Freddie Roach does not seem to be too excited about a potential Terence Crawford vs. Manny Pacquiao showdown.
Roach took some time to talk with Steve Kim yesterday and he had this to say: "It's a very tough matchup, Crawford showed that he can move for twelve rounds, he can run for twelve rounds. But you know, in between the running and so forth, when he does land punches he does land really powerful punches. He hurt my guy a lot. I know Postol's got a pretty good chin," stated Roach.
Roach also went on to compare Crawford to a young Floyd Mayweather.
On the prospect of Pacquiao fighting Crawford next, Roach didn't seem to keen on the idea. "You know what, with Manny in the senate and I have to go to the Philippines and so forth to train him and with all the confusion going on - I don't think I'm going to accept that fight or want that fight right away. I mean give me one warm up fight and give me a fight right after that and we can talk."
Roach took some time to talk with Steve Kim yesterday and he had this to say: "It's a very tough matchup, Crawford showed that he can move for twelve rounds, he can run for twelve rounds. But you know, in between the running and so forth, when he does land punches he does land really powerful punches. He hurt my guy a lot. I know Postol's got a pretty good chin," stated Roach.
Roach also went on to compare Crawford to a young Floyd Mayweather.
On the prospect of Pacquiao fighting Crawford next, Roach didn't seem to keen on the idea. "You know what, with Manny in the senate and I have to go to the Philippines and so forth to train him and with all the confusion going on - I don't think I'm going to accept that fight or want that fight right away. I mean give me one warm up fight and give me a fight right after that and we can talk."
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