was Freddie roach known in the boxing world before manny ?

[southpaw103]

curios i mean hes suppose to be one of the best

[-Antonio-]

He trained James Toney during his cruiser weight run, and Tyson for a brief stint. He and Toney had a lot of success together.

[SAN D13GO VILLAN]

I remeber him and hames toney, he was also Israel Vasquez trainer.

[hectari]

He trained Virgil hill to a championship when he took over for Eddie Futch, he also helped train Marlon Starling, he trained Johnny Tapia, Gerry Penalosa (Penalosa was first trained by roy Jones jr's father years ago in Florida), Klitschkos, Tyson, he was the trainer who trained James Toney during his comeback revival when many thought Toney was washed up and overweight and took him to wins over Jirov and Holyfield.

This is all before he blew up big time with Pacman.

[Randomum]

He also trained Bernard Hopkins for a brief period as well.

[Pete Nice]

He trained De la Hoya for the Floyd fight.

[Pete Nice]

I think he got started training the actor Mickey Rourke for his brief boxing run back in the day around the same time as Virgil Hill. I'm sure just being associated with Mickey at that point was a pretty big deal.

[Trenchant]

He was definitely a good accomplished trainer before he met Manny.

[Ray Corso]

Yes he was known in boxing before Pacman. Ray.

[Pete Nice]

That gym space in Hollywood can't be cheap.