Was reading in the Torygraph that Roach thinks the end is near for Hatton and that after he loses to Pacquiao he will sign off by fighting Khan.
Anyone think Khan has a genuine shot?
i'm more interested in which direction pacquiao will go after he loses.....the mayweather fight won't be happening anymore, so i wonder what'll be next for pacman.
Roach has no intention of letting Khan anywhere near Hatton at this stage. It's just a backhanded insult to Hatton; "Even Amir Khan can beat you". Obv. he cant come right out and say that as he trains Khan, but its what he meant.
He's just trying to mess with Hattons head before the big fight.
nah, roach doesn't think highly of hatton. i think he believes khan will beat hatton.
Roach wants Kahn to get hurt then.
Roach has no intention of letting Khan anywhere near Hatton at this stage. It's just a backhanded insult to Hatton; "Even Amir Khan can beat you". Obv. he cant come right out and say that as he trains Khan, but its what he meant.
He's just trying to mess with Hattons head before the big fight.
Khan was on TV the other week and said he didn't think this fight would ever happen. I agree with him, but if it did it would be carnage. I think even Khan surely knows that.
yea roach has been a major dickhead the past 3 months.....what happened to the reputation as a soft-spoken guy?
I read an article yesterday where he said " I think hatton has b level skills and is a creation of frank warren"......eitehr roach is just talking shit, or he thinks pacman is made out of steal?
oh and hatton would face murder charges if he fought Kahn.....Amir Kahn will NEVER be elite.
if hatton loses to pac, he may get a shot at jmm once jmm loses. he might fight khan in manchester to end his career but that's not a certainty.
I think another defeat ends Hatton's career tbh especially if it's a knockout loss.
Was reading in the Torygraph that Roach thinks the end is near for Hatton and that after he loses to Pacquiao he will sign off by fighting Khan.
Anyone think Khan has a genuine shot?
if hatton loses to pac, he may get a shot at jmm once jmm loses. he might fight khan in manchester to end his career but that's not a certainty.
roach will learn some respect for hatton next week.win or lose hatton will get his respect..roach is getting on my nerves
I hope so, and I'm backing Hatton to win but I fear an early knockout.
here is what Roach said:
Ricky Hatton will be dismantled and knocked out by Manny Pacquiao in their £40 million light-welterweight superfight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, and will go on to face Amir Khan within 12 months, Freddie Roach, the esteemed Los Angeles-based trainer has predicted.
Roach, who trains both Pacquiao and Khan at his Hollywood Wild Card Gym, speaking exclusively to The Telegraph, said: "Hatton is close to the end of his career. If Manny does what I think he will do to Hatton, and if it all goes to plan, we will knock him out and bust him up.
"If that does happen, I would say Amir is close to a fight with Ricky, which is a huge fight in the UK, a sell-out. We have been working on Amir's mental game, and he is getting stronger all the time."
Khan is already inked in to step up from the lightweight division to light-welterweight (140lb) on June 27 to challenge Andreas Kotelnik for the World Boxing Organisation title he holds. A victory in that contest would also bring the two British fighters, also good friends, closer to a meeting in the ring.
Khan has admitted in the last week that he would relish the opportunity of fighting Hatton.
Roach said: "We're almost ready to put Khan in against Hatton. We've been working on his mental game, making him spar and shadow box twelve rounds, and we want him to step up in competition. It's two fights away. In a Hatton-Khan fight, the winner would go on to bigger and better things; the loser would have to go away and think about doing something else
"Sugar Ray Leonard stayed around too long, and had the s*** kicked out of him. I like Ricky, I like his family, I believe in hard work. But you can't everything you want. I think he is close to the end. So is Manny, come to that. They can fight more if they want to. But I don't think they will go on more than a year."
Roach wants to worry about Pacman beating Hatton before he goes pimping Hatton to his lesser names.
Khan is going to be a great figher IMO but he's nowhere near ready to right the best at JWW
khan couldnt take punches at 135..hatton would knock his block off
yeah, but Roach will tell him to run at every opportunity so it might go a few rounds.
Personally though I would find it amusing if Hatton knocked him out because Khan always seems to be talking about taking on big names before he's ready.