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By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach has got to be the most vocal trainer that ever existed in his backing of his fighter Manny Pacquiao. Roach has been talking 24/7 about the upcoming fight between Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito for months, and seems to have gone past the normal role for a trainer into the role of a promoter in trying to gain interest for the fight. However, Roach has often worked against drawing interest in the fight by often talking down the bout by putting Margarito down as a fighter without skills.
Pacquiao vs. Margarito
Pacquiao says the catch-weight “Benifits me”
By Dan Ambrose: Manny Pacquiao openly admitted in a recent meeting with reporters that the 150 pound catch-weight will be benefiting him and not his opponent Antonio Margarito on November 13th. When asked who the catch-weight will benefit, Pacquiao said “The catch-weight will benefit me.” He then explained why, saying “He will have to come down from 154.” Pacquiao will be fighting Margarito for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title in this fight held at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington. Texas. It’s unclear who’s idea it was to have the fight take place at 150 rather than the full regulation weight of 154 for the vacant title, but you can bet that it wasn’t Margarito that asked for this.
Roach accepts Margarito’s apology – News
By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach apparently has buried the hatchet and has accepted the apology given to him by Antonio Margarito, who earlier in the week made fun of Roach by mimicking him in shaking his hands in what appeared to some an attempt to tease Roach about his Parkinson’s disease condition. Margarito later said he wasn’t mimicking Roach about that, and was merely showing that he shaking with fear because Roach had been predicting that his fighter Manny Pacquiao will knock Margarito out. Whatever the case, Margarito still apologized for having imitated Roach, as did Brandon Rios, who was seen imitating Roach in the video.
Margarito denies making fun of Roach about his Parkinson’s disease
By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach is still upset about a video that Antonio Margarito and Brandon Rios were seen in where they both appeared to be mimicking him the way he shakes sometimes because of his Parkinson’s disease. Roach thinks they were making fun of him about his disease, and isn’t happy about it. Margarito, however, denies he was making fun of Roach’s condition and instead says he was shaking out of fear of the things that Roach has been saying about him. In an article at Ringtv.com, Margarito has this to say: “I was not making fun of Freddie. When I was shaking my hands, I was just saying ‘Man, I’m really scared.’ I think that people misunderstood that. That’s what happened.It was a misunderstanding. I have nothing against Freddie Roach. I respect him as a great trainer.”
Pacquiao-Margarito and Haye-Harrison on Saturday night
By Daniel Tagg: Only a couple of days away now from an exciting weekend of boxing, David Haye vs. Audley Harrison and Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Margarito bouts.
I smell fear – Is Roach afraid Pacquiao is about to get destroyed by Margarito?
By Dave Lahr: If you’ve been paying any attention to the constant yapping by trainer Freddie Roach, you’ll notice that Roach is talking a lot more now than he ever has before one of Manny Pacquiao’s fights and he’s got a lot more animated tone than he’s had in the past. In my estimation, Roach is showing the hallmark signs of being afraid.
Arum concerned that Pacquiao could lose to Margarito
By Jason Kim: The last thing that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants is for his top fighter Manny Pacquiao to get beaten by one of his stable fighters Antonio Margarito this Saturday night when they meet up at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Margarito was one of the top welterweights in the division two years ago, but has lost a lot of his luster since then with a knockout loss to 38-year-old Shane Mosley last year, and then a mediocre performance against fringe junior middleweight contender Roberto Garcia in May of this year.
Will Pacquiao fight any harder because Margarito hurt Roach’s feelings?
By Dave Lahr: I hate to break this to all the Manny Pacquiao fans but it doesn’t matter a bit that Antonio Margarito kicked some dirt on his loving trainer Freddie Roach recently by mocking the way he moves. Pacquiao won’t be able to fight any harder than he already is and if he goes over board just to try and get revenge for Roach, he’s just going to get knocked out that much quicker by Margarito. You see Pacquiao is just too small to hang with a warrior like 5’11” Margarito, and even with Pacquiao’s handicapping 150 pound catch-weight to help him try and be competitive, he’s still just too small for Pacquiao and is going to get his backside handed to him this Saturday night at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington.
Robert Garcia says Margarito and Rios didn’t know Roach has Parkinson’s disease – News
By Chris Williams: Kevin Iole, Yahoo writer, reports on his Twitter page that Antonio Margarito’s trainer Robert Garcia says that Margarito and Brandon Rios didn’t know that Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach has Parkinson’s disease. Rios and Margarito were seen making fun of Roach recently in a video at Fanhouse, with both of them seemingly mocking Roach’s condition. Roach got pissed about it and has been complaining bitterly about it, seeing it as a low blow.
Margarito makes fun of Roach, and he doesn’t like it
By Chris Williams: According to the latest boxing news, trainer Freddie Roach is upset with being teased by Antonio Margarito recently in a video at Fanhouse. Apparently, Roach was teased by Margarito and boxer Brandon Rios, AP reports, which they say makes fun of Roach’s Parkinson condition. Margarito apparently imitated Roach by moving his hands in a shaking way and making a face while doing so. Roach was said to be upset about it. Roach has been pretty open about his thoughts about on Margarito’s hand wrap scandal, as he’s constantly talked about this issue to the media and not let it die.