Roach: "The easiest fight out of those three, in my opinion, is Mayweather"

[steptwome]

I wrote this on a different thread about this same article:

What did I tell you guys. Did you hear what Roach just said about Floyd's weight? He's way smaller and way less stronger then the WW's. He said that Floyd could easily make WW but is just lazy. Stop trying to act like Floyd is this super big monster. He's small. He's P4P the smallest guy in boxing. If he was at 140 right now he would be just a middle of the pack guy in terms of size if that. Before the Hatton fight there people said that they wouldnt fight any other WW but they will fight Floyd because they dont beleive he is a WW and now Roach is saying the same exact thing. I cant beleive that fans & media overlook this but the people who really know boxing dont. They know the difference in sizes & strength.

Roach is really confused right now because its a catch 22. He knows that in terms of style that Floyd is by far the hardest for Pac to beat out of the group. The JMM fights tell you that. However, he also knows that Floyd is physicaly much less imposing then the other 2 which gives them a huge advantate over Floyd. He's got to weigh which one is the better risk. Its also funny when he said that fighters arent scared of anyone but any other time he says Floyd is ducking all these guys and is scared to face them

Sounds more condescending than contradicting

[COACH WEBB]

Cmon Roach. If you're gonna talk smack, at least be consistant. You're sounding like Floyd "Contradictions" Mayweather right now. A few weeks ago u said that Floyd would be the most troublesome for Pac given his style, and it would make for an ugly fight because Floyd comes to be elusive and potshot.

yea...he has a NEW name now..Freddie Coach Contradictions Roach!

[Pullcounter]

Cmon Roach. If you're gonna talk smack, at least be consistant. You're sounding like Floyd "Contradictions" Mayweather right now. A few weeks ago u said that Floyd would be the most troublesome for Pac given his style, and it would make for an ugly fight because Floyd comes to be elusive and potshot.

He's not really contradicting himself. In comparison to cotto and mosley, roach says that floyd is not as tough a fight as cotto and mosley, but that doesn't mean floyd aint still gonna make it an ugly fight

[Walt Liquor]

yea...he has a NEW name now..Freddie Coach Contradictions Roach!

It's not a contradiction. Roach said he didn't like the matchup with Floyd a month ago. He is saying now that he likes it more than Cotto or Shane. That doesn't mean he thinks its an easy fight.

Thank you Pull for pointing that out.

The problem is that Shane and Cotto are WAAY to big and strong for Pac, there is no reason for those fights to be made. It's a mismatch. There is a limit as to how high a fighter can rise in weight and still be safe in the ring. Roach thinks that fighting a REAL ww would be dangerous. We all know Floyd isn't a real WW, cuz if he was, he would fight one. He is an 140lber that fights LW's and JWW at 147. Which makes no sense.

[Bobby Shaw]

Freddie Roach sees Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the least troublesome among fighters being groomed to face Manny Pacquiao.

"The easiest fight out of those three, in my opinion, is Mayweather," Roach told ace fight scribe Robert Morales in boxingscene. "The other two guys are way stronger, way more physical. Look at Mayweather; he struggled against (Oscar) De La Hoya and his fight with (Ricky) Hatton was competitive."

"And Manny killed both of those guys. I don’t care what the excuses are. A fact is a fact. He (Mayweather) won a split decision against De La Hoya. We didn’t lose a round to either," Roach said.

Pacquiao has been penciled to return on Oct. 17 against a foe yet to be named following an easy two-round destruction of Hatton last May 2.

Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico, Shane Mosley of the US and Mayweather are frontrunners although Top Rank chief Bob Arum believes a Mayweather fight with Pacquiao is not very likely to happen within the year.

Cotto fights Joshua Clottey on June 13 in New York, while Mayweather meets Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico on July 18 in Las Vegas and Team Pacquiao should be able to reach a decision as to who and where Pacquiao’s fight will be immediately afterwards.

Mayweather is being represented by Leonard Ellerbe and Al Haymon in the negotiating table, while Mosley is under the promotional banner of the De La Hoya-owned Golden Boy Promotions and Cotto is with Top Rank like Pacquiao.

Before his premature retirement in 2008, Mayweather was universally recognized as the best fighter in the world pound-for-pound.

Pacquiao is now the holder of that mythical title after a string of impressive wins against Marquez, David Diaz, De La Hoya and Hatton.

Pacquiao will be at ringside at Madison Square Garden when Cotto slugs it out with Clottey since he will root for Filipino title challenger Rodel Mayol in the undercard.

Will he be saying the same when Floyd kos Marquez?
What the ****** is saying is Floyd brings the most money so we dont mind losing to him?The others will just beat up Manny for nothing.

[Pullcounter]

Will he be saying the same when Floyd kos Marquez?

I think roach & pac already predicted that jmm is too small for floyd.

What the ****** is saying is Floyd brings the most money so we dont mind losing to him?The others will just beat up Manny for nothing.

- Roach isn't a ******, he's got parkinson's.
- while the money will be good I don't think they intend to lose against floyd
- cotto & mosley are too big for pac

[Easy-E]

Freddie Roach sees Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the least troublesome among fighters being groomed to face Manny Pacquiao.

"The easiest fight out of those three, in my opinion, is Mayweather," Roach told ace fight scribe Robert Morales in boxingscene. "The other two guys are way stronger, way more physical. Look at Mayweather; he struggled against (Oscar) De La Hoya and his fight with (Ricky) Hatton was competitive."

"And Manny killed both of those guys. I don’t care what the excuses are. A fact is a fact. He (Mayweather) won a split decision against De La Hoya. We didn’t lose a round to either," Roach said.

Pacquiao has been penciled to return on Oct. 17 against a foe yet to be named following an easy two-round destruction of Hatton last May 2.

Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico, Shane Mosley of the US and Mayweather are frontrunners although Top Rank chief Bob Arum believes a Mayweather fight with Pacquiao is not very likely to happen within the year.

Cotto fights Joshua Clottey on June 13 in New York, while Mayweather meets Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico on July 18 in Las Vegas and Team Pacquiao should be able to reach a decision as to who and where Pacquiao’s fight will be immediately afterwards.

Mayweather is being represented by Leonard Ellerbe and Al Haymon in the negotiating table, while Mosley is under the promotional banner of the De La Hoya-owned Golden Boy Promotions and Cotto is with Top Rank like Pacquiao.

Before his premature retirement in 2008, Mayweather was universally recognized as the best fighter in the world pound-for-pound.

Pacquiao is now the holder of that mythical title after a string of impressive wins against Marquez, David Diaz, De La Hoya and Hatton.

Pacquiao will be at ringside at Madison Square Garden when Cotto slugs it out with Clottey since he will root for Filipino title challenger Rodel Mayol in the undercard.

That makes no sense. Floyd beat both guys clearly.
Freddie, your just making yourself look ******.

[Rasjudah]

So if Floyd is the easier fight lets hope we wont hear any arguments about fight weight. I cant wait for this fight

[Wales08]

Would love PAC to beat Floyd. Whatafight.

[Rasjudah]

breaking news Floyd is the easiest fight wow am shocked !!