Roach thinks that Khan and Pacquiao would beat Timothy Bradley
July 25th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: If nothing else, you can never say that trainer Freddie Roach is loyal to his fighters Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, both of which he feels would beat World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley if they were to ever fight. Of course, it’s highly unlikely that Pacquiao and Khan will ever fight Bradley, so that is kind of meaningless for Roach to even predict wins for his fighters over Bradley. Khan is being positioned to fight lightweights Juan Manuel Marquez or Juan Diaz, and Pacquiao has been stuck fighting Top Rank fighters from his own stable, and his promoter doesn’t seem interested in matching Pacquiao up with Bradley.
I think Roach is delusional if he really believes that Khan would destroy Bradley. I see it as the other way around. Bradley, who has a good chin, would take the fight to Khan and knock him out in 6 rounds or less. Khan has had it easy for the past two years since his 1st round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott. In the past two years, Khan has been put in with light punchers who haven’t been able to land anything because they’re either getting knocked out early or they’re just so weak, it’s just not even competitive. Bradley won’t be knocked out like the fodder that has been fed to Khan, and once he starts landing his shots on Khan’s chin, I see him knocking Khan’s block off before long.
I don’t even see this as a competitive fight. I see Khan running and then getting caught and knocked cold. It’s nice that Roach is talking bold, since Khan is looking to fight a lightweight next instead of someone from his own division. I can only wonder who Khan will fight if he’s able to beat the Diaz-Marquez winner. My guess is another lightweight, who will have to come up in weight like Diaz or Marquez will have to do to fight Khan.
As for Pacquiao, I don’t see him knocking Bradley out in one round or at all. Pacquiao has been put in with fighters that come straight at him for the past few years. If you notice all of Pacquiao’s opponents in the past three years, in each case it’s been fighters that went right at him and made it easy for him. The one fighter that didn’t go after him was Joshua Clottey, who just stood against the ropes all night long with his clamshell defense, just taking shots. Bradley isn’t stupid enough to fight like that. He’ll use movement against Pacquiao and have him tied in knots, looking helpless as a baby. Roach will have to come up with Plan B, C, D, E and F in between rounds to try and save Pacquiao from getting taken to school by Bradley. Roach would be spinning his gears and coming up with zilch for Pacquiao to handle Bradley. I see Bradley winning this fight, but of course, Pacquiao won’t be put in there with Bradley, so there’s no point in Roach even mentioning what Pacquiao would do or not do with Bradley.
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Realistily Talking now guys,,, enough of this round 1, round 2 stuff…
Pacquiao v Bradley wont be as easy as some of you may think but I do see a left landing on bradleys chine knocking him out before round 8.9/
As for khan, I think he fights on the ouutside, and outboxes Bradley with jabs n movement to avoid bradleys shots..UD for Khan, or maybe even a stoppage late on, as Khan is an amazing finisher once his apponent looks vulnerable. I think Both would beat bradley, but it would be tougher for khan.
Roach also knows Pac & Khan are over rated & rather say they’ll beat Bradley than actually get in the ring with Bradley.
At least Bradley moves up in weight without the catchweight crutch.
well it wont be too long before bradley tastes defeat.Especialy in the mentioned fights here.Bradley may beat Khan possibly equal talent,that is of different styles.
Too bad neither of them will get in the ring with Bradley to prove it.
@ Dave Lahr
Its not “pointless” for Roach predicting these fights, Bradely is calling out his fighters? Why not make a prediction?
and…
You think Bradely will take Pac to school? Want to bet your house on it Davey? Bradely would make hime look like a “helpless baby” aye? You sound like an elementary school student writing about a person that you hate in playground? Wake up you idiot!
Dave you are one of the worse journalists i have ever encountered. Do yourself a favour and just quit
I’m not sold on BRADLEY or KHAN yet, I agree both are talented and TIM is the most accomplished but until he cleans up atleast 2 of the top top dogs(ORTIZ, KHAN, DEV, MAIDANA) he doesn’t need to speak PAC’s name!!!
asish boy stop praying to cows and rats
Khan is by far da most skilled and gifted young boxer out there today.
