By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach believes that his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) is the best fighter in all of boxing, even better than what most fans arguably agree is the best fighter in the sport Floyd Mayweather Jr. It’s easy for Roach to say that fight now because Pacquiao still hasn’t fought Mayweather and I guess Roach can continue push that line until the fight takes place and fans see once and for all that Mayweather is clearly the better fight.
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Roach: Pacquiao will stop Bradley late in the fight
By Chris William: Like clockwork, trainer Freddie Roach is predicting yet another knockout win for his No.1 fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) on June 9th against unbeaten Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roach has been predicting knockouts in pretty much all of Pacquiao’s fights going back ages, but Pacquiao is slowing down and no longer knocking guys out.
Roach: Khan will throw a lot of uppercuts against Peterson when he comes in head first
By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach says that his fighter Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) won’t be shoving IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) in their rematch on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Instead of shoving Peterson, putting him in headlocks and endless held grabbing holds, Khan will be throwing a lot of uppercuts and using some other strategies that Roach isn’t saying right now what they’ll be.
Bradley: Freddie Roach is worried about me beating Pacquiao
By Chris Williams: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley was quick to analyze what WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is trying to do by already starting to trash talk about him in the lead up to Bradley’s fight against Pacquiao on June 9th.
Pacquiao may have trouble getting up for Bradley says Roach
By John F. McKenna (McJack): All indications are that World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) will be making his next title defense against WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s). The only major concern Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach has is whether or not Manny can psych himself up for Bradley.
Roach believes Pacquiao will overwhelm Mayweather
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Five time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach has told ESPN that he thinks that the much ballyhooed fight between his prize pupil WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) and undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) will happen.
Roach wants Pacquiao-Mayweather bout to take place in Dallas or Dubai
By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach wants to see the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight happen but not on May 5th and not at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roach prefers that the fight take place later on in the year because Pacquiao and Arum are already negotiating a fight with another opponent that Roach won’t say the name of.
Roach: Pacquiao will fight Peterson or Bradley next
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach openly admits that Pacquiao will be fighting someone else in his next fight in June and not Mayweather. Roach doesn’t do the selection of who Pacquiao fights, but he thinks it’s going to be Timothy Bradley or Lamont Peterson who get the call for the fight and not Miguel Cotto or Juan Manuel Marquez.
Roach once threw “Mystery Man” out of his gym
By John F. McKenna (McJack): The “Mystery Man” at the center of the current controversy in the December fight in which Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) lost his title belts to new WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) was allegedly once thrown out of Freddie Roach’s gym.
Roach says he knows ‘Mystery man,’ says he doesn’t work for IBF
By Chris Williams: Amir Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach thinks Khan’s loss to Lamont Peterson should be changed to a no-contest of there should be an ordered rematch due to the mystery man seen talking with World Boxing Association supervisor Michael Welsh during the Khan-Peterson fight.