News – Pacquiao Wants to Train in Baguio: Roach Unhappy

By Eric Thomas: Things don’t appear to be going well in the Pacquiao camp. Trainer Freddie Roach wants to train Manny Pacquiao in Mexico, where there would be less distractions from Pacquiao’s adoring boxing fans. However, the word is that Pacquiao wants to train in Baguio, Philippines instead, preferring it because it’s safer than Mexico which is plagued with kidnapping and murders as of late.

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Roach hoping that Cotto Will be Cut Up Against Pacquiao – News

cotto68479856By Manuel Perez: So much for winning the old fashioned way by beating up and outsmarting your opponent. Freddie Roach, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao, is counting on Miguel Cotto getting cut up by Manny Pacquiao on November 14th, in order for Pacquiao to get an advantage. “He [Cotto] has started to cut lately and I’m hoping that will be a factor for us. Manny’s speed will bust him up a little bit, I hope,” Roach said to David Tyler in an article from Doghouse Boxing.

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Roach: “He [Pacquiao] is Taking This Fight Too Lightly”

roach45342463By Manuel Perez: Freddie Roach isn’t happy with the way things are going lately with Manny Pacquiao, who has decided to train in the Philippines rather than some place else. “I’m not pleased with him [Pacquiao] training in the Philippines, there are too many distractions, but that’s what he wants to my understanding, and I believe he is taking this fight too lightly, Roach said in an interview at the Doghouse Boxing website. So there it is. Roach thinks that Pacquiao is taking this fight too lightly.

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Roach Sees Khan as Number Ten In the Pound for Pound List

khan342By Scott Gilfoid:Trainer Freddie Roach seems to be losing his ability to judge boxing talent. Not only does he see WBA light welterweight champion as one of the future stars in boxing on par with Floyd Mayweather Jr., but Roach is already ranking the 22-year-old Khan at number #10 in the pound-for-pound list. This has got to be the worst selection of a pound for pound fighter I’ve ever seen. Khan seems like a nice guy, but he doesn’t belong anywhere close to any pound for pound list based on a handful of wins over B-level fighters.

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Can Freddie Roach really work miracles?

roach45231By Stuart Gant: Currently the biggest name in boxing that is not actually a boxer would be Freddie Roach. Roach is one of the most well known and well respected boxing trainers in the world. When you look down the list of great/legendary boxers Roach has worked with it is no surprise that he is one of the most popular trainers in boxing. Roach has been voted Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 2003, 2006 and 2008 and has many other great honors to his name.

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Hatton to Be Trained By Roach?

hat2435By William Mackay: According to the latest boxing news rumors, Ricky Hatton may possibly be looking at changing head trainers, adding the great Freddie Roach as his new head trainer. If so, it looks as if Floyd Mayweather Sr., who trained Hatton for two bouts – Paulie Malignaggi and Manny Pacquiao –, may be on the way out of Hatton’s camp. Mayweather Sr. is said to have had problems with competing for training time with Hatton and wasn’t too happy about the arrangement.

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Can Roach Turn Khan Into Another Pacquiao?

khan45646449By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach takes pride in his training of excellent fighters and helping the careers of more establish boxers that he takes on from time to time. Roach obviously doesn’t always pick winners, but it seems like lately he’s been doing well with Manny Pacquiao, at least for the time being that is. One fighter that Roach has begun training in the past year is British lightweight Amir Khan, who Roach feels can be one of the pound-for-pound best boxers in two years.

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