“I see Pacquiao winning the fight, but hey, I don’t think Margarito deserved the fight, obviously, with the situation that happened before the Shane Mosley fight, and we don’t know how many times that situation had occurred, so I don’t think he deserved this fight, but on the other hand, if Margarito upsets him, I think that would be fitting. The fight that should obviously be made, and the one that everybody wants to see, may never happen. You got Floyd Mayweather off doing stupid things and you got Manny Pacquiao who, if he’s not training and taking this fight seriously, he’s stupid as well,” stated world-class boxing/MMA trainer Ron Frazier as he shared his thoughts on the upcoming November 13 showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito. Check it out!
PC: Antonio Tarver made his heavyweight debut recently. What did you think of his performance and his chances at heavyweight?
RF: I think its laziness. You spent most of your career at 175 and now you’re fighting at heavyweight? Dude, train! That’s all that is. If he was 22 when he started, and now he was 28 or 29 and his body was still maturing and he couldn’t make the weight, I would say, “Okay,” but that’s not the case. He looked very soft, he didn’t look good, and I think it’s a bad weight for him. I like Antonio as a decent fighter and as a commentator. I do think he’s vastly overrated as a fighter. His claim to fame was knocking out Roy Jones when he was past his prime.
PC: You told me awhile back that you wanted to see the affects that that shot from Abraham would have on Andre Dirrell. He recently pulled out of the Super Six with neurological problems. He is the third guy to have to withdraw; a very unfortunate situation. What’s your take on the Dirrell situation and the way the Super Six is shaping up?
RF: It’s a horrible situation. The Super Six was a great idea when they first started. You had all of these super middleweights lined up to fight each other, but now, you got two injuries to Kessler and Dirrell; which I heard Kessler may be able to come back in 20 months or he may have to retire because of an eye injury. Obviously, now you have the Andre Dirrell situation and he has the neurological problems. When you get knocked out…once you get your trigger pulled in any combative sport, it’s easier to happen again, so I was always worried about the residual affects, even though he won the fight by disqualification. I wondered how his chin would hold up and now, it may be a situation where his chin can’t hold up at all because he’s not going to be able to fight. That’s just unfortunate for the sport and for Andre Dirrell. This tournament was a really good idea. We were really seeing some good fights and it was making some really top flight fighters fight each other, which you haven’t seen in boxing in a very long time. It’s really unfortunate that this tournament fell apart like this. Guy’s like Glen Johnson are not the answer. I’ve enjoyed watching Glen throughout his career, but he didn’t look good in his last figh