What people dont understand about Khan is, he throughs 5-8 punches in average at any giving time. So not only quantity but they come with real accuracy and solid power at a very consistent level. He throughs those punchies from weird angles kind of similiar to pacmans.
Not to mention he has huge huge reach over bradley and also one of the best jabs in the game 2day as it was you shown in the Paulie fight.
I like Bradley and he is a good lil fighter but Khan will murder him with deadly combination of those explosive punches.
@romero
Freddie likes to ruffle feathers and he is right most of the time, why don´t you give us some evidence to back up your argument that Roach´s fighters don´t do well against skilled fighters? Last time I checked his fighters rarely ever lose, period.
@ The Technical fighter. Khan was ko’d by a little known boxer, but a light hitting one, you’re way off the mark with that assertion!
p.s. Sorry to hear about your obsessive fascination with the male genitalia. LOL
Some of these writers are astonishingly incompetant.
Sorry Buddy but he is still way off Manny’s caliber…he still need to fight let’s say Clottey and see how he would fare.
Hey I’m Dave Lahr and I know nothing about boxing (as you can tell from my articles).
@KC, Khan got KO’d by a light punching nobody! Khan is nothing and a nobody that is being hyped up only to get KO’d, just like Pacquiao!
The things Arum and Pacquiao will always avoid:
1) Young Fighters
2) Fast Fighters
3) Boxers
4) Counter Punchers
5) Intelligent fighters that do not come straight forward
If any fighter has those traits, you will NEVER see Pacquiao fight them! NEVER!
whoever wrote this article should be fired bradley is sloppy and has no punching power not to mention he is a dwarf I see Khan out jabbing him all night and Pacquiao taking advantage of bradley’s willingness to exchange and landing something right on bradley’s chin !
Then let’s do Roach LET’S DO IT
The proof is in the pudding!!!
PUT PACQUIAO AND KHAN IN THERE WITH BRADLEY! WHILE YOU’RE AT IT, PUT THEM IN THERE WITH BERTO TOO! WHAT DO YOU GET?
A BUSTED UP ARAB, AND A KO’D FILIPINO.
Bradley would be an easy opponent for Khan or Pacquiao. I saw his last fight he’s too slow for Khan or Pacquiao.
Arum, keeps talking that Pacquiao is better than Bradley because Bradley has never fought anyone, yet he is the #1 lightweight in the division and he just stepped up to defeat a heavy punching welterweight unanimously without a catchweight.
Manny can’t fight Berto because he is an unknown yet he is undefeated and the WW Champion of the world.
Manny can’t fight Mosely ecause he is too old, yet he is a HOF’er, and still ranked #3 in the world, whose only losses have come to other HOF’ers and is still the WW Champion of the world.
But Manny is matched with an “INFAMOUS” busted up, broken down, slow, forward plodding fighter without a license, and is mostly known for “CHEATING” and loaded gloves.
Arum you are a JOKE!!! And the
salita was no1 contender(above maidana at the tim crazy) after that one fight where does he come in at now cant find him anywhere may be it was hype for kons sad little i can get better in two minutes fans
wot a load of bllcks. bradley has no power 2 trouble kahn so what if he fight off the back foot he would still beat bradley over 12
I agree with Roach, i think Khan and Pacquiao would destroy Tim Bradley and i don’t think it’d be close in either fight.
Roach is right in his assesment because Bradley has never face anybody worth mentioning here. Devon Alexander and Maidana are much better boxers than Bradley. You have to be a loser to thinked that Bradley is the best in the Jr. Welter. division.
