Freddie Roach, the trainer of Manny Pacquiao, isn't playing nice ahead of Pacman's big fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. During an interview with Jim Rome, Roach didn't hold back on his opinions of the undefeated Mayweather.
"I mean he's not a good guy, he's not a good person, he's not a good role model," Roach said, admitting that Pacquiao has a strong, personal distaste for "Money" Mayweather.
"I've never seen him dislike an opponent in my life, but you know what, he doesn't like this guy," Roach said.
Previously, Roach accused boxing power Al Haymon of paying off potential Pacquiao sparring partners to stay away from his camp.
"I'm hiring sparring partners, Al Haymon's people calls them up and offers more money for them not to come. [But] I'm not worried about those guys," Roach said. "We got four really good sparring partners for Manny for this fight, Mayweather look-alikes."
Roach gave a glimpse of what Pacquiao's plan of attack will be-aggression. "I believe we need to fight the perfect fight," said Roach.
"Speed movement, power... We may need to be aggressive at times because our opponent likes to run a lot, but we will find him. It's not going to be easy. But styles make fights and I think I have the right guy for this fight."
Roach has even had some venom for Floyd Mayweather Sr., who will be training his son in this fight, but hasn't always trained him.
"Floyd got 90 percent of his wins with Roger [Mayweather] working with him. Roger is way better. I think Floyd Sr. is a terrible cornerman, I really do. That's going to work to our advantage on fight night because in the corner, I'm not going to be nervous and I'll be able to calmly talk to Manny and make whatever adjustments we have to make."
[TIME]
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