Originally posted by madsweeney
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It seems incomprehensible, impossible, but Manny Pacquaio’s trainer says he wouldn’t be surprised if Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a no-show for Saturday’s “Fight of the Century.?br />
Really.
Freddie Roach dropped that little bombshell on USA Today and kept repeating the claim that is, we repeat, incomprehensible.
Roach was asked for his thoughts on bout, interrupted and said “if [Mayweather] shows up. I am still worried about that. I won’t believe it until I see him in front of us in the ring.?br />
A 47-0 fighter not showing up for a $300 million fight that will pay him at least $150 million?
“I just think he was forced into this fight,?Roach said. “He didn’t want this fight. Every fight he has had in his lifetime was one that he picked. This is the first one he was forced into and I feel he was uncomfortable. They made him take it, Showtime.?br />
Roach added that his spies in the Mayweather camp told him the fighter skipped three days of training last week.
“I am not [lying],?Roach said. “I know from people who were there. Word gets out and Vegas is a small place.?/b>
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