Freddie Roach Boxing News

By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach sees IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson as the best possible choice for his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s next fight.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): 2011 will probably not be a year that five time Trainer of the Year and recent Hall of Fame inductee Freddie Roach will fondly remember. The perception at the beginning of 2011 was that anything Freddie Roach touched turn to gold. What a difference a year makes.

By Chris Williams: After two solid years of working with Amir Khan, trainer Freddie Roach’s results have been less than impressive. Khan is for all practical purposes the same fighter he when he first hired Roach to resurrect his career shortly after losing by a 1st round knockout to Breidis Prescott.

By Chris Williams: After seeing Amir Khan’s development in the past year under the guidance of trainer Freddie Roach, I have to say that Khan is going downhill rather than improving as a fighter and I think a good reason for this lack of improve is the fault of Roach.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It is well known that World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) is a master when it comes to trash talking. He has used his trash talking for years as a way to enhance his image as one of the premier bad boys in boxing. [...]

By Babatis Banda: Manny Pacquiao and team have squeezed themselves in a difficult corner. It is not difficult to see that the next move for his promoter Bob Arum is going to be a tricky one. If Arum decides to go for a fourth rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez, it is going to be difficult [...]

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By William Mackay: Amir Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach is eager to see his fighter face Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th next year. However, Khan is dragging his feet, saying he wants another nine to twelve months before he faces Mayweather. It’s more than a little funny given that Khan has been calling Mayweather out [...]

By Dave Lahr: Freddie Roach is still yakking about the t-shirt Juan Manuel Marquez chose to wore when he visited the Philippines not too long ago. The t-shirt, which said Marquez beat Pacquiao twice, seems to have really angered both Pacquiao and Roach because neither of them seems to want to acknowledge the reality that [...]

By Gerardo Granados: There have been many great boxing trainers such as Ray Arcel, Emmanuel Steward, Lou Duva, Cus D´Amato and Eddie Futch, just to mention a few of the most recognized. But who would you pick to be your trainer between Ignacio Beristain and Freddie Roach? I believe it would not be a hard [...]

By Dave Lahr: After fighting Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1, 39 KO’s) twice previously and looking to have lost both of those fights, Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) is in need of special help for him to try and finally beat the now 38-year-old Marquez on November 12th. Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s long-time trainer, has resorted to [...]

By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach says he wants to see the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. mega fight happen right now while both fighters are still relatively in their primes. Roach didn’t seem as anxious for the fight to happen last year when Mayweather was agreeing to weight penalties, glove sizes, and purse splits.

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach is really excited about his fighter Manny Pacquiao’s footwork in the gym and thinks that he’ll easily beat Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12th. For some odd reason, Roach actually thinks Pacquiao’s ring movements have gotten better rather than worse.

By Chris Williams: You got to like Freddie Roach. He makes the same knockout predictions for his fighter Manny Pacquiao fight after fight, not matter who Pacquiao is facing. It’s always a knockout prediction and generally Roach starts with a late knockout prediction and inches it downwards as the fight nears.

By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach saw things from Floyd Mayweather’s recent fight against WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz that made Roach believe that his two gravy train fighters – Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao – can beat Mayweather if he ever decides on facing the two.

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach is allowing his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to participate in basketball games after his training is done for the day. I just don’t want to see Pacquiao hobbled before this big fight and end up with an excuse or a delay. We don’t need a postponement for [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach didn’t like what they saw of Floyd Mayweather’s controversial 4th round stoppage victory over WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Chris Williams: It may be that they both are hopeful that Floyd Mayweather Jr. loses this Saturday to WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz or it may be that they actually don’t know who will win this fight, but Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach are both undecided about how comes out the victor [...]

It is over 6 months since Hollywood-based Scottish middleweight Craig McEwan lost by TKO to Andy Lee in the final round of an action-packed battle in Connecticut.

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao has failed miserably in his first two fights with Juan Manuel Marquez, and should consider himself very fortunate that he didn’t both of those fights because Marquez outboxed him in both fights.

By Chris Williams: To no great surprise both Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao are giving WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz a good chance at beating undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 17th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach is looking to pump up his fighter Amir Khan for a bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2012. Pretty much nobody sees Khan as having a chance in a million in winning that fight, but that’s not keeping Roach from telling the world that he does.

By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach says he’s impressed with the sparring sessions between Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, and feels that Khan is showing a lot of improvement. However, Pacquiao is still getting the better of Khan after the initial stages of the sparring. Khan starts off well, but Pacquiao solves him and then [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If Freddie Roach has his way, IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan won’t be facing 34-year-old Erik Morales the next time Khan fights in December. Khan destroyed 33-year-old Zab Judah last weekend in a 5th round stoppage in Las Vegas.

By Jason Kim: Amir Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach is very excited about his future after Khan’s 5th round stoppage win over IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach says he’s interested in putting his unbeaten super middleweight contender Peter Quillin (24-0, 18 KO’s) against former World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) if Martinez was willing to take the fight. Quillin, ranked #5 by the IBF in the super middleweight division, is a [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Freddie Roach is convinced that Amir “King” Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) will be the best pound for pound fighter in the world within two years.

By William Mackay: Take one look at how awkward and amateurish David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) looked against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Kltischko in Haye’s 12 round decision loss on July 2nd and it tells all you need to know about the chances of Haye beating Wladimir in a rematch. It’s probably not even realistic [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s really amusing and dreadfully disappointing to see how many knowledgeable fighters and trainers were wrong about the outcome of last Saturday’s fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBA champion David Haye.

By William Mackay: Freddie Roach is once again making an outrageous prediction, this time with his prediction that his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) is going to destroy IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) in the early rounds of their fight on July 23 at the Mandalay [...]