Freddie Roach: "I want Amir to stay at 140 and beat Rios just for me"

If Amir does that I will start to like him because it will not only be for Roach it will be for me too. I hate that prick. I can imagine Roach all shaky doing to Rios something like this below: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <----this :haha:

Its a fight id like to see. Rios is dangerous but id favor a Khan wide UD.

Rios would KO Khan. He's got the weakest chin in boxing. Did anyone see the Maidana vs Khan fight? Brandon would surely finish Khan off if he ever had him hurt like that.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: FREDDIE ROACH By John McCormick JM: Amir Khan will be fighting Lamont Peterson this Saturday . How has the training camp been heading into this fight? Has it been any different from past training camps? Freddie Roach: "Yeah, it’s been a little bit different because Lamont is a big, strong guy. We’ve been using sparring partners that are a lot bigger than normal. We’ve been having really good sparring for this fight. I think it may be Amir’s toughest fight yet, so I’m glad we’ve had our toughest training camp so far." JM: What do you think of Peterson as a fighter? Freddie Roach: Lamont is strong inside the pocket; he’s a boxer/puncher. He’ll box until he gets hit and then ill exchange with you. He’s a tough guy. We’ve focused on boxing, using speed and distance, and not getting caught on the ropes, or caught on the pocket. We are not going to fight his fight. JM: Freddie, you are always very vocal about predictions for a fight so what’s your prediction for Saturday night? Freddie Roach: I have a lot of respect for Lamont. I have the better fighter though. I believe Amir will stop him in the later rounds. JM: Everyone wants to see Amir get in the ring with Timothy Bradley. How do you think that fight would play out? Freddie Roach: I was talking about that last night with the UK press. I told them we want Amir at 147, but Timothy Bradley is standing in our way. He talks the talk, and I would love to shut him up. He’s been outspoken about the fight, but wouldn’t sign the contract. I do think Bradley would be a very competitive fight for Amir, but Amir is a much better fighter than Bradley. I think Amir would destroy him, and then we can move up to 147. JM: Amir Khan has that one blemish on his record, a KO loss to Bredis Prescott. Since then, he’s showed tremendous improvement. Do you think that when Amir moves up to 147, his chin will be stronger or at even more of a risk then now? Freddie Roach: It was my decision to move him up from 135 to 140. The dehydration and the way he was killing himself to make 135 was weakening him. He’s developed into a more resilient fighter, when he fought Prescott; Amir was walking straight into his shots, and made a lot of fundamental mistakes. He doesn’t make those mistakes anymore. He listens to me very well, he’s a good student, and he works his ass off. I think Amir moving up to 147 will only make him stronger. JM: I know you were in New York City this past Saturday for the Cotto-Margarito rematch. On the undercard, Brandon Rios fought John Murray. Rios may now be moving up to 140 pounds. Besides Bradley, would you like Amir to stay at 140 to possibly fight Rios? Freddie Roach: Amir Khan will expose Brandon Rios at 140. I definitely want to see that fight. I want Amir to stay at 140 and beat Rios just for me. Brandon Rios made fun of me before with my Parkinson’s, and even though it was funny, I feel I was disrespected. Brandon is an exchange fighter. He doesn’t even know how to throw a feint, he has no game plan and you can tell. The fight the other night was just two guys in a ring swinging at each other. It was a good fight to watch. There was a lot of action with no skill. It seems as if his coach isn’t teaching him any skill. The same thing goes for Margarito; he follows Cotto all around the ring without cutting the ring off. I mean that is a fundamental skill in boxing. Amir Khan would destroy Brandon Rios. We’ll take that fight! JM: Freddie, what were your thoughts on Manny’s performance against Marquez a few weeks ago? Freddie Roach: It was a tough fight, and I thought Manny didn’t have a great night. These things do happen in boxing. Manny was looking sharp as usual, and I definitely thought we won the fight convincingly. I thought we won this one easier than the first two, to be honest. Marquez is a warrior, and I think if we fight him 20 times we will have the exact same outcome. JM: After the Marquez fight, a lot of people have started to say that Pacquiao would be easy work for Floyd Mayweather, based on his performance against Marquez. What are your thoughts on that? Freddie Roach: Styles make fights. Those three fighters’ styles aren’t the same. Floyd is a counter puncher, but a much different counter puncher than Marquez. I think Marquez takes many more chances than Floyd. I think Manny just had a bad night, but it may have helped us since I hear Floyd and Manny talks have started up again. So it’s a good thing. Floyd is a tough opponent, but I wouldn’t compare him to Marquez because he fights nothing like Marquez. JM: If a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight finally materializes this time, how would the preparation for Mayweather differ from the rest of Manny’s training camps? Freddie Roach: We have a pretty good game plan already. We were working on this game plan before because we thought the fight was going to happen a lot sooner than it has. I will bring in a whole new crew of sparring partners, guys that can imitate Floyd well. There isn’t a lot of guys in the world that are like Floyd, so it would be tough to find them. We would prepare for his counter punching ability, and his speed, which is maybe equal to Manny’s if not better. We will be motivated for this fight, that’s for sure. Who knows? Maybe we can have a trilogy. JM: What do you see in Floyd that Manny might be able to exploit? Freddie Roach: Well… I see that Floyd does have some bad habits that he does over, and over again. I think we can take advantage of those habits, but I probably can’t tell you about them right now. He does have some bad habits that can be exposed. He doesn’t fight southpaws that well, and he does have trouble with speed. We’ll have to be on top of our game to win this one, but that’s what this fight is about anyway. JM: Freddie, you said earlier that you have heard that negotiations for a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight have started once again. Any inside information that you can share with us? Freddie Roach: Nope, no inside information. I will say that the sooner is better for me though. I am a fight fan just like everyone else in the world. I like challenges, and this would be the biggest challenge I’ve faced as a trainer. I will come up with a game plan to beat this guy. I hope this fight happens soon. Boxing Talk .com BoxingScene is stealing your thread :sad6:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/titodasav/ad121bda.gif ^^ scumbag behaviour

