Roach Says Mayweather Will Never Fight Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao ’s trainer Freddie Roach has began putting the heat under come-backing Floyd Mayweather Jr, suggesting that the undefeated American will never fight his Filipino boxing superstar. “Floyd Mayweather Jr doesn’t like to take chances when he fights,” said Roach, “which is why he’ll never be in the same ring as Manny Pacquiao.” 32 year-old Mayweather Jr 39-0 (25) will return to boxing on July 18 when he faces Juan Manuel Marquez. A win by “Money” Mayweather will leave him eyeing off 30 year-old Pacquiao 49-3-2 (37), who now holds the crown as the best boxer in the world pound for pound. A crown that Mayweather Jr held before he retired prematurely. “So much for truth in advertising,” said Roach. “We all know who the No. 1 pound for pound fighter is and his name is Manny Pacquiao. They can call Mayweather-Marquez No. 1 but it smells like No. 2. “The fight stinks. Two counter-punchers waiting for the other one to make the first move is boring and proves nothing. If Mayweather wanted to prove he was the best all he had to do was wait one day to see who won Pacquiao-Hatton before signing to fight Marquez. You might as well rename him Fraud Mayweather Jr.”