Roach-trained Chavez Jr. faces Andy Lee on Saturday

Image: Roach-trained Chavez Jr. faces Andy Lee on SaturdayBy Dan Ambrose: Trainer Freddie Roach will be looking to turn his luck around when his fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. returns to the ring this Saturday night to face Andy Lee at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. This is the toughest fight of Chavez Jr’s career, and a loss here for him could lead to a lot of criticism leveled against trainer Roach.

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Roach playing mind games with Bradley to gain an edge for Pacquiao

Image: Roach playing mind games with Bradley to gain an edge for PacquiaoBy Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach is up to his old tricks again by trying to upset yet another one of his fighter Manny Pacquiao’s opponents with his trash talking. Roach started off by making some recent comments where he said Pacquiao’s June 9th opponent Tim Bradley has a fighting style similar to Ricky Hatton, a 2nd round knockout victim to Pacquiao in May 2009.

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