Video: Freddie Roach Talks Pacquiao, Cotto, Shiming
Luis Sandoval catches up with trainer Freddie Roach to discuss a variety of topics, including Manny Pacquiao's fight with Brandon Rios and more.
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Roach on Ariza: Nobody Really Gets Along With This Guy
Over the past few weeks, trainer Freddie Roach was able to reconnect with his star fighter Manny Pacquiao during a seven-city international press tour ahead of the Filipino icon’s forthcoming clash with Brandon Rios. Roach was ringside inside of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this past December when Pacquiao was knocked out in brutal fashion from a picturesque right hand delivered by Juan Manuel Marquez in the sixth round of their welterweight encounter. So chilling was Pacquiao’s knockout loss, that everyone seems to be wondering how the 34-year old will recover. We will find out when Pacquiao faces Rios in Macau, China on Nov. 23 and Roach insists he still sees the Manny of old when around his fighter and friend.
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Photos: Pacquiao Pays Cotto a Surprise Visit at Wild Card
"SURPRISE VISIT" --- Superstar Manny Pacquiao (R) makes a surprise visit to the Wildcard Boxing Club in Hollywood, Ca. to wish good luck to three-time world champion Miguel Cotto (L). Cotto is finishing up the first week of training with his new trainer Freddie Roach for his upcoming 12-round super welterweight battle against current top-five contender Delvin Rodriguez. Pacquiao fought and stopped Cotto in the twelfth round of their 2009 bout.
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Roach is Pleased With Miguel Cotto's Early Progress
Trainer Freddie Roach has started working with his latest client, former three-division champion Miguel Cotto, earlier this week as the Puerto Rican began training for an Oct. 5 date against Delvin Rodriguez in Orlando, Fl. “We’ve had four days at my gym and everything is going really, really well,” Roach stated of his early work with Cotto inside of his Wild Card gym in Los Angeles. “Yesterday we had our best day,” stated Roach. “[We] are starting to click with each other. We’re getting to know each other and I love working with new guys like that. He’s a very talented guy and it’s going great so far.” Roach was actually already very aware of Cotto's abilities well before they linked up, as he was standing in the corner appositive of him in Nov. 2009, as he helped guide Pacquiao towards a commanding 12th round TKO victory against him.
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Roach: If Marquez Doesn't Fight Us, Then He's a P*ssy!
When Manny Pacquiao faces Brandon Rios on November 23rd he will be fighting to keep his career a float and erasing the memory of him being knocked out cold almost a year ago at the hands of longtime rival Juan Manuel Marquez. The knockout loss has been a focal point throughout the international press tour for Pacquiao-Rios and according to trainer Freddie Roach, it’s a loss they still want to avenge. In fact, Roach said he’d prefer to fight Marquez instead of Floyd Mayweather when asked which fight he’d like should they be victorious over Rios.
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Koncz: Manny Pacquiao Supported Roach's Firing of Ariza
Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz has claimed that the “Fighter of the Decade” had met with trainer Freddie Roach and agreed to the celebrated trainer’s decision to fire strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza. In an overseas telephone conversation with BoxingScene.com/Manila Standard which broke the story after Ariza told us he doesn’t work for Roach so there’s no way he can fire him, Koncz said he was there when Pacquiao and Roach met in Macau to discuss his preparation for the showdown with Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios and Pacquiao agreed that Freddie “is in charge of the training camp and whatever Freddie wants Manny is in support of.”
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Ariza Reacts: Roach Can't Fire Me, I Don't Work For Him!
Manny Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza has clarified reports that trainer Freddie Roach has fired him, insisting that Roach can’t fire someone who doesn’t work for him. Boxingscene.com reported it was Pacquiao who made the statement during an ESPN show on Monday in answer to a listener’s question whether he would work with Ariza for his Nov. 24 Macau showdown with Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios. Pacquiao answered ,” No, Freddie fired Alex.” In an overseas telephone conversation with BoxingScene.com/Manila Standard from Mexico where he is working with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr mwho is getting ready for a super middleweight fight against Brian Vera on September 7.
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Rios Has Moved Past The Roach Video Controversy
Former champion Brandon Rios is not paying any attention to the past controversy connected to a video where he mocked the health of trainer Freddie Roach. Back in 2010, in the build to Manny Pacquiao's fight with Antonio Margarito, a video surfaced where Rios, trainer Robert Garcia and Margarito were mocking Roach's physical mannersisms related to his battle with Parkinson's disease. When Rios' fight with Pacquiao was first announced a few weeks ago, for November 23rd in Macau, Roach reflected on the video and said Pacquiao was going to punish Rios for his past deed.
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Manny Pacquiao Says Freddie Roach Fired Alex Ariza
The fragile professional partnership between Manny Pacquiao and Alex Ariza apparently has been broken. Pacquiao stated during a “Live Nation” chat on Monday that trainer Freddie Roach has “fired” Ariza, with whom Roach has always had a contentious relationship. Rumors of Ariza’s departure from Pacquiao’s camp have long swirled, but Ariza always overcame Roach’s very public disapproval of the outspoken strength and conditioning coach being a part of Team Pacquiao.
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Roach: No Way in The World Does Rios Beat Pacquiao!
Veteran trainer Freddie Roach doesn't see any possibility that Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38KOs) will lose to Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23KOs) on November 23rd at the Cotai Arena in the Venetian Resort in Macau, China. If Pacquiao actually does lose, Roach will push him to retire. Rios, fighting at 147-pounds for the first time in his career, is looking for a war, and that is exactly what Roach wants. If Rios wants to bang away, Roach predicts pain and punishment will come his way.
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