Roach says he’s worried about the Pacquiao-Margarito fight: Manny just isn’t his normal self
October 22nd, 2010
By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach is finally starting to worry about his fighter Manny Pacquiao as the big fight with Antonio Margarito is fast approaching. Roach is concerned with the size of Margarito and the way that Pacquiao hasn’t been impressing against the young series of sparring partners that he’s being put in with during the training camp in the Philippines. Speaking with the BBC, Roach says “I’m worried the fight a little bit. We’re fighting against a big, strong guy who’s going to be in great shape and we’re a little behind schedule which is very unusual. I’m not sure if it’s the size of the sparring partners that’s giving him trouble or he’s just not himself yet. He’s getting better and better every day but it’s coming a lot slower than usual.”
And with the extra weight that Pacquiao is carrying, it’s obviously slowing him down. Never fear, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum has already said that he’s going to move him back down to welterweight after this fight so that Pacquiao doesn’t have to keep taking on bigger and bigger fighters. It’s just too bad that Pacquiao wasn’t matched up with a real junior middleweight instead of Margarito, who basically is a welterweight who is moving up in weight to be an opponent for Pacquiao as he goes after another paper title to add to his collection. I would have liked to have seen Pacquiao matched against an authentic junior middleweight contender or champion in order to go after an 8th world title. Pacquiao will likely move back down to welterweight and fight Miguel Cotto again or possibly Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Pacquiao lost this fight.
I can’t believe that Pacquiao is approaching this fight with the same fire that he’s had in past fights.
Pac is human, and everyone is capable of taking it easy. He’s accomplished everything not only in boxing but in his life. Now with his political responsibilities, I can’t see how boxing is still his number one focus right now.
And Margarito is an iron faced giant with something to prove. If I were Margarito, I would be training with lions right now.
Pacquiao has never really been concerned with winning or losing. He always just tries his best to give the fans what they want. The guy just loves combat.
That fire is his best weapon. it’s on that lust for combat that wins him his fights, not skill (although he does have some skills). I just don’t believe he has that fire anymore.
as pacquiao ages freddie is getting more and more paranoid.
Bet against PacMan and you’ll lose. On Nov. 13 I’ll be more richer.
I am hoping Margarito breaks ranks and KO’s the little fella. But Arum pulls the strings…
as i said a month ago the only way to sell tickets is to promote some drama, save your money and let me tell you again how the fight will go. arum will make sure that both fighters fight a certain way maybe pac even gets knocked down and gets up to come from behind this way people will say pac is greater than we thought and they will also say margarito is not washed up either way arum wins then he can make money off of margarito too
now start the insults
PacMan is slowing down? Coward Floyd Jr should get some balls to fight him next year. What do you think Coward Floyd Jr? Floyd??? Where are you Coward??? Floyddddd!!!!!!!!!!
all these comments are nothing that floyd or any other boxer wouldn’t do to promote their fight. Manny and Margarito just give a good damn fight
MARGRITO BY K.O! HERE WE GO AGAIN! VIVA MEXICO!
For those of you D.u.m.b A.s.s’s who think this fight won’t be competitive, you’re a fool. This will be a GREAT FIGHT!!!!
Guy’s u r being made a fool the reason why pac man’s corner are making these comments is to make this fight look real tough and they’re already planning on getting 1.3million ppv come on use ur brains for once!
Makes me insane when people talk about how much Manny has accomplished in the sport. He has titles, from catchweights. He beatslesser ranked fightersthan other top guys, and gets more credit. He fight flatfooted, slow, spent fighters, whith past big names, and is called the new superman. Meanwhile, the best of the two divisions he hovers around, have, and will never see him. Because Manny pacquiao sucks, and is a coward.
marquez was #2 p4p when floyd fought him. mosley was #3 p4p when floyd fought him. and why do people always bring up floyd when someone critisizes manny. stop making excuses for this guy all the time.
@bri And Mayweathers fighting the best, is he?
@king for a day. sorry but he didnt win 7 belts and this wont be 8. u cant have catch weight championship fights. not to mention didnt beat the best in those devisions for his titles. he hasnt fought a top ten p4p fighter in a long time. he is not fighting the best fighters in the world. and his belts are b.s.
his eight belt thing is overblown. and i blame the media. theyre not true 8 belts. sorry.
PACMAN WILL SURPRISE THE WORLD PRETENDING HE’S SLOWING DOWN THE ROAD.
my hat is off to him if he goes now, he never needed Mayweather and if he wins it’ll be awhile before anyone wins 8 weight belts. hope his congressional legacy is far better than his boxing whcih only means his people are yet to prosper
@ Manny The Clown
here you are again dog! shoo! shoo! get lost!!!