I would put my money on Khan but I wouldn't be so easy to count Rios out. Pressure is something that can make anyone look bad and Rios can hurt Khan.

If Amir does that I will start to like him because it will not only be for Roach it will be for me too. I hate that prick. I can imagine Roach all shaky doing to Rios something like this below:

Very interesting read overall. I will say that along with some of you, the Rios-Khan fight isn't the worst idea ever. It's a pretty decent fight and there is quality back-story to keep both sides talking/selling the fight. I think a great three fight game-plan for Khan would be (assuming he beats Peterson, of course) that he takes on Rios at 140, Bradley at 140 and then moves up and possibly faces Guerrero at 147. All great fights with enough bad blood to really set Khan in the right direction. Now, he isn't guaranteed a win in any of his fights (including that fight with Peterson), I still wouldn't mind seeing those three fights even with him losing in one of those bouts.

Yea it was roach who dissed gracia first? Or did roach dissed rios and Marg first also?? As a trainer roach is suppose to give his opinion about other fighters when he is asked about them. Sometimes roach will praise that fighter and other times roach will exposed the flaws that fighter have, it's his job he is a trainer. Roach doesn't go talking about someone's personal life or health problems as a diss like some people do but yea I guess you're right roach is fair game???............Lets not pretend Roach is a normal trainer. "Floyds a coward" "Martinez is a no talent fighter who got knocked out by Margarito". Lets be real he talks a lot for a trainer. I admit Rios went overboard with the impression(it was in poor taste) but I also feel roach should be open for smack talk since he does it so much. Also i believe that incident started when Roach accused margarito of lying about the wraps and garcia as a poor coach for making a joke, then Margarito called manny a coward with rios doing the impression, followed by roach walking around with medieval gauntlets in an attempt to mock margarito. Hes a lite floyd mayweather senior when it comes to trash talk

Rios should fight Ortiz next year, that will be the grudge match and their styles match up well. Khan will just give Bam Bam a boxing lesson. Khan has bigger fish to fry at 147lbs, Roach should not hold Khan back just to satisfy his personal vendetta. And Marg was not making fun on Roach's parkinson's he was saying Pacquiao is scared

I dont like either but I tell you! I really dislike Rios! I cant wait to see him KTFO! Ill love to see Khan beat on his head and outbox him. Make him look like the clown he is!

Khan schools him.

The irony is if I was to predict two fighters in boxing that are most likely to develop Parkinson’s once they retire it would be Rios and Margarito who are both walking heavy bags.

Khan would box Rios's ears off, Rios is a slow come forward plodder I would like the fight because Khan gets to take the 0 of a young fighter but in all honesty it would end up a one sided affair and we all know Bob is not going to let GBP rising star take the 0 of either Rios or Bradley.

LMFAO @ Roach still mad about Bam Bam fuckin with him. Yes, Brandon lacks skill but Khan lacks heart and has no chin! War Bam Bam! Get it done! Khan lacks heart? Give me one example of Khan ever showing a lack of heart inside a boxing ring?

rios is the most overrated boxer right now and everything roach said is what i've been saying all along, the guy has zero fundamental skills, zero defense.. amir khan would destroy him... also rios, to me, has never given an honest apology about making fun of roach's disease, that was a low blow but it told me alot about rios's chracter I know some people are gonna be pissed at me for this but I feel that once Roach opens his mouth and talks ****, (thinking hes off limits because of his disease) hes fair game.

Assuming Rios gets his fat ass in the gym and comes in healthy unlike the fight against Murry, he knocks Khan out. Khan had a hard time with Maidana..... a guy who didn't really hurt a retired Morales. Rios power is in a different level and so is his skill when he isn't dehydrated. It would be way to risky a fight for Khan. He is the favorite but his chin isn't exactly stout and he does get hit. Personally I think Freddie just called Rios out because he knos Khan is GBP and the chance of this happening is slim to none.

i've only seen about one minute of a round of one of rios' fights, and im pretty confident amir destroys him, stopping him somewhere between the 7-10 rds

It's funny that he mentions Margarito not cutting off the ring? what about pacquiao against mosley?

This fight would be ****ing sick, it would be a potential classic. You got rios looking to take Khan's head off and with all the possiblity of doing that, then you got Amir khan with his lightning speed and silky skills trying to hurt rios...get it made!