Amir Khan's trainer, Freddie Roach, is suing Paulie Malignaggi, the Briton's opponent here tomorrow night, for implying that the World Boxing Association light-welterweight champion might be using performance-enhancing drugs.
The New York challenger has pointed the finger at Khan's training partner, Manny Pacquiao, and the Bolton fighter has claimed that the allegation implies guilt by association.
"Amir and Manny work with me and my trainers," Roach said. "I know what goes on in my gym and I've had enough of this rubbish. That's why we've issued a libel suit. Paulie brought it up that Amir might be on something because he trains with us. My guys are clean. It's an insult because the success of my fighters is down to hard work."
Khan, who is normally unruffled by pre-fight hype, said: "Malignaggi kept asking pointedly why my body has changed since I've been over here. These people do not realise the work Manny and me put into it. They disrespect the phenomenal training it takes to do the job I do.
"I take in five to six thousand calories of the right stuff a day. It takes hours and hours of training every day to work that off, so that even between fights I never walk around more than seven pounds over the 10st light-welterweight limit.
"Drugs? These people don't get it. It's not even about muscle. I've got less of that now than when I turned pro. I'm so fit that I'm punching harder than ever. The benefits come in the fights. I know I'm ready for more than 12 rounds. The fights are easier than the training. I've always had the heart to dig deep when necessary but now I use my head as well. In my four fights with Freddie so far, I've come on a ton both physically and mentally."
The conditioner and nutritionist Alix Ariza said: "It's just nonsense. Everything we use is legal. These guys just work incredibly hard. That's where they get their strength and power from."
Malignaggi said: "I made my comments and I stand by my comments. I never said Amir was a cheater – it never came out of my mouth.
"Somebody asked me a question, did it cross your mind, have you thought about it, being as he has the same team around him. I said I'd be lying if it never crossed my mind. But he hasn't given me any right to think that."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/may/13/amir-khan-freddie-roach
This is a cynical move by Roach because of the timing. The build up to the Khan fight. It is tmed to destableise Malignaggi's mind. I think the Peeping Tom Perv comments have had an effect on Khan and Roach is behaving like an old tart lashing out. I used to like Roach but he is really coming over as cock recently.
Says the trainer who has trained a guy on roids before, and has a guy who refuses to take any kind of legit test.
Either he's full of shit and knows his guys are on roids, or he has no clue what goes on in his gym or what his fighters are doing when he's not around.
I think he's full of shit and is using this as a defense mechanism and a way to affect Paulie mentally.
Roach is turning into a joke and I've lost so much respect for him over the last 6 months.
What happened to Roach?
He used to be a good trainer now he just talks shit and throws a bitch tantrum whenever anyone talks about his fighters. He just needs to accept that until Pacquiao takes the drug test there will always be doubts as to whether he is clean.
There never were any doubts until Mayweather found an excuse to bitch out of a fight...
man people have short memories
is everyone already forgetting that a roach fighter, james toney, was caught taking drugs???
roach and his camp and a bunch of lying bitches and i hope something bad happens to roach that forces him into an early retirement
i better watch my mouth though, or they might sue me!
Mannn if he sues, then Khan and Pac better take the blood tests then. Toney got caught doing roids whilst training with Roach, soooo, evidence kinda against Roach without the hard concrete evidence of blood tests.
Problem with that logic is Ariza and Teri Tom are responsible for Khan and Manny's conditioning. Toney never trained with Ariza. Roach doesn't even know that Manny never got immunizations.
Mannn if he sues, then Khan and Pac better take the blood tests then. Toney got caught doing roids whilst training with Roach, soooo, evidence kinda against Roach without the hard concrete evidence of blood tests.
Sue all those motherf****s. There's gotta be an end to this.
People are going to speak their mind regardless of a lawsuit. Besides, how much are YOU getting out of a lawsuit?
Yeah, because roids cure Alzheimer's. Idiot!
When did Roach get Alzheimer's? That's news. Perhaps that's why team Pac keeps contradicting themselves. Roach forgets all his excuses, and has to fabricate new ones. :thinking:
What happened to Roach?
He used to be a good trainer now he just talks shit and throws a bitch tantrum whenever anyone talks about his fighters. QUOTE]
Roid Rage.
Hahahahahahaha. Seriously though he talks so much shit now
And he never used to......