I don’t know if Mayweather-Pacquiao will be a good fight in terms of action, but from a tactical standpoint it is very intriguing.
Looking at it like a chess match the pressure is on Pacquiao and Freddie Roach to get Mayweather out of his comfort zone. Roach says he has a plan in this interview with SI.
“The challenge [of Mayweather] was bigger five years ago,” Roach said. “I think Mayweather has slowed down a little bit. But he is still a great fighter. We’re going to need a great game plan to beat him.”
“For the first time in my life I think I’ll keep it kind of private,” Roach said. “I don’t want Mayweather to know what we are up to. But it’s a good style fight. Mayweather will move as much as he can before he starts settling down. He can’t move quite as well as he used to. I think Manny’s power will overwhelm him. He has never been against someone with the speed of Pacquiao. Seeing it is one thing, dealing with it is another thing.”
Both Mayweather & Pacquiao are a little different than they were 5 years ago, the question begs who has slipped more.