I talked to someone on another boxing board who said he talked with Murad Muhammed about Pacquiao, that is Pac's old promoter.
He said that Roach made up a story like he saw Pacman as being a great when he held the mitts for him. He also said that Pac was brought to Bob Arum first and Arum refused to even take a look or a chance on a Racial slur for Asians, because they don't have a fanbase or bring any money in boxing.
The truth is Roach wasn't impressed, he held the mitts for Manny but after that told Manny you can train here and sent him to train with Lenny De Jesus the cutman/trainer, you might remember him as the cornerman of Josh Clottey.
Murad got Pac a last minute fight with Ledwaba on the De La Hoya fight in 2001, but the problem was De Jesus had to work the corner of a fighter overseas and couldn't corner Pacquiao so Roach took over, after Pac beat up Ledwaba that is the time Pac said Roach would be his trainer.
Roach also didn't have confidence in Pacman going into the Marco Antonio Barrera fight he tried to pull out and claimed it was because Murad was robbing Pacman, we all know that is BS has Roach ever showed concern for a fighters pay? no the man is just as greedy.
Roach only came back when he read or heard from a philippine source that one of his enemies Floyd Mayweather Sr. was being the first choice as a replacement trainer for Pacquiao. Roach didn't want Mayweather Sr. to train Manny so he went back with Manny.
I don't know how true any of this is, but there is a video of Ryan Songlia interviewing Lenny De Jesus admitting that he was the original guy who was supposed to train Pacman not Roach.
Fast forward to 6:05 of this video and Lenny De Jesus tells about how he was supposed to train Pac before Roach
He said that Roach made up a story like he saw Pacman as being a great when he held the mitts for him. He also said that Pac was brought to Bob Arum first and Arum refused to even take a look or a chance on a Racial slur for Asians, because they don't have a fanbase or bring any money in boxing.
The truth is Roach wasn't impressed, he held the mitts for Manny but after that told Manny you can train here and sent him to train with Lenny De Jesus the cutman/trainer, you might remember him as the cornerman of Josh Clottey.
Murad got Pac a last minute fight with Ledwaba on the De La Hoya fight in 2001, but the problem was De Jesus had to work the corner of a fighter overseas and couldn't corner Pacquiao so Roach took over, after Pac beat up Ledwaba that is the time Pac said Roach would be his trainer.
Roach also didn't have confidence in Pacman going into the Marco Antonio Barrera fight he tried to pull out and claimed it was because Murad was robbing Pacman, we all know that is BS has Roach ever showed concern for a fighters pay? no the man is just as greedy.
Roach only came back when he read or heard from a philippine source that one of his enemies Floyd Mayweather Sr. was being the first choice as a replacement trainer for Pacquiao. Roach didn't want Mayweather Sr. to train Manny so he went back with Manny.
I don't know how true any of this is, but there is a video of Ryan Songlia interviewing Lenny De Jesus admitting that he was the original guy who was supposed to train Pacman not Roach.
Fast forward to 6:05 of this video and Lenny De Jesus tells about how he was supposed to train Pac before Roach
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