I could make Pacquiao a better boxer than Roach!
I could take a fighter like Pacquiao and make him better, yes,” Floyd Sr. chimed. “I’m not taking anything away from him. I’m not going to say he’s not a good fighter. There are a lot of things he needs to do that he doesn’t have. He doesn’t have combinations. He don’t have a jab. He has no defense. These are the reasons I said that Floyd would whoop his ***.”
It should be noted that Pacquiao has shown tremendous improvement as a fighter, most noticeably in the last five years. Credit must be given to trainer Freddie Roach for that feat, as he has worked with the General Santos City native since his June 2001 bout with Lehlo Ledwaba. Giving his personal thoughts on Roach, Mayweather shares his feelings on the Massachusetts native’s abilities in the corner.
“I could make him better than Freddie Roach of course,” Mayweather claimed. “I definitely would make him a much better fighter. And I would make him a better fighter period. I would work on combinations. All Freddie Roach knows how to do is a hook and right hand. That’s all he knows, he doesn’t know anything else. I’m just being honest with you.”
Whether liked or disliked, honesty can always be appreciated and Papa Floyd certainly has a way with his words. In a slight change of heart Mayweather Sr. changed gears and started to give credit to Roach, but not without remaining pessimistic.
What do you expect a professional boxing trainer to say? I'm not going to do a better job than this guy? That's like a fighter saying this guy could beat me.
Spoken like a man whose hit the blunt one too many times.
Pacquiao doesn't have combinations... brilliant!
co-sign!
Floyd throws 1 punch "combinations" SOMETIMES 2 punch.
Didnt Pac throw a 12 punch combination against Cotto? :lol1:
Sr. cracks me up :lol1:
great...PAC gets KOd in 2 rounds his next fight....after being knocked down twice in the first round. God.... Poor old Hatton got a two round BEATING that night!!!!
I don't think so. IMO, Roach sees a fighter's attributes and build a system that works and enhances it. Sr. sees some style that is unorthodox and will try to correct it to something similar to his own style. That is just the way I see it.
i still dont think he shared everything he knew about floyd with hatton during the fight...not saying he sabotaged hatton but i highly doubt he wanted his son to lose
What are you talking about dude? He extended Hatton's training camp like 6 weeks for the Pacquiao fight...he really did try. But look at the result. And then, Sr. gave up. Mayweather Sr. just isn't that good of a trainer.
I could make Pacquiao a better boxer than Roach!
I could take a fighter like Pacquiao and make him better, yes,” Floyd Sr. chimed. “I’m not taking anything away from him. I’m not going to say he’s not a good fighter. There are a lot of things he needs to do that he doesn’t have. He doesn’t have combinations. He don’t have a jab. He has no defense. These are the reasons I said that Floyd would whoop his ***.”
Spoken like a man whose hit the blunt one too many times.
Pacquiao doesn't have combinations... brilliant!
i still dont think he shared everything he knew about floyd with hatton during the fight...not saying he sabotaged hatton but i highly doubt he wanted his son to lose
floyd sr. didn't train hatton for the hatton-mayweather fight.
i still dont think he shared everything he knew about floyd with hatton during the fight...not saying he sabotaged hatton but i highly doubt he wanted his son to lose