Quote Originally Posted by TyBuff
IMO this is a bad move for Manfredo. SRL may have been a great boxer, but they may not transfer at all into attempting to train somebody else. Manfredo should have gone with Roach's assistant, Justin Fortune. He has at least been in the gym with Manfredo and would have had a good idea on how to work him and everything. I thought Manfredo would make it competitive with Roach in his corner but now I cant imagine that happening.
I seriously doubt Leonard would attempt to come in with a new gameplan or alter any of Manfredo's preparations in any way. I'm sure that both Leonard, Manfredo and his all his team are way to smart for that.

What Sugar Ray will obviously bring to the table is confidence. It must have hurt Peter to lose Freddy Roach,regarded by many as one the top trainers in the world. Well at least now he's got the support of one of the all time greats of boxing.

I mean come on, if you could have one man in your corner, believing in you, telling you that you can win this, you can't do much better than have Sugar Ray Leonard be that man can you?

As for Justine Fortune, I expect he probably still is training him.