Comments Thread For: Roach Says: 'Mayweather Doesn't Have His Legs Anymore'

[joey4pacman]

and floyd sr. is a zombie ....

[FeFist]

It seems you guys are better than Roach. LMAO>> Why won't you try coaching some new comers and let see if you can reach what Roach has achieve. LMAO>>> Just be Real guys.

Really it's not so much I think he's wrong it is that I think he is lying.

[bigde48]

Take the test and get that ass whopped then roach

[DigitalBeast]

One of the best trainers in the world but can't come up
with a game plan to beat Floyd after how many months of
studying him?

PS Roach already trained Oscar to fight Floyd
and that was in 07. Roach, when are you going
to get the blueprint?

UH...The FIGHTER has to be ABLE to EXECUTE the gameplan! And with Manny, it will likely be a bit different than with the aging De La Hoya!

[odogg8121]

Trainer Freddie Roach, speaking with ESPN radio affiliate 790TheZone, is under the impression that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is no longer the same fighter. Roach watched Mayweather's dominating decision win over Shane Mosley from last Saturday in Las Vegas. He watched close and thinks Mayweather fought in a different style because his legs are no longer there. Roach doesn't think Mayweather can move around the ring like he used to a few years ago. [Click Here To Read More]

Roach doesn't honestly believe this...looks like the mind games have started, but PBF will never lose a war of words so hope they make the fight.

[intoccabile]

It seems you guys are better than Roach. LMAO>> Why won't you try coaching some new comers and let see if you can reach what Roach has achieve. LMAO>>> Just be Real guys.

Just annoys me how people are getting offended because roach used an accurate boxing term to define floyds recent fights.

Saying floyd doesn't have his legs anymore is 100% wrong. Saying he's flat footed today is 100% right. He's become more and more "relaxed" or "lazy" in the ring at times. Engaging in clinches more, more inside fighting, more pressure, all these things are a flat foot.

There is nothing wrong with this at all. He still has his legs, it's just he is easiar to "get access to" now because he's flat footed today. It's not a decline, it's a style switch. Like i said, more clinches, more in fighting, more pressure, more chilling on the ropes (he did this a lot with oscar/hatton).

These things Roach thinks will pay in manny's favor, because he doesn't want manny chasing floyd all night. That's the only reason he stated it. It doesn't make the fight easiar though, it just gives manny a chance to actually make contact now, as opposed to before, he'd never get close to the man.

[EagleEyeMcGuiga]

Regardless, he was flat footed with hatton. You're dumb. Floyd isn't even widening his stance, what are you talking about? his legs are closer together now than ever before. He relies more on rolling his shoulders, hips, and torso than previously.

Learn something or 2 about what terms actually mean in boxing before you start yapping your mouth.

the term flat footed is an accurate assessment of how floyds feet work in the ring right now.

Stance you fool,, STANCE!! His legs are closer than ever before?? Then he would be doing the splits back then eh?? In the Marquez fight, he came out bouncing about, leaning back & forth on the back foot, then after the fourth he stood there, stance got wider and offloaded some harder punches. He didn't need to run at all on saturday, because he's showing us all that getting hit 'comes with the territory'. Your just jealous because Roach is losing more than his legs,, p*ss off. Don't talk to me like your trainer of the century,, I'm purely making comments off my own observations.

[LeadUppercut]

Shattered Jaw,

that's OK, Floyd sees plenty of weakness he can exploit in Pacquiao, too.

It's a bit of both.

Floyd knows where he's slowing down! He made remarks about it himself recently. Dude is not dumb like Roy, the way he fights is adapting to it.

Mayweather got caught with the big one in round 2 'cause he uncharacteristically got wild and left himself open to Mosley. Then he fixed it.

I'm not sure if he looked any slower, maybe... I just think that Mayweather approached the fight differently.

The first thing that I thought Mayweather would need to do against Mosley would be to establish the distance that he wanted to fight at by using footwork/jab/right-hand lead. Nope, Mayweather decided to take a risk and meet Mosley in the middle of the ring.

He just over-played his hand that's all.

He should have boxed Mosley from round 2 on..... he had "weathered the storm" so to speak, by meeting fire-with-fire early. By the end of round 1 Mosley was not gonna walk through Mayweather, and Floyd had established his perimeter. He over-played his hand.

Funny thing..... a punch in the mouth can either throw your gameplan out the window, or it can serve as a swift reminder if you strayed from it. An angry uncle in your corner helps too

Once he boxed first, he could mix it up and be more aggressive in the later rounds..... trading in spurts, mixing it when required.

The "his legs are gone" comment is crap IMO.

[DigitalBeast]

Take the test and get that ass whopped then roach

Right! Such bad ass talk!


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[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Anyone notice that roach only wants the fight because he thinks Floyds legs are gone?