Comments Thread For: Roach: With Me, Povetkin Would've Beaten Klitschko!

[beez721]

Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach believes that he has the perfect strategy to defeat heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko (62-3, 52 KOs). Last year, Klitschko was challenged by mandatory contender Alexander Povetkin (27-1, 19 KOs) in a battle of Olympic gold medal winners.

Roach received a good offer to head over to Moscow to train Povetkin for the fight, but he passed on the opportunity because he was hired by Miguel Cotto to train him for a fight with Delvin Rodriguez in Florida - and both fights took place on the same October date.
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my god,,,roach and mayweather sr are the two most arrogant and ****iest trainors in boxing. all they do is talk crap. there is nothing roach could have taught povetkin to beat wlad. wlad was just way too big,, strong and experienced for povetkin

[Weebler I]

my god,,,roach and mayweather sr are the two most arrogant and ****iest trainors in boxing. all they do is talk crap. there is nothing roach could have taught povetkin to beat wlad. wlad was just way too big,, strong and experienced for povetkin

Wlad should've been DQ'd, and that's just being honest.

[beez721]

He was a joke in that fight. I'm not sure what Roach could have done other than to tell Povetkin to hit Wlad low to prevent his holding.

the ironic thing is wlad made it harder than it had to be with all his clinching. he actually hurt povetkin at will and literally held him up from falling a couple times with clinches. that fight has always left me scratching my head. don't know what the hell wlad was thinking that night. terrible gameplan

[beez721]

Wlad should've been DQ'd, and that's just being honest.

he should have been warned and then dq'd if he continued with it. my hunch is that wlad wouldn't have kept fouling if he was warned. the ref was every bit as guilty as wlad for letting him get away with it. I agree that wlad was awful that night and I almost dropped him as a fan

[anonymous2.0]

Has Roach ever trained a heavyweight before?

[Weebler I]

the ironic thing is wlad made it harder than it had to be with all his clinching. he actually hurt povetkin at will and literally held him up from falling a couple times with clinches. that fight has always left me scratching my head. don't know what the hell wlad was thinking that night. terrible gameplan

I wouldn't mind seeing a rematch with a fairer ref but it will probably never happen.

[LA_2_Vegas]

Has Roach ever trained a heavyweight before?

yeah he worked with HW Toney and also Tyson for a short time, those two come to mind. I'm sure there have been others

[LA_2_Vegas]

The ref was bad, Wlad was bad, but Povetkin didn't endear himself either..he didn't fight his way out of the clinch as hard as I expected. That was key because he was the one with the inside game. He lacked urgency and I guess Roach probably could help him in that area. Either way Povetkin is still a real good HW

[HEND]

Yeah likeKameda beat Ortiz I guess... Just retire already you laughing-stock, nobody takes your stuck up talk serious everybody is laughing at it. Not because it's so original but because it's so pathetic and woeful.

[Tobi.G]

Does Roach really believe he could get Povetkin ready to beat Klitschko in just one training-camp? OMG the guy is full of it! Hes a verry good trainer but no magician.