will happen end of 2010 and next year otherwise i will just think khan is scared as he is only 23
Roach did a lot more brilliant job cherry-picking for Pac as he did training him.
In the end, Pac’s legacy will have a huge “*”. But who do you think gives a fudge? Manny will retire a very rich man and retain his popularity with his people. Roach gets to keep his trainer of the year awards, and will continue training and looking for the next Pacquiao. Arum has his millions and will continue pimping. Pac will not fight Floyd.
Yeah by body shots. Pacquiaos chin became granite around the time he began taking steroids upon his move from superfeatherweight
To say that Pac has always had a good chin is silly. He’s been knocked out before just like Khan.
Another astonishing statement from Freddy the joke coach Roach.
Cant see any similarities at all. Other than they both have the same big mouth trainer who likes to protect his fighters
@ America
As a brit i can assure you most of us dont hate Amir Khan. It’s just a small minority and they dont know anything about Boxing. In Amir, we have a brit who given time will show his class against the best boxers around.
and you talk about Amir not being a ‘british’ name
i dont think when people hear Andre Berto, Juan Diaz, Paul Malignaggi etc immediately think this guy’s American do they?!!!
Watch out USA, our man Amir is coming for you
cough cough bull5hit cough cough verbal diaorreha
Roach has been a trainer for years and has lots of fighters in his gym, if he sees a comparison between two fighters that he has worked closely with then fair enough, whats the problem? He would be a better judge then any fools on here? And people say all he is doing is trying to give Kahn publicity by saying this? No!! Roach didn’t call a press conference to announce this one point, he probably had a mic and camera shoved in his face and got asked questions and this came up!!
idk i think its trash talk
and a good american name would be er ?
Roach has to hype Khan in some way to make him popular and get other fighters interested to fight him. Probably Khan’s speed is what Roach reminds him of Manny. But that’s about it!
Roach had a chance to get Pacquiao so he can say anything he liked. we have to wait what Khan can do. Pacquiao has talent in himself. it help him pass and get succses. Pacquiao gave Roach a popular or Roach gave Pacquiao? Wait Khan doing.
roach is preparing khan to take over boxing when pacquiao finaly hangs his gloves. Pacquiao brought boxing back to life and it needs to stay that way for good reason. Boxing is like clash between good and evil. mayweather can’t run boxing alone. He needs a good guy and khan is an excelent candidate.
another yank is gonna bite the dust
Maglinaggi, very american name by the way
if it goes 12 rounds khan wins no matter what per golden boy.
This is the U.S versus England (even though most english hate this Khan dude) and the US will mop the floor with this bloke, get ready to head across the pond with another loss on your record Amir (very british name by the way)…
hahahah, I agree with Freddie,
Khan cherrypicks his opposition just as much as Mr. Catchweight Chump-ion, Manny Cherrypick-iao.
its not a joke you can compare the two. they have both been KO
by no names
Khan is a guy who they are trying to make the next big Pay day thats why all the hype, it’s the busness of Boxing
one can olny hope that Paulie has an Adrenalin enhanced power shot that sends the next big thing to dream land, olny to be re hyped again………..
You must be joking Khan Compare to Manny.sounds good that about it
Khan sure is getting lots of attention, Good marketing by GBP = Future of boxing
How people continue to defend Manny’s position is beyond me. The guy clearly wants nothing to do with “random” blood test. Any other athlete in any other sport would be tarred and feathered. It’s a money game. Arum is playing the game beautifully. He has an escape for not facing floyd. The fight will not happen.
freddie must have had a little time on his hands. Maybe hes comcerned that Mannys career is almost if not over. To compare the two fighters early on is absurd. Khan was brought along carefully, while Manny was fighting to survive. Weight was probably an issue also. Many great fighters have overcome early failures. Khan is calling everybody out except Prescott.
roach is now seeing the ending of the career his prized fighter manny pacquaio, naturally he will groom someone who can fill the shoes based on his current talents and it’s khan who has the opportunity and chance to be like pacquaio, but assessing it, overall khan is way below the talent and heart of pacquiao. he can never be pac and will never be. notching up the level of khan’s competitiveness after malinaggi, against bradley, maidana, he will lose.
Here we go again with khan’s age!!! Look at devon alexander he’s the same age as khan! there are alot of young boxers taking the tough path. When sumone mentions the lost to prescott the answer you get is that khan got caught with a lucky punch plus other great fighters have lost in their early career….. watch the video khan vs prescott when khan got hurt the guy woz on a different planet!! His previous fights he got wobbled and taken down. I might sound like a khan hater but am not. The true question iz lets see how well khan does against the hard hitters. All the best
This Khan guy better have the goods! I’m tired of hearing his mouth already! Your in a stacked division and haven’t fought anybody yet so i really hope you’re worth the hype and give me a reason to keep my eye on you. I’m glad I got to NASEEM fight before I heard his mouth too or I would have given him s too.
I love trash talk but only if you walk the walk!!!!
There’s only one way to find out whether Khan is “Pacquiao II” – put him in the ring against the meanest fighters in his division and weight class.
Weak chin. Protect it he will.
Pacquiao got knocked out cold when he was 18 and 21 years of age in his 12th and his 28th professional fight. His chin only improved when he moved up in weight. So they are similar concerning chin. They have similar speed (though Khan looks faster) and similar power. So I don’t know about you but I think Freddys got a point, after all he would know.
first you say Kahn is alot better than Pacman @ 23, then you go back on it, what are you on & who the hell lets you keep posting this tripe? no matter how many times you post the same thing, people know Kahn had issues with his chin, more so the weight drain & lack of a defense. you keep posting the same thing, change the record
Knocked out in one rounds?
kobe is better than jordan
let’s make this clear. khan isn’t pacquiao.
just like kobe aint jordan.
if he is then roach will cherry pick khan’s opponents all way to te top..haha, either his opponents will be light hittin like paulie or just came off a lost
1 thing is left to do-to prove himself as Pac Man did
what u saying is u no more than roach yer good night william
Hello boxing fans how are you?.
Well Mr.Roach is trying to promote his new fighter because to give a statement like this about khan is not good & powerful statement,it is too early to give such a statement like this.
I personally have great respect & regards for Mr.Roach who is wonderful person and proved himself to be a very good trainer as a solid example like great fighter Pacquiao.I have nothing against khan but I believe he is going to end up like nasim ahmed much more earlier than he did.Good luck to Mr.Roach.
Rather listen to what roach says than you im afraid makcay. do agree with you on the chin thing tho but ive always said most lightweights would hve gone down from them blasts that prscott planted. and another thing with the chin freddie roach said it was cos he was weight drained. if i remember rightly roach moved him strait up in weight too