Freddie Roach: I might push Manny Pacquiao to retire, but that judge should be investigated

While Freddie Roach isn’t happy with the judging, he still wants to talk to Manny Pacquiao about retiring.

Manny Pacquiao lost a controversial decision to Jeff Horn that had most pundits, analysts, and even fighters scratching their heads. The Filipino’s long time trainer in Freddie Roach wasn’t happy, specifically with referee Mark Nelson and the absurd 117-111 card turned in by judge Waleksa Roldan.

“That was hard, sometimes I think people need to be investigated,” Roach told the Daily Telegraph. “At least in America where you get odd scores like that with the judges, the head commissioner should ask at some point, ‘Why? Where? Show me how you came up with that score.’”

Two head-butts that were deemed accidental left Pacquiao with two nasty cuts, but Roach was more upset with the referee allowing Horn to get away with certain tactics on the inside.

“The wrestling, getting hit behind the head a lot, it didn’t look good, but the referee didn’t pay any attention to it. I don’t know how he let a professional fighter get away with things like that. If you end up in a headlock after every exchange, someone is doing something wrong,” he said.

“That is a WBO concern, I think they should do something about it, but I don’t think they ever will.”

While Roach thinks Pacquiao should’ve still won the contest, he still wasn’t happy with his overall performance and might just talk to his pupil about hanging up the gloves.

“I’m going to talk to Manny about maybe calling it a day, maybe this is it,” Roach said. “It depends what I see when I analyse the fight again.”

While Freddie Roach isn’t happy with the judging, he still wants to talk to Manny Pacquiao about retiring.

Manny Pacquiao lost a controversial decision to Jeff Horn that had most pundits, analysts, and even fighters scratching their heads. The Filipino’s long time trainer in Freddie Roach wasn’t happy, specifically with referee Mark Nelson and the absurd 117-111 card turned in by judge Waleksa Roldan.

“That was hard, sometimes I think people need to be investigated,” Roach told the Daily Telegraph. “At least in America where you get odd scores like that with the judges, the head commissioner should ask at some point, ‘Why? Where? Show me how you came up with that score.’”

Two head-butts that were deemed accidental left Pacquiao with two nasty cuts, but Roach was more upset with the referee allowing Horn to get away with certain tactics on the inside.

“The wrestling, getting hit behind the head a lot, it didn’t look good, but the referee didn’t pay any attention to it. I don’t know how he let a professional fighter get away with things like that. If you end up in a headlock after every exchange, someone is doing something wrong,” he said.

“That is a WBO concern, I think they should do something about it, but I don’t think they ever will.”

While Roach thinks Pacquiao should’ve still won the contest, he still wasn’t happy with his overall performance and might just talk to his pupil about hanging up the gloves.

“I’m going to talk to Manny about maybe calling it a day, maybe this is it,” Roach said. “It depends what I see when I analyse the fight again.”