Freddie Roach is unhappy that Floyd Mayweather Jr. won’t fight his guy Manny Pacquiao, and Roach is at a loss to try and figure out why he doesn’t want to fight Manny. In an article at Northjersey.com, Roach says this about Mayweather: “I think Mayweather wants to have that zero on his record so he can argue that he’s the best fighter of all time.” That’s one way of looking at it. Another way of looking at it is to see things through Mayweather’s eyes. He had concerns about Pacquiao using performance enhancing drugs and tried to get him to agree to the random blood testing that he wanted. Pacquiao couldn’t or wouldn’t agree to what Mayweather wanted, and so they were their separate ways. Mayweather made over $40 million for a fight against Shane Mosley, whereas Pacquiao made, according to Mayweather, $6 million for his fight against Joshua Clottey. Mayweather will fight Pacquiao next year without a doubt, but Pacquiao is going to have to agree to whatever Mayweather wants. Hopefully, Pacquiao’s bout against Antonio Margarito does really well on pay per view and with ticket sales at the Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas, because Pacquiao needs to be on even terms if he wants to be in a good position to land the fight with Mayweather. Floyd will still want to fight Pacquiao, but I don’t think the Filipino will be happy taking less. http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/09...er-just-wants-to-protect-his-unbeaten-record/
