Comments Thread For: Roach: I Love Pacquiao-Lomachenko; Crawford Too Big, Young!

[GrandmasterWang]

Overall meh to this proposed fights. Id say like to see Manny fight once more if he wants to fight again but now vs Lomachenko ffs.

Im a big fan of both guys but I'm less interested in this than I was in Loma/Rigo which on paper was a compelling match up.

Lomachenko I'd like to see fight someone his own size and fight another champion in his division to try and unify.

I'd rather see Pacquiao rematch Horn than fight Loma.

Meh to this fight... waste of time for both guys.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Make Loma-Crawford. That's the best match up involving these three. Leave the Pacman alone.

[mrjoeblive]

klimas scared for loma moving up to 140? hypocrite. rigo did it and went out like a hoe. loma should move up to 140 and show rigo how its done. anything below 140 and this fight is a joke. manny is A side here he should enforce 140 or tell loma fck off. theres no big fights for loma 130 or 135 in near future. this pacquiao fight would be his biggest platform. PPV for sure. why pass that up? beat the old man to a pulp, retire him and build your name off his misery. thats what pac did to oscar. this will be lomas biggest purse as well. dont see why they would look past this.

and roach is not lying crawford is a big mofo, he walks around 170-180. he posted a pic on a scale and he big a fck. he boils down to make 140. I see him having even more power at 147. besides pac shouldn't be obligated to face no young killer at this stage. nobody forced floyd to fight thurman (who was his mandatory for two years). and the excuse was floyd had nothing to prove. well wtf do manny got to prove? not a damn thing.

pac vs loma the way to go. 140 or its a joke.

its already a joke. pac is always trying to fight soup cans. algeiri and horn??? pac always trying to dig up fighters. if pac/roach didn't want to fight Crawford why were they always using his name to pump up pac? they were just saying pac would fight the winner of Crawford/horn. I always knew that was a lie. they never wanted any part of TC. just like pac don't want no more of horn. they thought horn would just roll over. oops! it gets tiresome with dudes always trying to use Floyd to make weak arguments for pac. Floyd fought canelo, cotto and Oscar at the wt class they wanted. pac and roach always want to make dudes gain or lose wt for an advantage on the scales before the fight. Loma should not fight pac at 140. if pac wants the fight he should come down to 135 since he walks around at 138 dropping 3 measly pounds should not be hard.

[mrjoeblive]

Can't recall last time Floyd fought an opponent almost 4 inches taller and who walked around at least 25 pounds heavier. Someone refresh my memory. While you're at it remind me who he fought in his last two fights...anyone in Crawford's level? How about in his entire career...anyone in their PRIME at Crawford's level?

chico corrales was actually picked to beat Floyd when they fought. canelo was a toss up to most and a lot of people never expected Floyd to fight canelo. Castillo was a beast. no one expected Floyd to destroy gatti the way he did.

[future hendrixx]

its already a joke. pac is always trying to fight soup cans. algeiri and horn??? pac always trying to dig up fighters. if pac/roach didn't want to fight Crawford why were they always using his name to pump up pac? they were just saying pac would fight the winner of Crawford/horn. I always knew that was a lie. they never wanted any part of TC. just like pac don't want no more of horn. they thought horn would just roll over. oops! it gets tiresome with dudes always trying to use Floyd to make weak arguments for pac. Floyd fought canelo, cotto and Oscar at the wt class they wanted. pac and roach always want to make dudes gain or lose wt for an advantage on the scales before the fight. Loma should not fight pac at 140. if pac wants the fight he should come down to 135 since he walks around at 138 dropping 3 measly pounds should not be hard.

its not a weak argument. thurman was floyds mandatory for 2 years and floyd clearly didnt want no smoke. he even directed thurman to fight spence instead. thats when the spence hype exploded. fans weren't putting pressure on floyd to face a young killer like thurman because their logic was hes too old and had nothing to prove. well its the same with manny hes already a legend he doesnt need to fight nobody. he can pick and choose whoever he want. the floyd/thurman argument is not like that because thurman was a mandatory therefore it was a duck period.

algieri and horn are "soup cans" only for pacquiao. but those two are respected wins on the resume of spence and crawford.

and this fight should be 140 because manny is A side and calls the shots. there isn't any big fight for loma at 130 or 135 in near future what better alternative does he have? this will be his biggest platform. beat a legend and crossover into mainstream. pac is still a huge name.

[mrjoeblive]

its not a weak argument. thurman was floyds mandatory for 2 years and floyd clearly didnt want no smoke. he even directed thurman to fight spence instead. thats when the spence hype exploded. fans weren't putting pressure on floyd to face a young killer like thurman because their logic was hes too old and had nothing to prove. well its the same with manny hes already a legend he doesnt need to fight nobody. he can pick and choose whoever he want. the floyd/thurman argument is not like that because thurman was a mandatory therefore it was a duck period.

algieri and horn are "soup cans" only for pacquiao. but those two are respected wins on the resume of spence and crawford.

and this fight should be 140 because manny is A side and calls the shots. there isn't any big fight for loma at 130 or 135 in near future what better alternative does he have? this will be his biggest platform. beat a legend and crossover into mainstream. pac is still a huge name.

I like how you structure your argument I just totally disagree. fans were always on Floyd to fight anyone they thought could beat him. they wanted Floyd to fight ggg who gets in the ring at 175lbs and there were some clamoring for Floyd to fight Thurman but Thurman couldn't justify a ppv. I also disagree with pac being the A side, Loma don't need pac at all. and if Loma takes an L vs old pac his career is just about over. there is no justification for loma to go up to a class he never fought at vs a much bigger man. Loma's team would be complete fools to allow this. I don't disagree that pac is a big name, I just don't see an up side for Loma in this bout.

[factsarenice]

Pass what torch?

Question, what's with the picture of the ******ed kids running with the bags from a hot air balloon? Is that a new thing?

[factsarenice]

chico corrales was actually picked to beat Floyd when they fought. canelo was a toss up to most and a lot of people never expected Floyd to fight canelo. Castillo was a beast. no one expected Floyd to destroy gatti the way he did.

I picked Paul Williams to beat Floyd easy but Floyd made sure that never happened.

[Bronx2245]

Ball is definitely in Loma's court! MAN UP! Loma can't be scared to do what Rigo just did! This is the biggest name that Loma could face in his entire career! Manny might be a little bigger, be he's a lot older! Make it happen!

[Mr. Luthor]

Terence Crawford is older than Vasyl Lomachenko.