By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. thinks he could make some badly needed improvements to Manny Pacquiao’s game give if given the chance to train him. However, Floyd Sr. still doesn’t think Pacquiao would ever be good enough to beat his son Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The reason is because of Pacquiao’s lack of arm length, his poor boxing fundamentals, and his lack of a jab. These are three areas that Floyd Sr. feels would keep Pacquiao from ever beating his son, and I totally agree with him.

Floyd Sr. said this in an interview at eastsideboxing.com’s On The Ropes Boxing Radio Program: “I can improve him [Pacquiao]. But improving him, he’s still not at the status where he can beat little Floyd, because he doesn’t have the ability to do what it takes to beat little Floyd. [he is] a shorter man, ain’t got no reach, ain’t no jabber. It’s not a guy like Pacquiao who can beat Floyd. He just comes in throwing punches like a woman. I would have him jabbing a lot more, and I would have him moving his head.”

I totally agree with Floyd Sr. Pacquiao doesn’t move his head, and he has a bad habit of running forward while throwing punches that seems beyond change. Pacquiao is stuck in how he fights no matter how much his trainer Freddie Roach tries to break him of his bad habits. Pacquiao’s arms also too short for him to ever beat a guy like Mayweather. This isn’t Miguel Cotto, Ricky Hatton, Antonio Margarito or Joshua Clottey were talking about. Mayweather Jr. is a level or two above those guys and can actually fight.

He’s going to make Pacquiao look like he’s got two left feet if and when they ever do mix it up. But, yes, Pacquiao could really use a good trainer like Floyd Sr. because Roach hasn’t done much in helping Pacquiao keep from getting hit. As far as I can tell, Roach’s main focus seems to be on offense and not defense. Like I said, against the fodder that’s being fed to Pacquiao, it really doesn’t matter how poor Pacquiao’s fundamentals are. He can beat those guys using any style, but against a quality fighter like Mayweather, Pacquiao’s inability to move his head, block shots and his lack of a jab is going to hurt him.