"Nobody in the world can beat Pacquiao right now"-Roach
Roach: Nobody can beat Pacman
By Abac Cordero
Freddie Roach
Manny Pacquiao, in the eyes of his trainer Freddie Roach, is unbeatable at the moment.
“He’s on top of his game right now,” Roach, just days after guiding Pacquiao to a sensational eight-round stoppage of Oscar dela Hoya, told Steve Kim of maxboxing.com from his Wild Card Gym.
“Nobody in the world can beat him right now.”
Roach said Pacquiao, who fought Dela Hoya at 147 pounds, is sliding down to 140 for his next fight, and, again, should be unbeatable at that weight.
“I don’t care. Marquez come on, you can fight us,” he said referring to old rival Juan Manuel Marquez.
Then he called on Floyd Mayweather Jr. and practically begged for the undefeated former pound-for-pound champion to come out of retirement.
“Floyd, come out of retirement, please,” said Roach.
“We’ll knock you out, too.”
Mayweather was in the news two days after Pacquiao demolished Dela Hoya, when his cousin said the flamboyant boxer had told her he wanted to fight Pacquiao.
A report that came out of **********.com yesterday, however, said Mayweather hasn’t made up his mind yet on facing the new pound-for-pound champion.
Another fighter that looms as Pacquiao’s next opponent is Ricky Hatton, the British cyclone, and the reigning IBO 140-pound champion.
Anything is actually possible. And any fight should be a big fight for Pacquiao.
“I like to see him fight a couple more fights then get out, retire,” Roach told Kim.
“The biggest fight out there is Floyd. He’s the former pound-for-pound best fighter and we are now, he’s undefeated, he struggled against Oscar and won a decision and we knocked Oscar out.
I think that’s the fight everybody wants to see,” Roach said.
“Ricky Hatton, he got knocked out by Floyd and he beat Paulie Malignaggi. How good is he? Floyd is the much better fight. If we can get Floyd I want Floyd now because Manny’s in his prime right now.
“And we’ll give him a show, too.”
Looking back at the Dela Hoya fight, Roach said boxing’s Golden Boy killed himself making weight.
Roach said Dela Hoya made a very big mistake dropping down in weight, down to less than 150 pounds, with still so many weeks left before the fight.
“Oscar overdid it. He wanted to prove that he can come out lighter than us. That concept to be in that weight for a month… that’s bull****,” Roach said.
Pacquiao, who was moving up in weight for the “Dream Match,” was at 149 pounds the day before the official weigh-in, and did what was just needed.
“Fighters make weight on the last day and then re-hydrate to get strong. All these deer meat and antelope meat and protein, no carbohydrate… his nutritionist did a terrible job,” Roach said of Dela Hoya.
And when Dela Hoya climbed the ring just two pounds heavier than his official weight (from 145 to 147 pounds), Roach knew it was over.
He also noticed IV (intravenous) marks on Dela Hoya’s arm, meaning they tried to do everything to re-hydrate him.
“I saw the IV in his arm, the IV marks. It’s fresh tape and it’s a fresh IV I can tell. They rehydrated him too late they waited too long to hydrate him I feel. It’s nothing illegal of course but he couldn’t get nothing into his system. They didn’t hydrate him enough,” Roach added.
All he needed was a little word with Pacquiao.
“I said, ‘Manny, he’s gonna be good for three rounds, keep your hands up, don’t go crazy, just take your time, break him down, slowly, and we got him,” Roach said.
By Abac Cordero
Freddie Roach
Manny Pacquiao, in the eyes of his trainer Freddie Roach, is unbeatable at the moment.
“He’s on top of his game right now,” Roach, just days after guiding Pacquiao to a sensational eight-round stoppage of Oscar dela Hoya, told Steve Kim of maxboxing.com from his Wild Card Gym.
“Nobody in the world can beat him right now.”
Roach said Pacquiao, who fought Dela Hoya at 147 pounds, is sliding down to 140 for his next fight, and, again, should be unbeatable at that weight.
“I don’t care. Marquez come on, you can fight us,” he said referring to old rival Juan Manuel Marquez.
Then he called on Floyd Mayweather Jr. and practically begged for the undefeated former pound-for-pound champion to come out of retirement.
“Floyd, come out of retirement, please,” said Roach.
“We’ll knock you out, too.”
Mayweather was in the news two days after Pacquiao demolished Dela Hoya, when his cousin said the flamboyant boxer had told her he wanted to fight Pacquiao.
A report that came out of **********.com yesterday, however, said Mayweather hasn’t made up his mind yet on facing the new pound-for-pound champion.
Another fighter that looms as Pacquiao’s next opponent is Ricky Hatton, the British cyclone, and the reigning IBO 140-pound champion.
Anything is actually possible. And any fight should be a big fight for Pacquiao.
“I like to see him fight a couple more fights then get out, retire,” Roach told Kim.
“The biggest fight out there is Floyd. He’s the former pound-for-pound best fighter and we are now, he’s undefeated, he struggled against Oscar and won a decision and we knocked Oscar out.
I think that’s the fight everybody wants to see,” Roach said.
“Ricky Hatton, he got knocked out by Floyd and he beat Paulie Malignaggi. How good is he? Floyd is the much better fight. If we can get Floyd I want Floyd now because Manny’s in his prime right now.
“And we’ll give him a show, too.”
Looking back at the Dela Hoya fight, Roach said boxing’s Golden Boy killed himself making weight.
Roach said Dela Hoya made a very big mistake dropping down in weight, down to less than 150 pounds, with still so many weeks left before the fight.
“Oscar overdid it. He wanted to prove that he can come out lighter than us. That concept to be in that weight for a month… that’s bull****,” Roach said.
Pacquiao, who was moving up in weight for the “Dream Match,” was at 149 pounds the day before the official weigh-in, and did what was just needed.
“Fighters make weight on the last day and then re-hydrate to get strong. All these deer meat and antelope meat and protein, no carbohydrate… his nutritionist did a terrible job,” Roach said of Dela Hoya.
And when Dela Hoya climbed the ring just two pounds heavier than his official weight (from 145 to 147 pounds), Roach knew it was over.
He also noticed IV (intravenous) marks on Dela Hoya’s arm, meaning they tried to do everything to re-hydrate him.
“I saw the IV in his arm, the IV marks. It’s fresh tape and it’s a fresh IV I can tell. They rehydrated him too late they waited too long to hydrate him I feel. It’s nothing illegal of course but he couldn’t get nothing into his system. They didn’t hydrate him enough,” Roach added.
All he needed was a little word with Pacquiao.
“I said, ‘Manny, he’s gonna be good for three rounds, keep your hands up, don’t go crazy, just take your time, break him down, slowly, and we got him,” Roach said.
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