If you were Freddy Roach, what gameplan would you give Pac against Mayweather?

[Pogue69]

floyd has problem reading southpaw bro
how many round did it took floyd to read castillo on their first fight?
12 rounds right? floyd figure him out the nxt fight they had...

considering pacquiao is way faster than castillo do u expect floyd to read him that fast? 2 round? u kidding?

pacquia faster, power, stamina than castillo

You do realize that Castillo was not left-handed, right?

[Mrmza]

Work-rate, Work-rate, Work-rate!! The number of punches thrown will be the key for Pacman beating PBF in this match IMO. Another would be counter punching at different angles for those power shots. Shake him up early and never give him a chance to recover like Mosely did in the last fight. Ruthlessness and a killer instict is a must!

[wizard king]

You do realize that Castillo was not left-handed, right?

classic self ownage

[Pogue69]

I think he would have to try and turn it into another Hagler-Hearns.

I have read about him countering and "setting traps" for Floyd...If he does this he will be playing into Mayweather's game. Period. Pac has had success through volume punching.

Pac needs to turn it into a street fight. There is no way he out-thinks and out-adapts Mayweather. If they get into a countering contest, I would not be surprised if Mayweather stops Pac with a left hook to the body.

[gibo]

If i was freddy, I'd tell Pacquiao to continue doing what he's doing...refusing the drug test.

[MaD RoBoT]

i'd tell Manny to double up his left straight

[RisAri0]

use feints and head movement and don't out think floyd just go with ur gut reaction to throw

[baracuda]

i'd tell packy to be himself , let his hands go and never hesitate to attack!

[MartinM.]

i'd tell packy to be himself , let his hands go and never hesitate to attack!

Good post.


Pac has improved a lot from the past, but he's not or never will be a "ring genius" He's very physically gifted; relentlesness, speed, power etc. The way he throws his punches are not really fundamentally sound, but it works for him, when people learn and train for defense it's usually for for sharp, well placed punches. And the time pac punches is usually unpredictable.

Freddie roach cant turn Pac into sugar ray leonard, and he shouldn't. All the things i've mentioned before are his bread and butter, they need to focus on those things and add some slight adjustments.

A lot of people think the jab is the way to beat Floyd because Oscar had some success with it, but they forget that oscar had an outstanding jab. It was quick, good power and he knew how to use it.

Overall i think both floyd and manny both have the tools to upset each others rythm.

Floyd has the speed, ringsmarts, defense and countering ability and he's outstanding with each of those things.


Manny has his speed, power, incredible workrate, awkward angles and timing to give anyone trouble.

I could see the left hand leads being effective for manny. Someone mentioned potshoting floyd, i dont think thats entirely out of the question, but i would imagine floyd catching on as the fight goes on.

There's a lot of hype behind the fight, i dont think it's going to live up to it, but it's a very good fight.

[Monte Fisto]

With OSTs, Roach better have a great gameplan


Without OSTs, PAC says "Easy work, easy payday"