Freddie Roach

Roach still unhappy with how Chavez Jr. ran the training camp

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Image: Roach still unhappy with how Chavez Jr. ran the training campBy Dan Ambrose: Trainer Freddie Roach still can’t seem to forget about how his fighter former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. controlled his recent training camp with Roach, insisting on some workouts being in the living room of his rented home, skipping training sessions and having training done late at night. Roach doesn’t understand why Chavez Jr. did this for the most important fight of his career against Sergio Martinez and not for his previous fights against weaker opposition.

In an interview at Maxboxing.com, Roach said “Basically, we were powerless. [Chavez Jr.] wanted to be the boss and we [I] kinda let the fighter get away with it. So it’s a little bit our [my] fault for letting him get away with it.”

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Roach doubtful that Khan’s new trainer will be able to calm him down

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Image: Roach doubtful that Khan's new trainer will be able to calm him downBy William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach questions whether Amir Khan’s new trainer will be able to calm him down and keep him from getting in dangerous exchanges with his opponents. Roach feels that Khan might resist fighting in a more cautious manner and will continue to slug it out with his opponents when he gets hit.

Roach said to RingTV.com “If they can calm him down and get him not to exchange so much and get him to box a little bit more, being a great athlete, he’ll do much better. But I don’t know if anyone can change that though.”

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Will Pacquiao reverse the fortunes of Freddie Roach?

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Image: Will Pacquiao reverse the fortunes of Freddie Roach?By John F. McKenna (McJack): Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KO’s) is determined to return to the form which enabled him to win world titles in eight different weight divisions when he tangles with Mexican legend WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s) on December 8 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

Nothing would please Pacquiao’s trainer, five time trainer of the year Freddie Roach who has seen his fortunes turn around in the last year. Last November Pacquiao won a hotly disputed decision over Marquez in a fight even many of Manny’s ardent fans thought he lost. Then in December, Roach’s other star pupil Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) lost a controversial decision to Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s). Khan followed up that loss with a devastating TKO loss to Danny Garcia (24-0, 15 KO’s).

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Roach still insisting Pacquiao can’t beat Marquez by decision this time

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Image: Roach still insisting Pacquiao can't beat Marquez by decision this timeBy Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach insists that his fighter Manny Pacquiao can’t possibly beat Juan Manuel Marquez by a decision for their upcoming 4th fight in Las Vegas, despite Pacquiao having won two controversial decisions and being given a controversial draw in the three previous fights with the Mexican warrior.

Why things will be different this time compared to the other three fights, Roach doesn’t say. He just seems to feel that the judges will finally give it to Marquez this time, perhaps to make up for the three previous fights?

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Pacquiao to stick with Roach despite his recent problems

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Image: Pacquiao to stick with Roach despite his recent problemsBy Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach has had some seriously rotten luck as of late with pretty much all of his top fighters getting beaten recently. Roach has seen Amir Khan twice under his helm as well Jorge Linares tasting defeat, Manny Pacquiao and now Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Khan recently decided it was time to leave Roach and go with another trainer to try and turn his career around before it’s too late after he was blown out by Danny Garcia and narrowly beaten by Lamont Peterson. However, Pacquiao will be sticking with Roach despite his recent loss to Tim Bradley.

Pacquiao said to Espn “Yes, I am happy working with Freddie. He is a good guy and nice trainer. I am successful working with him.”

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Is it time for Roach to pull the plug on Chavez Jr?

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Image: Is it time for Roach to pull the plug on Chavez Jr?By John F. McKenna (McJack): With the announcement that former World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) tested positive for marijuana in a post fight urine sample following his fight last Saturday night with new WBC champion Sergio Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO’s) it is now clear that Julio has become a problem child for trainer Freddie Roach.

The full ramifications of the positive test are not yet known, but it has been speculated that Chavez may lose the $3 million dollar purse he earned for the fight and could possibly face a one year suspension.

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Roach offering Pacquiao bonus money if he can knockdown sparring partners to get ready for Marquez

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By Chris Williams: In a way to try and wake up his sagging fighter Manny Pacquiao to try and bring back some youth and vitality to his workouts, trainer Freddie Roach is reportedly offering Pacquiao $1000 each time he knocks one of his sparring partners down in getting ready for Pacquiao’s December 8th fight against Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Roach: Pacquiao has shown Marquez too much respect

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Image: Roach: Pacquiao has shown Marquez too much respectBy Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach has come up with three previous game plans for his fighter Manny Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KO’s) in fights against Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s) and each time the game plans have failed miserably with Pacquiao ending up getting out-boxed and dominated by Marquez.

Pacquiao has still won two of the three fights with their first fight ending up as a draw, but few boxing fans believe that Pacquiao deserved to win any of those fights. The judges keep giving Pacquiao decision wins over Marquez and boxing fans keep seeing it as a controversial decisions.

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Roach: Chavez Jr. would have KO’d Sergio Martinez in 6 rounds if he had trained better

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Image: Roach: Chavez Jr. would have KO'd Sergio Martinez in 6 rounds if he had trained betterBy Dan Ambrose: Before news leaked about former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. allegedly testing positive for Marijuana after his fight last Saturday night against Sergio Martinez, Chavez Jr’s trainer Freddie Roach was already busy making excuses for Chavez Jr’s loss and saying he would have won by KO if he had trained better.

Roach said to Radio Raheem “I think if we had a better training camp we would have knocked him out in six rounds. We gave that fight away. My guy [Chavez Jr] was the bigger, stronger and better fighter.”

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Roach: Khan needs to stay away from punchers like Pacquiao

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By William Mackay: Former Amir Khan trainer Freddie Roach has no ill will towards Khan after being recently let go by him after Roach couldn’t give Khan the undivided attention that he was looking for from his training camps. However, Roach does want to warn Khan to stay away from big punchers, especially Roach’s #1 fighter Manny Pacquiao, as Roach believe that has problems against guys that can slug.

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