Comments Thread For: Freddie Roach: Canelo vs. Clottey is a Good Fight

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Freddie Roach, trainer of WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, sees nothing wrong with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs) potentially facing former champion Joshua Clottey (38-4, 22KOs) in the fall. Team Canelo confirmed last week that Clottey was the leading candidate to face Canelo in the fall.

A mega-match between Cotto and Canelo is likely for the first half of 2015. Cotto was initially scheduled to fight on December 13th, but took a pass on the match because Roach will be unavailable for the majority of his training camp. Roach will be in the Philippines training Manny Pacquiao for his November 22 defense against Chris Algieri.
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[Bronx2245]

Good answer Freddie! What else can we expect him to say? Manny is fighting Chris Algeri, so what would Freddie look like criticizing opponents?

[Rip Chudd]

No Freddie, it's not

[Deevel916]

How is fighting a guy who hasnt been relevent since 2010 a "good fight"?

[Kagami Taiga]

It's not a bad tube up fight but that's about all its worth.

[The Big Dunn]

In 2010 yeah it was.

Clottey should market himself as the "African piñata" for this fight.

[Deevel916]

It's not a bad tube up fight but that's about all its worth.

Why does Canelo need a "tune up fight"? He's been active. Its not as if he's had a long layoff.

[icha]

Why does Canelo need a "tune up fight"? He's been active. Its not as if he's had a long layoff.

more like a stay busy fight for his cotto clash...

[Deevel916]

more like a stay busy fight for his cotto clash...

So long as its for a Cotto clash then its acceptable. Still doesnt make it a "good fight" though.

[icha]

So long as its for a Cotto clash then its acceptable. Still doesnt make it a "good fight" though.

i know i was hoping for kirkland since im going to watch it live at the alamodome... already had canelo-trout i guess we wont get kirk, but oh well, one can only hope...