By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach is bragging about how Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) beat up Manny Pacquiao in their last sparring session together before the Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito bout last month. I can’t believe this. Pacquiao getting his backside handed to him by a fighter like Khan? Oh this is bad. I thought Pacquiao was supposed to be the best fighter in boxing?
It doesn’t look good Pacquiao getting beaten up by Khan if Pacquiao is supposed to be the best fighter. What happened? Have we misjudged how good Pacquiao is? I personally don’t see Khan as a great fighter, but I don’t know what to think now that I’m hearing about Pacquiao getting his backside kicked by Khan.
In an article at thesun.co.uk, Roach boasted “Amir beat the s–t out of him [Pacquiao] for four rounds in their last session before we started easing off on the training. Even Manny knows that and he said so.” Pacquiao knows he get spanked by Khan? This is sad. I can’t believe it. Pacquiao getting whipped by Khan. I always thought Khan was washed up and being strung along against a bunch of beatable fighters until he cashed out against someone like Floyd Mayweather Jr. But if Khan is thrashing Pacquiao, maybe Roach has another little gem to take over for Pacquiao. This is like something out of one of those master Po Kung Fu stories where the pupil takes the pebble out of the master’s hand and moves on.
Roach, continuing to gloat about Khan’s success against Pacquiao, said “I used to think I had one fighter who could beat Mayweather, but now I think I have got two. I am a big fan of Mayweather, Amir and Manny have speed which he can’t handle. If Mayweather won’t fight Manny, maybe he will fight Amir. I am not saying I would want that one right now, but maybe in another two fights.” But what about the old catch weight handicap? Roach didn’t say anything about that, and given that Pacquiao has been using them, I wonder what kind of catch weight Roach would dream up to give Khan a big enough handicap to compete with Mayweather? I can’t believe for a second that Roach would just let Khan fight Mayweather without a catch weight. That would be totally unlike Roach.
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