Roach could be trying to get mayweather interested by saying all this…
DOES ROACH AND ARUM EVER STOP TALKING? THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TRAINER THAT TALKS AS MUCH AS ROACH.
I´m tired making arguments, but watch the latest Margarito and Paquiaos training video posted in youtube yesterday and today. You will be amazed, you´ll end up asking yourself, What????
This is just a ploy to make people think the fight will be closer than it actually is. Margarito gets his ass kicked badly and pac makes it look easy. Watch and see.
Those who give AM a chance: Wake up please.
COME FIGHT NIGHT MANNY PACQUAIO WILL BE READY AND IF PEOPLE THINK OTHERWISE THEN YOU FOOLISH CUZ A GREAT LIKE PACQUIAO DON’T GO BAD OVER NIGHT.
PACQUIAO WANTS TO WIN THIS FIGHT AND HE WILL GIVE 100% IN THE RING, EVEN IF ITS NOT A 100& PACQUIAO HE WILL STILL BE TOO MUCH MARGARITO EVEN IF HE HAS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE HE WILL STILL BE TOO QUICK FOR MARGARITO.
MARGARITO WILL PUT UP A GREAT FIGHT BUT MANNY WILL WEAR THE BIGGER MAN DOWN AND IT WILL BE A LATE STOPPAGE.
I think that perhaps Manny isn’t as hyped up for this fight as he would had he been training for the one we all want can be another factor for the “less-than-normal” training camp, along with the weight issue. I sure hope this is just pre-fight hype and/or rumors. I am a Pacquiao fan and I would hate to see him lose this fight because if he loses, I know everyone will come out and start discrediting everything that Pacquiao has done up to this point without taking any consideration to the obvious size disadvantage he is going into this fight with. Yes, I know Shane Mosley easily beat Margarito, but Mosley is closer to Margarito in size and strength, and had fought his last 18 fights before Margarito at Welterweight or Light Middleweight. I have just always been worried about the weight and size difference, but I still see Manny’s hand and foot speed being the difference in this fight!!!
What kind of games are Roach and Arum playing? Usually, trainers and promoters don’t talk like that until after a fight that that their figher has lost. Seems they will do anything to try and sell this fight which I would not be surprised is fixed.
Hey MATE! I’ll tell you what it’s called. It’s called Manny only fights flatfooted, come forward type fighters. It’s called, Manny’s last 4 fights have been against 3 guys who have suffered losses, and another who is 75 yrs old. It’s called, Shane Mosley asked for a fight, and after promply turning him down, fighting Clottey the clamshell instead. It’s called, ‘let’s fight more top rank fighters, so Arum can make them take a dive. Get my meaning…mate? Cherrio!
Seems to me that old freddie is making excuses R ready.
It’s called a red herring, mate. They’re playing on media rumours. Why would that admit that if it was true? They wouldn’t…
From the last I saw of Margarito…Manny will better be prepared to get beat up by this warrior, it seems to me that PacMan does not have it any more due to age and money
the fights fixed any way
All of this is bogus buildup and hype. Give us a break Freddie The Joke. Ariza will mix up one of his special shakes and Pacquiao is suddenly his old self again.
Freddie The Joke and Manny The Clown. Our own little circus act.
Excuses already by roach and pac.
Why not wait until Margarito kills him and
say yeah ok he’s a better fighter and PAC
just can’t compete with that!
Little excuses creeping in already, Listen Pacquiao will win but here’s where they start the BS excuses @Pacquiao not his usual self@ All this starts now so they will have excuses for the whipping Mayweather will give Pacquiao in 2011.
This is just a promotion tactic to get more ppl to watch the fight. I wont pay for another sparring session. When Manny gets the b@lls to fight a real threat in either division, and stop fighting guys who have recently been broken, or flatfooted, or catchweight drained, then I will watch. Until then, the best fight of the year is approaching. Martinez/Williams II.
i dont think these is real : froch will get fired : freddy he’s very smart but manny it’s a sharp m.t..f.k.r .i bet for manny to be prepared becouse as soones he can margarito will load a 120 punches per round . if manny got connected with half of those he will get knocked out!
margarito and his fellow mexicans are stupid!!!!
Roach is a clever boxing brain and these comments are just mind games,do you really think roach would let manny get away with slacking.Thats what he wants everyone to think,i bet its a different manny come fight night.
il say it again margarito is gunna win just wait and c