Comments Thread For: Roach: Mayweather Maybe Wins 5 Years Ago, Not Now

[GRUSTLER]

Do you know what the word "maybe" means?

Maybe means 50/50

[sicko]

Maybe Roach should just not talk to the media leading up to the fight

[FrenchDeLaHoya]

Freddie the joke coach roach

reminder, another floyd fan w red k

floyd ima smoke some crack nd do jail time mayeeather sr lol

[ADP02]

I have never used any lame excuse like the ones above EVER. Pacquiao fans have the lamest excuses EVER.

Similar to what I said were stated by Floyd and his fans after the following fights:
- Maidana: He is too dirty. Ref had a bad night. He bit Floyd's pinky.
- Cotto: Floyd had the sniffles.
- Castillo: Floyd was fighting hurt.
- Every fight: Floyd uses his style (ie. passive) because his hands hurt him.
- Many fights: It took time for Floyd to adjust.

- Marquez vs Manny: Many Floyd fans say that Marquez must of won fight numbers 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 but don't talk that way when we saw Castillo dominate Floyd relatively speaking ..... so come May 2nd, you know what time it is.

Recent thread, Floyd fans were saying that Manny would more than likely win a close fight due to Arum and other reasons...... so come May 2nd, you know what time it is.

[Fetta]

Oh man i expected him to say pac has no chance.

[b Murphington]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the first time we've heard from Roach in a while. He's been MIA.

It sounds like Roach is downplaying Mayweathers abilities saying how now it's an easier fight for Pac, saying Mayweathers legs are shot. Roach better be careful with his gameplan. Last thing he wants is to plant an idea in Pacquiaos mind that Mayweather is done and have Manny come in underprepared and undertrained.

[joseph5620]

Maybe Roach should just not talk to the media leading up to the fight

I agree that's not a good look and it makes me question his confidence.

[El-blanco]

Maybe means 50/50

Exactly, he's saying it was a toss up. An objective observation. I'm not sure why that guy is running with that as if he said mayweather will definitely win.

[Hype job]

Prime Pacquiao against prime Marquez then more prime than a not so prime Marquez doe!

That wasn't prime Pac...

Pac been past prime since the Margarito fight.

[fabie]

"In the end," Roach says, "if we had given in on the blood testing, it would have been like giving Mayweather the first round. Why would we do that?" (February 2010)

"We appeased Mayweather by agreeing to a urine analysis at any time, and blood testing before the press conference and after the fight. Mayweather pressed for blood testing even up to the weigh-in. He knew that Manny gets freaked out when his blood gets taken, and feels that it weakens him. This is just harassment and, to me, just signaled that he didn't want the fight." (Arum, December 2009)

"Todd (DuBoef) told me that Pacquiao has difficulty with taking blood and doesn't want to do it so close to the fight," Schaefer said. "He, Pacquiao, would only agree to have blood drawn before the kick-off press conference and after the fight." (Richard Shaefer, 2009)

Schaefer told ESPN.com that the sides had agreed on an unprecedented penalty if either fighter weighed in heavier than the contract limit of 147 pounds.

"We agreed to $10 million per pound, or fraction thereof," Schaefer said. "That's what the Pacquiao side wanted and we said OK to that. (2009)

"Five years ago, maybe Floyd would've beaten Manny...[But] Manny has more heart right now."
(Roach, February 2015)

That's the keyword in there...it doesn't mean it's an outright and flat out "losing". MAYBE...the fact that they didn't fight it's just pure speculation.

That's akin to saying Mayweather would school Pacquiao because Marquez KO'ed Pac...linear thinking doesn't necessarily transcend. LOGIC AND RATIONAL just doesn't happen on the ring all the time.

Otherwise encumbent champions would always be champions and would never lose - while challengers and newbies would never be great.