By Mark Vester
Trainer Freddie Roach is convinced that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is scared of his fighter, Manny Pacquiao. He thinks Mayweather's demand for a random Olympic-style drug testing protocol is nothing more than excuse to avoid the fight with Pacquiao. Roach wants the fight to happen, but only if the Nevada State Athletic Commission overseas the drug tests.
“Floyd’s scared of my guy,” Roach wrote in his Boxing News column. “I let him use my gym when he was doing ‘Dancing With The Stars’ before the Ricky Hatton fight and I’ve known him since he was a little kid. He’s not a bad guy. But the only way the fight with Manny is going to happen is we go by the commission drug-testing rules.”
"If (Mayweather) tries to bring in his own company for Olympic-style testing or any of that rubbish, the fight’s not going to happen.”
When he spoke about Mayweather's upcoming fight with Shane Mosley on May 1, Roach's position did not change. He still sees Mosley not being able to deal with Mayweather's speed and movement.
“Shane’s my friend and I hope he wins but he has trouble with speed and movement and likes guys to come to him so it’s going to be difficult," Roach said.
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