"For the first time in my life with Manny Pacquiao, this is the first fighter he hasn't like. I can tell," Roach said in a story by USA Today.
Pacquiao did not say anything bad about Mayweather during the lone press conference before their highly anticipated super fight, but the American has a history of badmouthing his Filipino opponent.
Mayweather famously went on a racist rant against Pacquiao in 2010 and has in the past accused the "Pacman" of using performance-enhancing drugs, forcing Pacquiao to sue him for defamation. The suit was eventually settled out of court.
But Roach believes the primary reason that Pacquiao dislikes Mayweather so intensely is the American's history of domestic abuse.
"Manny is really against domestic violence," Roach told USA Today. "it's a big issue maybe in the Philippines for him, and being a congressman, he can control some of that stuff."
"That is a big plus for me, that Manny does not like the guy. I think the killer instinct is going to come back a lot faster," he said.
Mayweather has a long history of domestic abuse issues, and in 2012, he served time in a Nevada detention facility after a guilty plea on a domestic violence charge.
Roach has not been shy about calling Mayweather a "bad role model," especially for children, and admitted that he sees the upcoming Pacquiao-Mayweather fight as a battle of "good against evil."
"I even thought about bringing a couple of metro cops from Vegas to tell Manny how many times (Mayweather) has been arrested, and how bad of a guy he is," Roach said. "But I decided I can't go that far."
"He already doesn't like him. I think we're okay," he added.
Mayweather's domestic violence charges also resonates negatively with Roach, who grew up in an abusive household.
"I grew up with (domestic violence), and I realized a bit later in life that it wasn't right. I didn't know when I was little," he said, revealing that his father was physically abusive towards his mother.
"To be honest with you, I was scared to death of him. His answer for everything was to use his fists," he added.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
