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Virgil Hunter, the head trainer for WBO, WBA, IBF light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs), feels confident that his fighter would have been able to stop Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs) - if last Saturday's fight would played out on the inside.
Trainer Freddie Roach openly admits that he's not the biggest fan of having Manny Pacquiao take on Terence Crawford. Crawford (29-0, 20KOs), the current WBO/WBC junior welterweight champion, is viewed by most experts - including Roach - as a big threat to Pacquiao.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is ready to do whatever is necessary to get Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) in the ring for a rematch with Manny Pacquiao.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach was not satisfied with Saturday's performance by Manny Pacquiao. The Filipino star returned for the first time since his April trilogy win over Timothy Bradley, and he captured the WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas with a dominating twelve round unanimous decision at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Freddie Roach, who trains eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38KOs), rejected the idea of facing two-time Olympic gold medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4KOs) at the lightweight limit of 135-pounds.
Abel Sanchez, the trainer for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs), is not convinced that mandatory challenger Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs) will be their next opponent. The fight was targeted for December 10th in New York City. Because they were unable to reach an agreement in time, the fight was pushed back to the first quarter of 2017.
In the early part of his boxing career, Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26KOs) was trained by Abel Sanchez. The relationship didn't last too long. They eventually parted ways after a little more than a year. Kovalev would go on to hire John David Jackson as his new trainer.
Earlier this week, Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach was in full agreement with Bob Arum's idea for 2017 - to make a dream fight between Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38KOs) vs. Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4KOs).
Trainer Robert Garcia is hoping that we finally see a battle between former champions Brandon Rios (33-3-1, 24KOs) and Victor Ortiz (31-6-2, 24KOs).
While Ringstar Sports CEO Richard Schaefer is confidently picking Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs) to beat WBA/WBC/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) next September - he also believes the hard puncher from Kazakhstan deserves a fair monetary split.