I believe Pacquiao was hurt, but do I believe that it would have changed the outcome of the fight, I simply do not.
Pacquiao’s legs weren’t injured and his shoulder wasn’t going to stop him from eating right hands and jabs all night. Maybe he does a little better, but it was a clear victory for Mayweather. Simply put if you step in the ring, leave the excuses in the dressing room.
Roach wants another shot at Mayweather, but many people feel like one time was enough. Here is what Roach had to say via Boxing Scene.
“Yeah,” admitted Roach. “The thing is there’s no way you’re going to beat a guy like Mayweather with one hand. It’s impossible, so the things we were told didn’t come true, just way different than what we had heard. Otherwise, we definitely had to think about cancelling that fight or at least postponing it. I didn’t want to see anyone go in there injured but I’ll tell you, in the dressing room warming up before the fight, the hook was f***ing great but then it didn’t last.”
“I didn’t think there was any threat of him getting hurt, at least in his mind, and Mayweather’s not a big puncher. He wasn’t really hurting him, he more or less won the fight with a jab,” said Roach, who said that conversation with Pacquiao came after the fourth round.
As for a rematch (and yeah, you can hear the groans now from the public), Roach stated – “I’d love to get one because I know healthy he can beat him but that’s a long ways away.”
Mayweather landed more power punches than Pacquiao, so can’t say he just won with a jab even though it was effective the entire night.
Pacquiao is being sued and might face perjury charges over not disclosing the injury.