Roach stands by 1st round knockout prediction

[PrettyBoy22]

freddy's an idiot.

Agree but he predicted the correct results and rounds pretty much of the DLH and Hatton fights!

[p4p-champ]

Freddy think he is Nostradamus...Cotto won't be getting knocked out in the first round. That's just ****** talk.

[MARKBNLV]

I am dead sick of this shaky bastard, everyday he has something to talk **** about he thinks he is an alltime great trainer which he is not,i honestly bareley put him in the top 3 currently i put ronnie shields and ****m Richardson **** if he was more active i would have manny steward ahead of him as well.

[hugh grant]

But if Pac does do it in the first round, or 9th round like Roach predicted. People will think Roach is gifted with autism or something as well as his parkinsons and ask him to predict the lottery figures as well next

[Marijuana]

honestly, I don't want this fight to end early.This should be an epic battle.

Roach knows Pac has no chance in an epic battle. His only chance is to end it early.

[p4p-champ]

But if Pac does do it in the first round, or 9th round like Roach predicted. People will think Roach is gifted with autism or something as well as his parkinsons and ask him to predict the lottery figures as well next

hahahaha...he'll be known as Rainman.

[Panchito]

In an interview with 8countnews site famed fight trainer Freddie Roach is holding firm with his prediction that Manny Pacquiao will knockout Miguel Cotto in the 1st round. Roach has had a lot of time to study film on Cotto, and states that he see's flaws in Cotto's game that can and will be exploited,

" Cotto makes the same mistakes as Hatton does. We are going to destroy Cotto, he won't be able to hit us." Freddie stands by his 1st round knockout prediction, " KO1" said Roach. " Cotto makes mistakes, and he's been hurt in the 1st round before. If Manny Pacquiao hurts him in the 1st round like others have believe me, He will finish him."

Training in the Philippines had it's issues with the typhoon, and the little throw down between Ariza and Koncz, but even with that, it seems as if Pacquiao still had a great camp over there, " There were some distractions, the typhoon killed a lot of people, and yes Ariza and Koncz got into it, but that was blown WAY out of proportion."

When asked to be more specific about the Ariza vs Koncz incident, Roach said, " Ariza hit him one time with an opened hand. He didn't beat him up. If he would have beaten him up he would have had a lawsuit against him by now. That whole thing got blown way out of proportion."

Roach praises the sparring that Jr Middleweight Shawn Porter has provided, " That kid is going to be a future world champion one day. Out of all the sparring partners that we used, Porter gave us the best work."

During camp, reports surfaced that Porter actually knocked down Pacquiao in . Roach clears this up, " Porter did stun Manny Pacquiao one time with a great punch. The very next round, Manny knocked Porter down."

When pressed on whether or not Pacquiao was actually knocked down by Porter, Roach said, "No, he was never knocked down. I still have my thousand bucks in my pocket! He did hit Manny with a great shot though, but Manny never fell down. Right after that in the next round, Manny dropped Porter with a perfect punch."

Seems as if all systems are go in team Pacquiao's corner. Time will tell how Cotto's camp turned out.

I wish they would have shown this footage on 24/7. Maybe it will make its way on youtube.

[BMWM3P]

Roach as usual is talking **** on Nov. 14 he's going to be humbled.

[mrbigshot]

cotto will not be finished in the 1st round

hes not ricky hatton, hes not gonna try and out muscle this guy

cotto is a very good boxer

hatton is a good brawler/slugger!!!

cotto will give pacman everything he can handle and i predict a decision victory for miguel

[Roger Mellie]

I have thought since this fight was announced that Manny would win by late rounds stoppage,but now I am not convinced. It doesnt seem as though Manny has had the best of training camps,they seem to be a bit subdued. Cotto seems to be much for settled for changing trainers.

Its hard to know for sure how much of a positive or negative impact that would have had on either fighter. I just dont really have a clue how this one is going to pan out.