Freddie Roach Ain't Too Proud to Beg

Casual Talk via HOLLYWOOD, California - If recent statement of Freddie Roach, trainer of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, were to be taken in the context of building a better marketing concept, then he must have
perceived the wrong notion of his protégé's supreme relevance in the current world of boxing.

According to an article published Monday (Philippines) by ABS-CBN, Roach said, "We want that fight badly. We agreed to everything he asked for the least (sic) time... and nothing happened." He was referring to the purported fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr.

But, Pacquiao says, "I am okay even without a Mayweather fight. I have done enough in boxing."

And for Roach, he wants Pacquiao-Mayweather fight "badly". Hm...it sounds like Roach "ain't too proud to beg" at all! Sure, the same adverb serves as a modifier implying that Mayweather, Jr. really has the upperhand in the negotiation, at least that's what surfaces from the subsconscious mind of one of the most well-known boxing trainers in the world who was voted Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2009, under the grace of Pacquiao's starpower.

Too much begging by Team Pacquiao puts Pacquiao in the position of an underdog.

And did Pacquiao really agreed to what Mayweather, Jr. demanded other than the financial aspect of the fight deal?

Mayweather, Jr. insists, "First and foremost, not only do I want to fight Manny Pacquiao, I want to whip his punk ass."

The final issue of their last negotiation early of last year was drug testing.

Source: associatedcontent.com