Pacquiao Could Retire Without Mayweather, Says Roach

[trainhard_187]

Damn there are alot of babies on here. Pac aint ducking anyone and definitely not Floyd.

Pac has a tasked at hand and thats Cotto on Nov. Alot of people sure are taking this out of context. Roach just said if the deal with Floyd doesnt get made accordingly then Pac could retire. That doesnt mean Roach is saying we dont need Floyd forget the negotiations.

Right now the focus is Cotto, lets start taking these quotes seriously after Nov. 14.

[renren40]

Shane is a roid user ... i forgive him ,... but that does not matter
roid users or former users get avoided by HBO and smart boxers..

[GTR]

its either he bluffing or really looking out for mannys best interest. Either way, Roach knows whats best for Manny. This is a father looking out for his kid. props to Roach.

[SkillspayBills]

Fair play.

If he beats Cotto then I would have no problem with the Pac man retiring.

He's fighting above his weight even at 145 so has nothing left to prove IMO.

Note to self: Shattered jaw is not an actual fan of boxing.

[PAC-BOY]

Pacs afraid, which is not to say that there is anything wrong with that. After Miguel, Pac should go back down in weight and fight Lightweights if he can.

Yeah usually scared fighters move up and fight guys bigger and stronger. Try not to make yourself look so ******. Really have you no pride in yourself

[SkillspayBills]

Guys... look at this...

A Mayweather fan accusing another fighter of ducking.

You didn't even address what he said. Good job making yourself look like a nuthugger. I hold EVERY fighter to the same standards. Any real boxing fan should.

[GRUSTLER]

Pacquiao is blatantly ducking Mayweather, but when Floyd ignores Mosley's (Who's ranked ahead of Mayweather at 147) challenge to his face it's a business decision. Gotcha.

Whatever brotha, Floyd went after Mosley already and everyone knows
that. Manny aint never go after Floyd and its looking like his whole team
is putting the breaks on Manny meeting Mayweather in the ring because
they want "Manny to go out on top" meaning, they dont want him to look
like an average fighter against Floyd and leave with a air tight legacy.
I like and think Manny is a great fighter but as we witnessed with
Marquez, when them lil dudes fight prime WWs that can **** or are
skillful their going to get beat AND thats why I think Cotto will beat
Manny because he will be too strong and resilient. Mosley? Floyd
in my point of view would really exposed Mosley and show that he
really is a 38 year old fighter. Come on man, Cotto out speeded
Mosley in their fight and YES the fight was close but Cotto got them
did enough to win because he took them early rounds. If Cotto
can out box and speed Mosley what makes you think Floyd is scared
of him? Cotto doesnt even display defense that much and he beat
Mosley, so Floyd is supposed to have a problem with Mosley? Floyd
adapts to pressure way better than Cotto. I mean, anybody can be
beat but I dont believe Mosley got enough in him to beat Floyd. Just
like Floyd said, "Mosley knows its a wrap and is looking for one last
payday" GOTCHA!

[Crazylegs77]

If Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are unable to reach a deal for a 2010 clash, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach says the Filipino fighter should retire and walk away from boxing while he's still on top. He admits that he would rather have Pacquiao beat Miguel Cotto to capture the WBO welterweight title on November 14 - and then beat Mayweather in a career-ending fight. [details]

I agree to some extent with Roach, Manny has had alot of hard fights and is facing one of the best WWs in Cotto so if he wins in an impressive fashion there is really no need to face Floyd. Floyd was able to retire without Cotto or Marg or Williams, if he had stayed active and beaten Cotto hed be fighting Pac right now, so he cant really complain. Im sure the fight will happen someday down the road even if Pac does take a break from boxing.

[GRUSTLER]

Its funny because Roach is talking about Manny like
he knows everyting but just a lil while ago he didnt
even know where the training camp was going to
be.

[RingTech01]

he'd better because he isn't beating mayweather.