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Freddie Roach isn't going anywhere
October 26, 5:51 PM
Dallas Boxing ExaminerMatt Stolow
Freddie Roach isn't going anywhere. Certainly not in the next three weeks and certainly not before Manny Pacquiao hangs up the gloves for good and retires.
Yes, absolutely there was a sense of tension on the recent HBO 24/7 footage when Roach walked over and interrupted a conversation between Pacquiao and Filipino Senator Manny Villar.
Remember, this is a ground breaking reality show, and footage like this has never been seen before. But you have to realize that this scenario and hundreds more just like it happen all the time in a training camp with testosterone - driven Alpha males packed into a few hotel rooms for several weeks.
If Pacquiao actually ever pulled the trigger and fired Roach, it would be just for the sake of doing it, under suggestion from someone else who has gotten into head. It would be because he is bored and needs to prove he is the big dog. It wouldn't make rational sense so I say it never happens.
As it stands, Pacquiao and his entourage come to America twice a year to fight and pick up a trophy.
It certainly keeps him grounded in reality to be based in The Philippines. He loves it there and you can see the investment he's making to enter politics there.
I figure after the November 14 fight with Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao only has a two or three more fights to go that will take maximum two more years if injury free.
So why look for trouble in the one area that actually makes you the world famous Manny Pacquiao? Your training and strategy. That's Freddie Roach.
Pacquiao knows that people don't like change for any reason, and Roach is only human, and is frustrated now, but I have no doubt that he has Manny's best interests at heart at all times.
As the retired great University of Texas Longhorns Football Coach Darryll K Royal said, "Dance with the one who brung you."
Like King Kong, who every 20 years gets pulled off that island for a weekend sequel gig in New York City, Manny Pacquiao is basically doing the same thing. He's luckily stuck with Roach.
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October 26, 5:51 PM
Dallas Boxing ExaminerMatt StolowFreddie Roach isn't going anywhere. Certainly not in the next three weeks and certainly not before Manny Pacquiao hangs up the gloves for good and retires.
Yes, absolutely there was a sense of tension on the recent HBO 24/7 footage when Roach walked over and interrupted a conversation between Pacquiao and Filipino Senator Manny Villar.
Remember, this is a ground breaking reality show, and footage like this has never been seen before. But you have to realize that this scenario and hundreds more just like it happen all the time in a training camp with testosterone - driven Alpha males packed into a few hotel rooms for several weeks.
If Pacquiao actually ever pulled the trigger and fired Roach, it would be just for the sake of doing it, under suggestion from someone else who has gotten into head. It would be because he is bored and needs to prove he is the big dog. It wouldn't make rational sense so I say it never happens.
As it stands, Pacquiao and his entourage come to America twice a year to fight and pick up a trophy.
It certainly keeps him grounded in reality to be based in The Philippines. He loves it there and you can see the investment he's making to enter politics there.
I figure after the November 14 fight with Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao only has a two or three more fights to go that will take maximum two more years if injury free.
So why look for trouble in the one area that actually makes you the world famous Manny Pacquiao? Your training and strategy. That's Freddie Roach.
Pacquiao knows that people don't like change for any reason, and Roach is only human, and is frustrated now, but I have no doubt that he has Manny's best interests at heart at all times.
As the retired great University of Texas Longhorns Football Coach Darryll K Royal said, "Dance with the one who brung you."
Like King Kong, who every 20 years gets pulled off that island for a weekend sequel gig in New York City, Manny Pacquiao is basically doing the same thing. He's luckily stuck with Roach.
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