Roach never figured His guy would ever have this huge of a target on his back... Being #1 is like being a bomb chick, Everyone wants a piece.
Roach is starting to talk a little too much. This is not in his character and he should not give Floyd anymore motivation. That is a dangerous game to play. After all, it is Pacquiao and not Roach, who is going to get schooled that night.
Roach is getting too cocky, Pac has been cutting thru everyone like a knife thru butter but Floyd will present loads of problems, likely more than Manny has ever seen.
Key players are already telling us money is going to get in the way of this fight happening. Bad sign.
Larry Merchant on the Cotto-Corley stoppage: "That is a home town stoppage a disgrace an absolute disgrace".
. . . I don't really care much about the dramas and pre fight build ups . . . just the plain ring action. :yep
I was just about to say he should fight Valero.. I got him strectching Valero in 3.. Valero hasn't proved a thing to me yet... Blitzing a bunch of Tomato cans doesn't impress me..
Juan Manuel will be intelligently aggressive. This fight will not be boring. I know that Roach is just trying to plant the seeds of a "storyline" to juice up the follow-up fight, but he's wrong if he legitimately thinks this won't be a great fight.
Roach and Floyd need to get in the ring together and slug it out. Whoever wins we'd at least get one annoying, loudmouth to shut the **** up... of course it'll probably be Roach, and maybe Mayweather can pound the Parkinson's out of him. :yep
I think its good for Roach to be out spoken like this, its good for Pac's career and his status among this generations elite. Roach has paid his dues and has the right to speak his mind ... Him speaking up for Pac and creating this rivalry means more money for him and especially for his fighter. I assure you guys this - if Freddie Roach didn't speak up and say anything, Pac wouldn't be in the position he is now. He's a foreign fighter with zero personality (not saying that he doesn't have personality) but that likeable attitude doesn't create much drama in the boxing community. You see what it has done for Shane Mosley and Winky Wright, those guys don't speak up - which in turn doesn't create much of a buzz.