By Jeff Aranow: Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse will on ESPN pay-per-view on July 14, and the former eight division world champion will not have trainer Freddie Roach in his corner. Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) will be trained by Buboy Fernandez, who doesn’t have anywhere near the same experience in boxing as Roach. But with everything Pacquiao has learned over the years, he’s on cruise control at this point.
By Dan Ambrose: Freddie Roach is one of many people who think Saul Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) should be given a long suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission when they meet this month on April 18 at their hearing to decide his case for testing positive twice for the banned substance clenbuterol.
By Scott Gilfoid: Trainer Freddie Roach rates Anthony Joshua as the best heavyweight in the world right now, and he says he would knockout WBC champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder if that fight ever happens.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao won’t have trainer Freddie Roach in his corner for his still un-finalized fight against WBC World welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse on June 24 in Malaysia. In Pacquiao’s corner will be Buboy Fernandez as his lead trainer.
By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach believes his fighter former super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (34-1-2, 25 KOs) is ready to use his huge punching power to defeat unbeaten WBO World featherweight champion Oscar Valdez (23-0, 19 KOs) this Saturday night on March 10 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The Valdez vs. Quigg fight card will be televised on ESPN with a start time at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao will be fighting on April 14 on ESPN PPV, according to Top Rank boss Bob Arum, and then fighting Vasyl Lomachenko in November. That part of the news comes from Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach.
By Allan Fox: Trainer Freddie Roach thinks Manny Pacquiao will walk right through Vasyl Lomachenko if the Ukrainian fighter tries to play around inside the ring with him like he did in his fight against Miguel Marriaga.
By Jeff Aranow: Trainer Freddie Roach thinks Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner (33-3, 24 KOs) has ruined his boxing career by failing to take it seriously by being dedicates, and he doubts whether the 28-year-old former 4-division world champion will be able to turn things around.
By Chris Williams: Scott Quigg (34-1-2, 25 KOs) will do the job on WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez (23-0, 19 KOs), says trainer Freddie Roach. The negotiations for the Valdez-Quigg fight are still being finalized. Valdez’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank views Quigg as “good competition” for the 27-year-old Valdez, but he thinks he’ll win.
By Sean Jones: Earlier today, Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin wished Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) luck in his fight tonight against Sadam Ali (25-1, 14 KOs), and expressed disappointment that the two never got a chance to fight each other when Miguel held the WBC middleweight title from 2014 to 2015.