Freddie Roach: Timothy Bradley looks great as a bodybuilder but not as a boxer

Manny Pacquiao’s ‘Hall of Fame’ trainer Freddie Roach believes that Timothy Bradley, the current WBC light-welterweight champion, will be a cake walk for his man because he thinks the 28-year-old undefeated Californian will not be able to cope up with the speed of his fighter.

Bradley and Pacquiao, the current WBC welterweight champion, will lock horns on June 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and while expressing thoughts on the fight, Roach said he has never been impressed by Bradley.

The 52-year-old insisted that Bradley looks great as a bodybuilder but he is not good at all as a boxer.

“He looks great for a bodybuilding contest. But for a boxer? I mean how long can he carry that (body) most of the round,” said the celebrated trainer.

“But how hard can he throw a punch?” added Roach.

“How slow is he (for the fight)? He’ll be slow-mo,” said Roach. “With all that muscle he’s going to be slow. He has all the muscle. (But) No protection,” Roach was shown in HBO’s 24/7 telling Pacquiao in a recent session.

The five-time trainer of the Year is in no mood of buying the thought that Bradley will be able to pass Pacquiao with all of his muscles.

The Filipino star, who holds a record of winning 54 of his 59 professional fights (2 Draws), with 38 of his wins coming by the way of a knockout, has natural ability of throwing punches from all angles at a lightning fast speed yet many are of the view that Bradley has more punching power than Pacquiao.

Nevertheless, Roach doesn’t think so.

“Nope. He’s never been a puncher he never will be,” he said.

“Punchers are born, not made,” Roach added.

Well, all said and done, there is not much time left in the fight now so let’s see if Pacquiao can really become the first man to beat Bradley in the ring.

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