Roach doesn’t care if Margarito weighs more than Pacquiao

By Boxing News - 10/17/2010 - Comments

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach says he doesn’t care if former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito re-hydrates up to 160 after the weigh-in for his fight with Manny Pacquiao on November 13th. “Again, he’s [Margarito] bigger but size don’t win fights. Skill does,” Roach told the Philstar.com. If that’s the case, then why does Pacquiao need to fight Margarito at a catch weight of 151 pounds? Why not fight at the full weight of 154? If size doesn’t win fights, then how come Roach wants the handicapping catch weight? Why was the catch weight needed for Pacquiao’s bout against Miguel Cotto? Roach doesn’t make sense at all. Obviously, if a catch weight is needed for Pacquiao to fight guys like Cotto and Margarito, then size must matter.

Roach says “That’s what we’re going to do – weigh in and climb the ring at almost the same weight. Manny’s not going in there heavier than 150 because it might slow him down a bit.” If size doesn’t matter, why is Pacquiao being fed six times a day to bulk up, eh? Why is he eating so much? Roach is using double talk. Maybe he really believes what he says but he needs to think about it. He knows size matters because he’s bulking Pacquiao up while at the same time having Margarito melt down to a 151 pound catch weight, which is designed to give Pacquiao a handicap because it makes it harder on Margarito to get to the weight and it also makes him slightly smaller for Pacquiao. Size does matter, and Roach knows it does otherwise the catch weight would never be used.



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