Planet Pacman #3: Roach takes on 'villain's role'
11/10/2008 | 04:19 PM
WHAT is Planet Pacman?
It is a compilation of links that direct Manny Pacquiao fans to news, analyses, commentaries and images of their no.1 idol coming from around the world.
The massiveness of Pacquiao's popularity has made it impossible to tell just one or two or three sides of Pacquiao. Add to that the variety of media platforms by which his stories can be told - whether read through text, or heard through audio recordings, or viewed as still or moving images - and there's no doubt experiencing Pacquiao has become multidimensional and instinctively habitual for the avid fan.
In Planet Pacman, GMANews.TV tries to satisfy the hunger for updates about arguably the most important Filipino sportsman of all time.
FREDDIE ROACH and bad guy are two images that don't go together. Or so it seems.
Manny Pacquiao's bespectacled trainer has been stoking the flames in the Dream Match, directing his virulent diatribe at Oscar de la Hoya.
His now-famous "Oscar can't pull the trigger" was supposedly the tripwire that ticked off de la Hoya and hastened the Golden Boy's decision to agree to fight Pacquiao. (He even pulled out a toy gun in their prefight press conference with reference to that quote.)
In recent interviews, he called de la Hoya "old" and "slow" and said Pacquiao would knock him out in nine. Everything de la Hoya did, it was like Roach had something to say nasty about it.
But as in movies, somebody has to play the part of the villain. Because in this case, his boy Pacquiao wouldn't pull the verbal trigger at the opposition.
"The show needs a bad guy, or at least someone to stir things up a bit," Roach told Doug Fisher on Maxboxing.com.
"It's boring with two nice guys. That's what they got with Roy Jones Jr. and Joe Calzaghe, and that's what they might have with Oscar and Manny, because both guys are pretty humble."
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I DON'T believe this article if de la Hoya's "I'm retiring at the end of the year, I'm not retiring at the end of the year" flip-flop is a basis.
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FIRST off, no other video about Manny Pacquiao's triumph inside the ring will ever come close to being this legitimate again of the presence here of legendary boxing writer Bert Sugar.
"Manny Pakee-yaw is exciting. Manny Pakee-yaw performs." Goose bumps right there.
The quote that stood out the most belonged to, no surprise, Freddie Roach.
Describing how poor Pacquiao was, Roach recalled a story about a domesticated animal ending up on some family member's plate. Although it was a sketchy tale, the punchline was straight on.
"If you're a slow dog," he sighed, "be careful."
Classic.
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A COUPLE of items from Doghouseboxing.com:
Item No.1 - Personally I don't think there's such a thing as "secret strategies" in boxing. Especially with the caliber of Pacquiao and de la Hoya.
As long as they've been fighting professionally, they can't change habits. They can't devise a new technique and expect it to work beautifully. They can't spring any more surprises in the hopes of off-balancing the opposition.
Fighters, or athletes for that matter, can shift strategies but it takes a while to get the desired, positive results. But definitely not in the two-, three-month period de la Hoya has until December 6.
Roach said it perfectly in an interview with GMANews.TV a few weeks ago. Humans are creatures of habit and "Oscar, if he has anything new in mind, will revert to what he's used to doing."
Which means Roach expects de la Hoya to throw a lot of effective jabs.
"Obviously we have to get past the jab. We know that. It's not a secret."
Item No.2 - Just a little something from Michael Buffer. The bout he was talking about was the Pacquiao-Oscar Larios match in July 2006.
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LASTLY, where in the world is Mexican legend, former world champion, sure-fire Hall of Famer Marco Antonio Barrera? After reading this, I had to ask: what the hell is he doing in Chengdu, China? (I mean, where is Chengdu?)
It is a compilation of links that direct Manny Pacquiao fans to news, analyses, commentaries and images of their no.1 idol coming from around the world.
The massiveness of Pacquiao's popularity has made it impossible to tell just one or two or three sides of Pacquiao. Add to that the variety of media platforms by which his stories can be told - whether read through text, or heard through audio recordings, or viewed as still or moving images - and there's no doubt experiencing Pacquiao has become multidimensional and instinctively habitual for the avid fan.
In Planet Pacman, GMANews.TV tries to satisfy the hunger for updates about arguably the most important Filipino sportsman of all time.
FREDDIE ROACH and bad guy are two images that don't go together. Or so it seems.
Manny Pacquiao's bespectacled trainer has been stoking the flames in the Dream Match, directing his virulent diatribe at Oscar de la Hoya.
His now-famous "Oscar can't pull the trigger" was supposedly the tripwire that ticked off de la Hoya and hastened the Golden Boy's decision to agree to fight Pacquiao. (He even pulled out a toy gun in their prefight press conference with reference to that quote.)
In recent interviews, he called de la Hoya "old" and "slow" and said Pacquiao would knock him out in nine. Everything de la Hoya did, it was like Roach had something to say nasty about it.
But as in movies, somebody has to play the part of the villain. Because in this case, his boy Pacquiao wouldn't pull the verbal trigger at the opposition.
"The show needs a bad guy, or at least someone to stir things up a bit," Roach told Doug Fisher on Maxboxing.com.
"It's boring with two nice guys. That's what they got with Roy Jones Jr. and Joe Calzaghe, and that's what they might have with Oscar and Manny, because both guys are pretty humble."
-o0o-
I DON'T believe this article if de la Hoya's "I'm retiring at the end of the year, I'm not retiring at the end of the year" flip-flop is a basis.
-o0o-
FIRST off, no other video about Manny Pacquiao's triumph inside the ring will ever come close to being this legitimate again of the presence here of legendary boxing writer Bert Sugar.
"Manny Pakee-yaw is exciting. Manny Pakee-yaw performs." Goose bumps right there.
The quote that stood out the most belonged to, no surprise, Freddie Roach.
Describing how poor Pacquiao was, Roach recalled a story about a domesticated animal ending up on some family member's plate. Although it was a sketchy tale, the punchline was straight on.
"If you're a slow dog," he sighed, "be careful."
Classic.
-o0o-
A COUPLE of items from Doghouseboxing.com:
Item No.1 - Personally I don't think there's such a thing as "secret strategies" in boxing. Especially with the caliber of Pacquiao and de la Hoya.
As long as they've been fighting professionally, they can't change habits. They can't devise a new technique and expect it to work beautifully. They can't spring any more surprises in the hopes of off-balancing the opposition.
Fighters, or athletes for that matter, can shift strategies but it takes a while to get the desired, positive results. But definitely not in the two-, three-month period de la Hoya has until December 6.
Roach said it perfectly in an interview with GMANews.TV a few weeks ago. Humans are creatures of habit and "Oscar, if he has anything new in mind, will revert to what he's used to doing."
Which means Roach expects de la Hoya to throw a lot of effective jabs.
"Obviously we have to get past the jab. We know that. It's not a secret."
Item No.2 - Just a little something from Michael Buffer. The bout he was talking about was the Pacquiao-Oscar Larios match in July 2006.
-o0o-
LASTLY, where in the world is Mexican legend, former world champion, sure-fire Hall of Famer Marco Antonio Barrera? After reading this, I had to ask: what the hell is he doing in Chengdu, China? (I mean, where is Chengdu?)
