Team Pac looking to get Berto in as sparring partner

I don't like the idea of getting Berto as a sparring partner. Berto is not Floyd and can not look like Floyd at any given moment. I also think that Amir Khan is a joke of a sparring partners and instead of getting someone to resemble Floyd's fighting style maybe they should just get some guys who are going to put some good quality work in.

I also don't think that Berto is going to agree to spar with Pacquiao, i'm sure that he's looking to be a potential opponent for Pac or Floyd in the future and it wouldn't make sense for him to spar Manny when he has to get ready for a right handed power punching Shane Mosley.

Thoughts on Team Pacquiao overall strategy?

 

Why not, they are both close friends with each other.

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Its also evident that Roach is preparing Pac against speed, Berto and Khan are very fine picks for that.

 

Good sparring is good sparring. If you can have both world class fighters to spar with, and stylistic imitation partners, then you have everything covered.

It can't hurt to spar a legitimate world class welterweight with excellent handspeed.

 

Well if they want to do it ... then go for it ... I don't think that Berto would do it but if they're "friends" then why not ...

 

oh yeah ... thats correct, world class sparring is the best available, especially when you sparring partner is a champion or former champion, but these immitators of styles don't prove anything but a false sense by acheivement ... especially someone like Berto who is not as defensive minded as Floyd ...he gets hit waaaay too much ...

 

Berto is nothing like MW ..Not so sure why they would work with him ..

 

Berto is nothing like PBF. To me, the closese thing to PBF right now is Steve Forbes. He's older and slower but he fights a very similiar style and is very tough to hit flush. They should be contacting him.

 

Because he would likely give Pacquiao a great workout, and he has fast hands. No one can replicate what Mayweather does, so you have to choose between a world class fighter to spar with or a journeyman who has a tacky shoulder roll and half guard imitation.

 

How is this going to benefit Berto?
This is the bigges fight of his life and he is going to be sparring a southpaw?

Makes sense for PAc i guess but not for Berto.

 

Amir Khan is the worst choice for a chief sparring partner ... I don't get that at all, thats straight up ridiculous ... I see Khan trying to immatate PBF ...

What they need is Michael Moore back !!

 

I think it's a great move....sure the style will be difficult to emulate but the natrual gifts of speed, talent, reflexes, athletic ability ect....is going to be very helpful... Khan as well.

Manny will have a hard time finding the kind of style in a sparring partner to emulate Floyd....so his only option is to get the best possilbe sparring who has the kind of speed and natural attributes that a guy like Floyd has.

For Berto......this is an opportunity to work with the best in prep for his biggest test agaisnt one of the best. So it all works out in my opinion.

 

Roach thinks very highly of Khan and sees a dimond in the rough as he did with PAC. So his instict seems very good as a trainer and scouting talent.

 

again, speed, speed, speed

Roach is more concerned with Floyd's speed than he is with his defense.

 

They don't know what Floyd is going to bring, thats the worse thing about anticipating this fight. They don't know if Floyd will come out aggressive (as hell) ... use the jab all day ... strictly throw right hands ... lure Pac into an inside fight, or fight dirty. If a cut opens up then the fight is basically over.

How will Pac defend those straight punches to the pit of the stomach? or the leaping left hook, or the lead right hand ... or the elbow disquised as a right hand.

More weapons that any fighter in the welterweight division, more defense than any fighter in the welterweight division ... Cotto just had the left, Hatton wasn't a smart fighter, DLH didn't have anything left, Diaz was too slow ....

And those wars will catch up with him ... you can show those effects of those wars at any given moment at any time ... the Cotto fight, although he won took alot of him.

 

I'm not going to talk much about Khan outside what I think of him in general as a chief sparring partner.