Any footage of Freddie Roach boxing??

[Dimebar]

I was watching Chris Eubank against Gary Stretch on Channel Five this morning (oh the memories, the celebrity turn-out was insane) and Barry McGuigan (commentating) said about Roach being one of the best featherweights and super-featherweights in the world in his time (Roach was in Stretch's corner)..

I want to see what he was like. Does anyone know?

[Yogi]

I was around, and can remember seeing Roach on a couple of occasions, and I honestly don't remember him as being much beyond a rugged, game, and workmanlike trialhorse type (fringe contender at the very, very best, though I personally don't recall him ever featuring in any publication's ratings), who, if my recollections of his fights are accurate, was prone to getting cut up some.

He had a crowd pleasing style, and while he had a boxing career he can be very proud, it'd be a great exageration calling him "one of the best" of his time.

[abdiel2k3]

seen couple clips of him
the name micky ward comes to mind

[Mistadobalina]

you really should find some of his fights, they are very action packed and well worth the search. he was goofy looking, but an incredible blood n guts fighter.

[Keleneki]

Roach was fun to watch back in the day when ESPN had boxing on, if I recall correctly, Thurdays. Those were the days, watching some great prospects and up-and-comers, with guys like Roach, Meekins, Brazier, Pendleton, Nunn and many others. Whether they made it to the top or not, what great fun.

[Derranged_]

I just looked up Freddie Roach on boxrec and not sure if I picked the right fighter. Was his career record 39-13 and his nickname "La Cucaracha?"

[Derranged_]

I just googles "Freddie Roach" and somewhere it says that he's developed "Pugilistic Parkinson's Syndrone" from his career as a boxer. Is this true? I've never heard anything about that before.

[Toller]

Yeah sadly it's true, they talked quite a lot about it in 24/7

[Derranged_]

Yeah sadly it's true, they talked quite a lot about it in 24/7

I haven't seen too many interviews with him but from what I've seen he seems to be in good shape. What kind of symptoms does he exihibit?

[BodyHead Banger]

Yeah, I think Freddie said he has tremors, and at times can't control parts of his body.

Isn't that kind of like what Ali has?