Oli. It was part of the contract to fight Kotelnik that he must face Salita in his next fight. This was set by the WBA. There was nothing about Maidana. Its not as though he dropped his belt to avoid him unlike certain other fighters we can mention….
why not stop talkin about it and put them in there with bradley and see what happens. stop talkin and put those doods in there with real contenders. too much talkin lets see it.
scotty1- ohhh so when salita is mandatory, khan is FORCED to fight him, when Maidana is mandatory he is allowed to fight someone else. Very strange.
this time next year we will still be here wondering when khan is going to fight the proper fights. and there will be another round of dull excuses just like there always are.
untill he fights someone good, hes a bum end of
Oli. Beating Kotelnik, being forced to fight Salita (no.1 mandatory. god knows how!) and then Paulie aint too bad. If in 2 fights he isn’t matched with one of the top dogs I’ll agree with you.
scotty1- if khan fights either bradley, maidana or devon in his next fight or even the one after that il be too shocked to speak.
A year is not good enough, we were having the same discussions about khan LAST year. Theres no excuses left for him to be not fighting the best NOW
do people STILL rate shane mosley???? how many times does he need to get beat?
WINCHESTER AND DAN
good posts these guys kahn and pac will not fight the young boxers, whatever freddie roach says throw it out the window cause he said manny wouldnt fight shane mosley cause shane was too good, then they turned around and said top rank fighters can beat anybody but they wont fight certain fighters and thats a FACT
Team Roach always says they gonna or can beat whoever..THEN SHOW US PLEASE!! Quit fighting these top rank sparing partners and give us a fight we actually want to see!!
Oli- Diaz is not moving from Lightweight regardless. No way he fights Khan. If Khan fights one of the top guys you mentioned, I expect you to come on here and humble pie. I’ll do the same if Khan dosen’t fight one of those guys within a year.
Another great analysis by the great Dave Lahr aka Manuel Perez. How many times has he predicted so accurately how Pacquiao will get schooled ? I never thought eating crow and humble pie can be so addicting!
scotty1- If marquez loses, then Kon will simply face diaz which would be a joke. Or worse yet they’l probably STILL go ahead and fight JMM.
Theres no point in waiting to see, Kon wont be fighting Bradley, Devon and especially not Maidana next. Thats what we DO . That is absolutly definate
Well first off, obviously Pacman wouild destroy Bradley. But I also think Khan would take him down, Khans just a far better athelete, better reach, faster, and more power. Khans improved conditioning means his chin is much, much tougher.
Fighter of the decade schooled by Bradley?, really?… Honestly? How long have you been on smack for Mr Lahr?
Oli- we have to wait and see. I am hoping Diaz wins to kill the Khan v JMM fight. If that happens, HBO has to make the call if Bradley fights Alexander or Khan next. Whatever they say goes. It’ll be Maidana to fight the opponent not fighting Bradley I reckon.
scotty1- it definatly wont be to khan, because bradley is on that list of good fighters which amir khan will NOT be facing any time soon. Same old Khan camp…threatening to destroy guys they have just ducked.
If Khan is really that good, why is the most protected fighter in world boxing who needs every possible advantage in order to win a fight?
Come on Roach, its money for old rope, if khan can beat bradley forget marquez/diaz, fight tim bradley then
Freddie Roach knows his trade very well and more than 80% of boxing fans agree with him.Bradley is no match for Pac.
khan vs bradley would be a close match.
pacquiao vs bradley is a joke. pacquiao would knock him out easy within 4 rounds.
this writer is so stupid i don’t know how he keeps his job. clearly biased with hate people like you shouldn’t go near writing a boxing article again.
I agree with Roach except I think Bradley would last to to the 3rd round with Pacquiao. Bradley will lose his zero in his next fight. The question is will it be to Khan or will it be to Alexander?
STOP THE SPECULATION BS….MATCHEM UP! MATCHEMUP NOW!
Well, the way i see it Freddie Roach knows best and he got over 20 champions to prove it. How about you lharr what makes you think otherwise?
