Comments Thread For: Roach: Mayweather Would Be Difficult, But Pacquiao Wins
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Yeah but Roach said that he still wanted to try to make the
Mayweather fight at a catchweight......
The only people that think Pac will beat Mayweather is his"Manny wants to fight the best and the Mayweather fight is the one he wants, probably at a catchweight of 143 pounds."
Freddie Roach, December 2008
http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=17456
fans but Freddie and Arum know better.Comment
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I thought at worst it was a draw but I thought Hoya landed more punches and was the aggressor. I'm not a biased Floyd fan, the one time I picked against him was vs Hoya. I like Hoya and going into the fight I wanted him to win. I haven't watched it in a long time. So I don't remember all the details but I do remember scoring it for De la Hoya by a round but would have accepted a draw. I would have to watch it again really and i'm sure I would see that I was wrong. I don't argue that Floyd won and I didn't at the time either.
Although I would tell that the De La Hoya Floyd fought would walk all over Pac.Comment
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I knew what it meant but IMO from that article Roach meant Manny wasn't ready from a technical,mental and fight date standpoint. Roach felt he had to much to teach Manny for that fight to have been for a March or April date. Isn't that when the fight was supposed to happen the first time?Comment
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Right, JMM was out of his "comfort" zone just as Hoya was who hadn't made 147 in a decade. A little uncomfortable don't you think? Roach and Arum express how comfort is a big issue in there camp. Its actually one of the main reasons they first wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather at a catchweight. They felt Floyd would have been too comfortable with out a catchweight.
Just as they wanted Cotto at a catchweight but not Hoya. They knew he wouldn't be comfortable at that weight. Just as demanding for JMM to now fight at WW (no catchweight) when Pac didn't even win his WW title without a catchweight. How contradicting and unjustifiable.
That's the point. Some people are just ignorant to suit there agenda.
again , jmm had to jump 2 weightclasses to fight flyd at his comfortable weight.....pac had to also jump 2 weightclasses ,hoya had to drop one to make the fight....pac was new at that weight class hoya was not...they were both out of there comfort zone(since pac was new to ww) to where jmm was the only one out of his comfort zone vs floyd...Comment
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So based off that you think Pac vs Hoya was a legit fight compared to Mayweather vs JMM?again , jmm had to jump 2 weightclasses to fight flyd at his comfortable weight.....pac had to also jump 2 weightclasses ,hoya had to drop one to make the fight....pac was new at that weight class hoya was not...they were both out of there comfort zone(since pac was new to ww) to where jmm was the only one out of his comfort zone vs floyd...Comment
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