Comments Thread For: Roach Admits Concern Over Mayweather-Pacquiao Ref

[SeekDaGreat]

Roach just said what 97% of the world wants to happen. Don't let Floyd hold. We just want him to get that ass beat on a fair one. If Mayweather is excessively holding, and the ref allows it, Manny can't beat his ass. Naturally, Floyd would like a ref that will allow him to slow the fight down and let him throw his 5 jabs to the gut and steal rounds, but we're gonna get a ref (hopefully) that will let Manny put hands on Floyd.

Great call Roach. You should start calling on the potential refs to remind them how the world wants to see Floyd get his ass heat. We deserve to get our money worth. The 17 Floyd fans on here are in the minority.

[SplitSecond]

when has manny ever shown the ability to work his way on the inside, create space and let shots go? he has never, and being a proficient inside fighter doesnt come with 1 training camp...

vs bradley I & II, vs rios, vs margarito and vs hatton in smaller spots

honestly if you haven't seen it then just telling you anything wont sway you at all, and im not about to spend my time rewatching all those fights to make gifs of all the best inside fighting moments but here's two i could return to memory, just to maybe trigger something in you, if you've watched some pacquiao fights you've seen these moves done countless times, and you should be able to recall countless times where he's on the inside ducking his head coming over with hooks, all the while moving and circling





pacquiao throwing that vicious overhand left that hurt bradley in the final round of their rematch and hurt rios off the top of my head, his left uppercut is vicious also on the inside if you duck your head while there but floyd doesn't so the left and right hooks will work wonders if floyd chooses to fight pacquiao on the inside, the entire 3rd round vs bradley in the rematch has alot of moments, and i know there's definitely a great moment somewhere in their first fight where pacquiao is basically blitzing him on the inside

[Reloaded]

Manny's fights have been quite clean by both sides. The refs were a non-issue .......

but the question is, if Floyd starts to excessively hold, elbow or throw out his forearm into Manny's face or Floyd Sr runs into the ring while they are fighting then who the ref is becomes more important.

The point is do you guys ever have anything other than IF , Ive never heard such a whiny bunch of losers looking for every fox hole they can hide in , you people have been ranting for years how scared Floyd was how he will get smashed by the buzz saw , now its signed all we hear from Manny fans is excuses .

I dont care about refs , sparring partners , judges , testing , ring size , gloves bucket boys or brand of boots they wear , Manny Roach and all the fanboys can complain all they want it shows how petrified they are .

Floyd is a better fighter always was and always will be and he will beat the brakes of Manny on May 2nd because truth will prevail .

[SplitSecond]

people talk like if you get on the inside on pacquiao he'll just cover up like khan and eat full combo's, when the reality is you're in range for one of the fastest fighters to start throwing rapid fire combos and are in as vulnerable a place as you could be vs him

[ADP02]

The point is do you guys ever have anything other than IF , Ive never heard such a whiny bunch of losers looking for every fox hole they can hide in , you people have been ranting for years how scared Floyd was how he will get smashed by the buzz saw , now its signed all we hear from Manny fans is excuses .

I dont care about refs , sparring partners , judges , testing , ring size , gloves bucket boys or brand of boots they wear , Manny Roach and all the fanboys can complain all they want it shows how petrified they are .

Floyd is a better fighter always was and always will be and he will beat the brakes of Manny on May 2nd because truth will prevail .

The only reason that you don't care is because Floyd being the A side got a say in some of those things you listed. Then being the home town fighter, he will have some other breaks.

You know that Manny is relatively a clean fighter so you have nothing to worry about except for the fight. If not, you and your hero would be complaining that the opponent is dirty, the KO artist can't wear his gloves, he is too big and needs a CW, his uncle/fighter is allowed to jump into the ring during a fight, the ring can be huge so Floyd can run.

Floyd (and his fans) cried after Maidana 1 fight about the ref and got the ref he wanted in fight 2. They had the same judge who had Floyd winning in the first judge the second fight. Just crazy!

[joseph5620]

[B]

Holy crap this guy won't stop... Every other day he has a new "concern" or "worry". He's right to be concerned in regards to this fight... But it shouldn't be for the reasons he's trying to put out there.

It sure seems that way.

[bojangles1987]

If this fight has a ref who lets Mayweather hold like he did against Maidana, they might as well give him the 116-112 decision right now.

[joseph5620]

If this fight has a ref who lets Mayweather hold like he did against Maidana, they might as well give him the 116-112 decision right now.

Why would he need to hold a fighter who doesn't fight on the inside? This sounds like premature excuses to me. Pacquiao and Maidana have totally different styles.

[SplitSecond]

Why would he need to hold a fighter who doesn't fight on the inside? This sounds like premature excuses to me. Pacquiao and Maidana have totally different styles.

probabley the same reason mosley wanted to hold pacquiao

[joseph5620]

probabley the same reason mosley wanted to hold pacquiao

We're not talking about Mosley. Nice try.