Pacquiao sans Roach

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  1. Bumnard_Hopkins

    Bumnard_Hopkins Burger King banned Full Member

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    Or select another coach for Emmanuel D. Pacquiao Sr.

    In Pacquiao's own words he was turned down by several American trainers.

    His partnership with Roach has been great but I still wonder if another coach might have been better for Pacquiao after Marquez 2.

    Name your pick and elaborate on your choice of trainer.
     
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    Robert Garcia. Even Nacho Beristein. They need to be offensive strategists, not weirdos like Virgil Hunter.

    Roach is kind of a trash coach and I think Pac stays with him out of loyalty.
     
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    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Roach teaches basics very well and is a mind master. Thats why the elite boxers work with him; he gives them space but keeps them grounded with basics and hard sparring.
     
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    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pac with Nacho Beristain would have been hilarious on visual level, but I think it would have been career limiting.

    Unrelatedly, I think Hunter is and is going to do good for Buatsi but he's not what Pac needed in any recent time.
     
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    Virgil Hunter is an intelligent guy but the thing is he needs a guy on similar spectrum ala Andre Ward for the partnership to work , dumbasses like Khan or **** defenders like Buatsi won't see too much of an improvement.