Here we go again. Take a hike Mr. Dive liar. I did not read your article thoroughly but I do fully understand what your intentions are. You should be fired but I think its impossible because it should have happened years back, since 2003?
as for you dave lahr tim bradley couldnt knock out abregu
and if you think khan is anything like abregu you are severly retarded
khan will beat bradley because he has better speed , height and reach advantage and has the mastermind roach in his corner
and for pacquiao, if he is anything he was in the hatton fight
he will murder bradley
because pacquiao has better skills better speed and he is a real sledgehammer unlike bradley
does anyone take roach seriously anymore now he hyped khan up beyond all expectations and refuses to put him in a real fight.
as far as roaches comments go about it taking him eight years to get pacquiao where he is today, well it was actually manny pacquiao who got himself where he is today. roach did say when the fight starts its the fighter that wins it and he cant be in the ring too. wow, i never would have guessed that. does that mean when china chin takes a blow to the jaw and gets ko’d its because he has no chin? thanks for telling us, we had no idea.
bradley wont get a khan fight so shut it roach please everyone is getting a little bored with the all talk and no action.
that’s it, i’ve read a lot of articles but this one convinces me that someone was dropped on their head as a baby. this stooge actually thinks that bradley would beat pacquiao, this has to be a joke. when are you appearing at the comedy club cause i am lmao! no chance no way pacquiao ko’s bradley inside 5 rounds all day long. what a joke!
As a professional boxer*
pac ko bradley in like 2 rounds..i knew it..lol
manny would break bradley and ko him,khan would hammer him to a points victory,unanimous desision.
manny bradley would probly go the same way it did with clottey bradley wouldnt know what to do with manny workrate and speed.but i recon manny would ko him and break that wall.
not a fan of khan but he destroys bradley. pacquiao murders timmy too. i have no idea how that guy got so many nuthuggers.
Liar’s articles expose only two things: he needs comments posted on his articles, the best way for him to achieve this, is to write over exaggerated bias (whilst wearing a smug grin in the process).
If this web site shows us one thing, it’s that you don’t need to know anything about boxing, just have an excessive response towards a situation, and people will reply to that bias (unfortunately, job done).
It seems anyone criticizing Khan is a Khan hater,
Any non-positive Khan comments are racist.
I don’t like Khan, I don’t hate Khan I just think he’s Vastly overrated, has no chin, has no power at this level, he still fights like an amateur, throwing lots of powder puff punches, he won’t face any fighter he considers dangerous, if roach really thought Khan could handle Bradley, roach would have Khan fighting Bradley next, not a lightweight? Actions speaks louder than words;
a quote from Khan, Talk is cheap
Come on, Lahr! are you high again?!
LOL! welcome back Larhr! I agree with yo about khan and bradley, but pacman and bradley? nope dont agree with you, I dont think bradley is ready for a top notch fighter like pacman, bradley is good but not that good, he should aim for clottey and cotto or marquez first before he even try fighting pacman, bradley would look like a kindergarten in the ring, One thing to give an honest opinion and another thing to just straight hate a really good fighter like you do Dave Larhr. so tell us what happen to your boy floyd? for someone who talk too much he suddenly pick this time to be quite.
Mr. Lahrs, would u stop this? u r so obvious. Pls stop it before u embarrass urself time and time again.
I’ve made a bit of cash betting on the opposite of your predictions. Thanks buddy! Just make sure you keep taking your tablets.
roach predicted right in most of his predictions while dave lahr buang predicted all wrong in his predictions! now tell me where will i put my money on?
Bradley would school Pacquiao? Mr Dave Lahr: can I PLEASE have some of whatever you’ve clearly been smoking?
@dave lahrs
The majority of your articles are all biased against Manny and Freddie Roach, or how much better Mayweather is than Manny. I don’t know why this is, but I think you need to expand your horizons.
Laugh, I love how Roach claims Khan can do this, Khan can do that, Khan would destroy these 140 guys.
Then Khan goes and targets 130 and 135 fighters.
SMH.
Sad.