Freddie Roach: "Pacquiao has to SKIP MEALS to make 140 lbs"

[DR.ORGYY]

ok koo............

[BoxingTech718]

The speed difference between lightweights and welterweights is insane. Cotto is by no means a slow WW and was made to look like a sloth. Clottey also has some of the fastest hands in the division and looked like a turtle against Pacquiao. If you ask me Pacquiao is quite a bit slower at welterweight, but he is still so much faster than natural welterweights that he looks to be just as fast to many.

I dare anyone to say Pacquiao now is as fast as the one who fought Marquez, Morales, and Barerra, he just isn't.

Also the fact that he is growing into the weight will be his downfall now.

Clottey has some of the fastest hands????????? Wow I'm going to need a youtube clip to back that up.

[JOM'S]

Pacquiao is finally in his right weight class.

This guy was coming in at WW back at 130 Pounds.

haters cant just stop, all the guys Pac fought at 130 ballons to 140+ and he was never over by 2-4 pounds versus any of them, first time PAC outweight his opponent was PAC-Eric 2 ...

[Calilloyd]

The only reason Freddie said this is to stop all the guys like Marquez and Bradley calling them out for fights under 147. Manny is not a WW but that is were the money is at and where he will continue to fight. You may not like it from a fans perspective but even a Mosley fight down the road will bring Manny more money than fights with Alexander, Bradley and even Marquez. These are the facts and something people will have to learn to deal with, because boxing is a business.


BTW b4 Floyd fans cry and bring up people flaming Floyd for Baldomir over Margarito...I for one have never knocked Floyd for that move and others as they made the most sense from a business perspective.

Manny is a welterweight. Step into reality.

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Clottey has some of the fastest hands????????? Wow I'm going to need a youtube clip to back that up.

I don't know about fastest hands but he isn't Carlos Baldomir either.

[RockStar45]

yes, you lose weight from burning FAT and you build muscle and maintain in the process. dude is muscle. so you are telling me, when he consumes alot of cals, hes burning MUSCLE? facepalm yourself

Dude, there are so many problems with this post I don't even know where to begin.

Of course you can burn muscle! Many people who go to the gym and don't know what they're doing burn muscle by doing too much cardio and not doing any weight training. You can also burn muscle by not consuming the proper amounts of protein after weight training.

It's becoming pretty obvious who goes to the gym here and who doesn't.

[gqjohnb]

If you think Manny is more comfortable under 140 I doubt you are really a Pac fan. It's documented how hard Manny had to work to make weight in the Lower divisions. I think he would be as comfortable as cotto at 147 when at 140 though.

[Hi-Dro]

if you have to skip meals to make 140..then your a natural 147 pound fighter..but how do you have to skip meals to make 140 and have to eat 6 times to make 147??thats makes no sense...

exactly...but I think a poster above me addressed the issue. Basically Roach made have said that to stop guys like bradley and jmm calling out pac for a fight below 147 because 147 is were the money is at and roach might not want pac to go up and down in weight as it might **** with him.

[gqjohnb]

Yeah but 99% of those fighters don't consume 7000-8000 calories a day either.

Yeah most fighters don't condition like Pac does either I think thats why he's able to maintain here. At 147-150 Pac is able to eat and train to fight rather than train to make weight like many fighters do in the lower divisions.

[gqjohnb]

exactly...but I think a poster above me addressed the issue. Basically Roach made have said that to stop guys like bradley and jmm calling out pac for a fight below 147 because 147 is were the money is at and roach might not want pac to go up and down in weight as it might **** with him.

Yeah when you get to a certain age(depends on the person) Your body doesn't react positively when you drop considerable weight. It happened to DLH and it also happened to Roy Jones Jr.