I swear the hate for Floyd as of late is ridiculous and I'm not a Floyd stan, just a fan of this sport and even more so intrigued by the business aspect of it. But seriously, people really believe he's scared of Manny? Seriously? After schooling Canelo, making Marquez look like an amateur, the same Marquez that put Pac to sleep, fought a dirty as hell fighter in Maidana twice, and people still want to believe he's scared of Manny in 2014? Seriously? I could understand the argument 3-4 years ago, but in 2014?
Roach's jittery azz doesn't even believe what some of you all are talking, at least not for some of the same reasons I believe some of you are posting for. I don't agree with Roach on the legs part, as I think the Canelo and second Maidana fight puts that theory to rest.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/bo...anny-Pacquiao-says-trainer-Freddie-Roach.html
"It's not that he's afraid of Manny. No fighters are scared of anybody in the world. It's just that he believes if he goes out undefeated he will be seen as better than greats like Sugar Ray Robinson, who had losses on their records.
'Manny and Floyd should have happened a couple of years ago when both were in their prime. I think Mayweather wanted the fight then. Later when we put them on the phone together Floyd said he wanted blood testing and 60 per cent of the money.
'Manny said yes to both but then we never heard back from Floyd again.'
The failure to make the super-fight happen has been blamed by some on the long-running feud between rival promoters Bob Arum (Pacquiao) and Golden Boy (Mayweather).
But Roach said: 'Down the years, no matter what the issues, if two fighters really want to fight each other they maks it happen. Manny will fight anyone but Floyd is two years older and thinking about that record of his. 'Also we all get older and the first sign of aging in a fighter is that his legs go a little. After he got hit a lot by Miguel Cotto he said that he decided to stand and trade because he wanted to give more excitement to his fans. I don't think so. He got caught because he can no longer move around the ring as quickly as before.'