Freddie Roach

By Rameez Haider: After Manny Pacquiao’s brutal defeat at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez last night, the jury is out. The same debate has raged over Mayweather and Pacquiao, and the new debate over how Marquez was so strong has begun.

I’ve always been a Mayweather fan and I have always maintained for many a year that if the super fight between Mayweather and Pacquaio was to ever happen, Mayweather would be the victor. However, I am also a true boxing fan, which means I am also a Pacquiao fan as he has been fantastic for the sport. The way in which Pacquiao has dispatched of the likes of Hatton, De La Hoya, Cotto, Morales etc has without doubt sealed his place in the hall of fame. Last night he was simply beaten by a fellow legend in Marquez, a true warrior, but the question I ask is whether Freddie Roach really is as good a people claim?

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By Chris Williams: One got a sense that trainer Freddie Roach was going up the wrong avenue by telling his fighter Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KO’s) that he had to go back to the “old Manny” and that he had to be more aggressive for his fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 40 KO’s).

As it turns out, that was a disastrous plan as Pacquiao ran right into a huge right hand by Marquez and was knocked out cold last night. It’s hard to believe that an expert trainer like Roach would have Pacquiao fighting in such reckless manner because that kind of fighting approach had already led to Pacquiao losing other fights earlier in his career before he changed his style to be a little more cautious.

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By Chris Williams: Of all the people who you’d think would be complaining about being in the position of being on the losing end of a questionable decision the last person you’d think would be Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach.

Pacquiao has had the judge’s side with him for two controversial decisions over Marquez in the past along with a controversial draw, yet Roach thinks Pacquiao is in the position tonight where he absolutely will need a knockout in order to win if the fights even slightly close.

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By Chris Williams: It’s been ages since Manny Pacquiao fought like he used to. Trainer Freddie Roach is going to need to do something to find that long lost Pacquiao because he’s in a world of hurt tomorrow night if he doesn’t.

The Pacquiao of old was a nonstop puncher with incredible hand speed and an ability to jump in and out to change angles on his shots. That was the only Manny. The Manny that exists today is a flat-footed fighter much of the time, who needs constant rest breaks, and who tends to do very little for significant periods of each round.

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