Comments Thread For: Roach Has Pacquiao Focused To Avoid Right Hand, Traps

[Rustyjaguar]

but your forgetting those looping over hand rights and him being a clubber are what gets to floyd not just activoity. maidana style is probably as tough a style as floyds style has and manny is literally nothing like maidana

I didn't compare him favorably to Maidana. Maidana is slow , winds up and throws haymakers. Pacquaio throws with speed and accuracy. Floyd has been fighting slow guys which makes him look super fast too. Floyd thorws one and two punch counterts well, but spends more time with defense and building up points. Thtas why i said all of the sudden alot of people are making Floyd out to be some monster. Marquez landed the perfect punch at the perfect time , had to go through hell to get it too. I don't see Floyd trying to walk through those shots to try to through alot of hurtful offensive punches. Thats why i am saying both guys have different styles than have seen in a while. Pac fought slow Rios and boxer Algieri on top of Bradley 2 which Bradley is good, but he is an arm puncher. Floyd fought Canelo, and 2 maidanas. So there is no comparison to previous opponent being alike the others.

[megadeth]

Floyd fans is something else. They trashed roach for not coming up with a game plan then when roach talks a little about what they're working on, the floyd fans complains again lol.

Pac stans are much worse. God forbid someone not totally agree with everything that's coming out of Roach's mouth. I certainly wasn't complaining, all I said was the FLoyd would adapt to it. Sorry that hurt your feelings!

[Strategic1]

Pacquiao's defence is highly underrated.

I agree. Roy jones alluded to Pac's defence in one of his recent fights..vs Algieri?

Roy mentioned something about PAC's hand eye coordination is very good relating to his D...and he's one of the best at blocking shots with his gloves.

[Evol]

Bigger than he really is? So now Floyd doesn't adapt to what his opponent is doing? Last time I checked, he does. Roach was giving insite and so was I, nothing more, nothing less. No one else is allowed to do this? You Pac fans are WAYYYYY too much!

Last time I checked floyd vs pac hasnt happen yet so why are u so sure? Based on ur logic im guessing u won't be watching this fight then since U already know floyd is gonna adapt like always right?

Roach was giving insight he never said this will work and floyd will not have an answer for it. U didn't give any insight U just said "and U think floyd won't adapt to it".

[Strategic1]

Floyd fans in this thread all have the sorta sarcastic tone in their posts.
It's as if they are so certain things will turn out how they picture it.

[megadeth]

At the same time I think Pacquiao fans underestimate how good Floyd truly is. I think May 2nd will prove a lot but I also feel if Floyd were to win the excuses will come flying out of the woodwork. If Floyd fights a young guy, they say he was inexperienced. If he fights an experienced fighter they say the guy was over the hill.

There's going to be an excuse come May 3rd I believe but it won't hold much weight this time because this is a fight people have wanted for five years and the anticipation and hype surrounding this fight might nullify that... hopefully.

Win or Lose, there should be NO EXUSES for either fanbase.

[Evol]

Pac stans are much worse. God forbid someone not totally agree with everything that's coming out of Roach's mouth. I certainly wasn't complaining, all I said was the FLoyd would adapt to it. Sorry that hurt your feelings!

Oh u can disagree with roach, I've done so in numerous occasion. But u act like floyd is just gonna adapt and nothing manny does will work. If that's how u really feel which I know deep down inside U don't believe it then why are u even talking about this fight? It's so boring since u know what's gonna happen already.

[SkillspayBills]

Habits. You think 8 weeks of practice is going to stop Manny from doing what he has done for 20 YEARS??

[Strategic1]

Roach is focusing on the right things... If you notice, many of pac's sparring partners for this fight throw a lot of rights... so they are definitely trying to form good habits.

And indeed, Floyd does set traps. Footwork and positioning will be very important.

[arraamis]

I've never seen Roach this concerned\worried, if you will, about an opponent.

Roach is going to blame Manny, because he couldn't execute all these different game-plans and or modifications.