By Ryan Songalia

Don't you wish sometimes that you had a clone so that you could get everything done in the day? Andre Rozier probably wished he had a clone. Rozier was named Trinidad and Tobago's 2008 Olympic Boxing Coach, which will require a significant portion of his schedule. Aside from that, Rozier's day job includes being President of Havoc Clothing, a leader in the boxing athletic wear market. Not to mention being the trainer of US Olympian Sadam Ali, as well as pros "Mean" Joe Greene, Curtis Stevens, and co-training Gary Stark, Jr. There just isn't enough time in the day.

BoxingScene.com caught up with the busy man, picking his brain on a variety of subjects.

BoxingScene: How did you go about becoming the boxing coach for the 2008 Trinidad Olympic Team?

Andre Rozier: "What happened was Aquilo, his mother and father are from Trinidad. Their team is sparse, to say the least. He was supposed to box-off, but there was no one there to box-off with. He pretty much just walked on the team. They don't have the best of coaches, so it just all fell in line."

BoxingScene: Being the Trinidad coach and having one of your pupils, Saddam Ali, on the United States team, do you feel any kind of conflict there?

Rozier: "No, because the Trinidad team is really not that good. Honestly, if more than three of them qualify to represent, that would be a lot. Should they be in the same weight classes, I would just take a seat."

BoxingScene: What's the latest with Danny Jacobs?

Rozier: "Danny was under the influences of Shelly Finkel and he felt that it would be better to bring Mark Breland in. I love Mark like a brother. For three years, Danny had gone undefeated with Victor [Roundtree] and I in his corner. Why would you change that formula? It doesn't make any sense. Danny always says he wants to be a man, but he wasn't man enough to say 'This is how it's gonna be cause this is what works for me.'"

BoxingScene: Have you spoken with him since he lost in the Olympic Trials? Will he be turning professional?

Rozier: "I haven't spoken to him since. I couldn't even tell you. I don't want to speculate anymore with regards to Danny. He has a mind of his own and will do whatever he feels is best for him at this point and time."

BoxingScene: Currently, your star seems to be "Mean" Joe Greene. How are things coming along with him and when will we see him again in the ring?

Rozier: "We're looking to have him fight again by November. Right now, we're on an easy schedule. We'll pick it up again around October and be ready to rock and roll."

BoxingScene: Lately things have been tumultous for Greene. He had the up-and-down fight on Wednesday Night Fights last time out, and then came the Judah Scuffle. Enlighten us to his mindset amidst the chaos.

Rozier: "Joe is a great kid. He never gets in trouble. He pretty much stays to himself. The Judah incident was just a horrible situation on the Judahs' part. It had nothing to do with Joe. The basic sparring session became very ugly and there was some hostile aggression. I never saw anything like that in my life."

BoxingScene: Would you say the Judahs acted like punks?

Rozier: "I would say yes. It was a cowardly act to strike an athlete who is preparing for a title fight with your bare hands. Yoel Judah and I are very good friends. But the boys, they need some anger management classes or something."

BoxingScene: Who would you say got the better of the action?

Rozier: "Actually, it was pretty quick. Everyone was scuffling and grabbing and choking each other. It was not good. I can honestly say no one got the better of it."

BoxingScene: What's next for Curtis Stevens?

Rozier: "He's down there helping Jaidon. We thought it'd be a good idea for him to go down there and get some work done. I'd like to see Curtis focus more on boxing. The rough and tough thug image is not something that works very well in boxing. He's not even like that. When he puts 150%, we will finally see the true athlete he is."

BoxingScene: How are things with Gary Stark Jr.?

Rozier: "He's in training now. We might be fighting October 29, but nothing is for sure yet."

BoxingScene: Is there anything you'd like to tell the audience out there?

Rozier: "Basically, the fight game itself, we all know is a tough business. It's made tougher because 92.8% of the people involved are a few steps away from being criminals. Athletes need to keep their chins up and don't worry about the streets. They need to focus on boxing and being champions."

Any questions or comments? Send them to my email at mc_rson@yahoo.com