LONDON ? Legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach is making big news here even as he is far away in Baguio City attending to Manny Pacquiao in preparing for the Juan Manuel Marquez fight set in Las Vegas on Nov. 12.
In the weekly British magazine Boxing News, Roach said Floyd Mayweather looked ?terrible? in knocking out Victor Ortiz to wrest the WBC welterweight title last Sept. 17. When both Ortiz and referee Joe Cortez weren?t looking, Mayweather landed two undefended punches to end the bout in the fourth round. Roach called it ?a cheap shot.?
?Victor was landing a few left hands and that was a good sign for me if Manny fights Floyd,? said Roach. ?But obviously, Mayweather?s right hand was accurate and dangerous and that?s something we would have to deal with as a southpaw. Floyd?s given me a good idea of how his mind works fighting a southpaw. A lot of people think the best punch against a southpaw is the lead right hand and that?s definitely Mayweather?s tactic and something we?d have to get ready for or something I hope we have to get ready for.?
Roach said he?s confident Pacquiao and his other high-profile champion Amir Khan will beat Mayweather if ever they face off. Khan is slated to stake his WBC lightwelterweight crown against Lamont Peterson on Dec. 10 and could be next in line for Mayweather.
