Pacquiao vs Mayweather Official Thread...May 2nd!!!

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Ellerbe is a dumb fukk.

 

[krackdagawd]

Manny doesn't fight inside though.

One of his biggest assets in footwork is in the bushes if he were to fight on the inside.

 

[Newzz]

Ellerbe is a dumb fukk.

Exactly. He's blowing these HUGE opportunities Floyd is giving him to make his stamp in the promotions business. He's basically telling Floyd that yes, Richard Schaefer IS the man for the job

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxin...-mayweather-left-hand-mgm-20150409-story.html

When Manny Pacquiao truly felt comfortable throwing his right hand as a power punch, it launched a dominant run of victories that propelled him to become boxing’s elite fighter.
Now, in preparation for his May 2 bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, there's a renewed emphasis on making southpaw Pacquiao’s powerful left hand the story of fight night.

Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach said he put the fighter through an extended session this week in which he could only punch with his left hand.

"We did 12 rounds of left hand only. The right hand was never used," Roach told The Times.

The lesson not only sharpened Pacquiao's use of the left, he said, it reinforced the trainer's teachings that the proper footwork can allow Pacquiao to hand Mayweather his first loss.

"It's about putting everything together," Roach said.

A week earlier, Roach had expressed concerns about Pacquiao’s ability to cut off the ring against the elusive Mayweather. Now he assessed Pacquiao’s competence with the discipline as "tremendous ... he knows exactly how to do it."

There’s still the matter of executing the fight plan in the MGM ring, but Roach, preparing for his 31st bout with the Filipino star, said he’s comforted by his past experience with Pacquiao taking a lesson and executing it.

In 2005, Pacquiao suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Erik Morales, and Roach apologized to Pacquiao afterward for not properly training him to use the right hand as a power punch.

In the next fight, a sixth-round stoppage of Hector Velasquez at Staples Center, the process was underway.

By 2008, in a move up in weight to take away the world lightweight belt from David Diaz by ninth-round technical knockout, it was perfected with a right-handed finish.

"Same routine, now the opposite side," Roach said of the current situation. "It's all about usage, muscle memory ... [Pacquiao and Mayweather] will be equal at some point [in the bout]. Manny’s been favoring the right side so much now, I need to bring the left back."

And the left, obviously, is the southpaw’s most brutal punch.

"Oh, it’s deadly," said Roach, who has the welts from practice to prove it. "Deadly. My chest is ... killing me."

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Exactly. He's blowing these HUGE opportunities Floyd is giving him to make his stamp in the promotions business. He's basically telling Floyd that yes, Richard Schaefer IS the man for the job

Didn't Oscar have a clause that says that Richard had to remain on the sidelines for a while?

 

[Newzz]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxin...-mayweather-left-hand-mgm-20150409-story.html

Give out your gameplan and what you are working on through the media brehs



It's only the biggest fight of your career Freddie Roach

 

[Newzz]

Didn't Oscar have a clause that says that Richard had to remain on the sidelines for a while?

Yep, but eventually he will be back and Im sure Floyd will replace Leonard Ellerbe with him at this rate.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Give out your gameplan and what you are working on through the media brehs



It's only the biggest fight of your career Freddie Roach

He's the worst of both worlds. He's a whore for the media that loves the limelight and he doesn't have a clue with what to do with Manny in this fight. Just watch how Roach bails on Manny after this fight. He's a snake in the grass.

 

[keepemup]

I dunno about the networks not being ready yet, dish network already has the fight available for purchase.

And how is this all Ellerbee's fault? Does TR not have any say in the promotional dealings?

 

[Newzz]

I dunno about the networks not being ready yet, dish network already has the fight available for purchase.

And how is this all Ellerbee's fault? Does TR not have any say in the promotional dealings?

Because Mayweather Promotions is the Lead Promoter for this fight...not Top Rank. It really explains the lack of info we have been receiving and the struggle promotion (fukk all that "this fight doesnt need any promotion" rhetoric...it does).

Leonard Ellerbe is the head of doing that for Mayweather Promotions, and is fukking up again like he did for Mayweather vs Maidana 2....where Floyd almost sent him to the bushes permanently because of it

Top Rank has no say in the promotions aspect for this fight.

 

[Skip b]

Give out your gameplan and what you are working on through the media brehs



It's only the biggest fight of your career Freddie Roach

Whats worse this is training Cotto Monday to figjt some random while his day 1 nikka is facing his toughest fight

 

[Newzz]

Whats worse this is training Cotto Monday to figjt some random while his day 1 nikka is facing his toughest fight

Really, all we hear about is Roach running his mouth...Roach running his mouth...Roach running his mouth. What is he trying to accomplish?


I really cant believe Roach is telling the media what they are working on in camp only 3 weeks out

 

[JoeClair]

Steve Kim. The alcoholic 40yr old that lives in the basement of his mothers house, stanning for Top Rank and getting peanuts for it. Please, please please...post someone credible.

 

[GzUp]

Give out your gameplan and what you are working on through the media brehs



It's only the biggest fight of your career Freddie Roach

i think its just

 

[seemorecizzy]

Exactly. He's blowing these HUGE opportunities Floyd is giving him to make his stamp in the promotions business. He's basically telling Floyd that yes, Richard Schaefer IS the man for the job

rich people problems

as long as they fight may 2 i dont give a damn bout the other stuff