Freddie Roach: record, next fight and profile →
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach was furious upon hearing the news that unbeaten heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller had failed a pre-fight drug test ahead of his scheduled title fight with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. The finding caused Miller to lose out on a $6 million payday with Joshua, which was scheduled for June 1 in New York.
Freddie Roach, the former trainer of Amir Khan, believes his former pupil is going to need a perfect performance in order to defeat WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford. Khan will challenge Crawford on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Tim Tszyu has the chance to achieve something his famous fighting father Kostya never did and has already been labelled a gun by the world's best known boxing trainer. The 24-year old No.15-rated IBF contender will challenge Victoria's Australian super welterweight champion Joel Camilleri at The Star in Sydney on May 15.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, who works with WBA "regular" welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, would love to see his boxer face the winner of this weekend's big showdown at 147-pounds. Four division world champion Mikey Garcia is moving up by two weight divisions to challenge IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence, and the contest takes at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Indian boxing sensation and undefeated super middleweight contender Vijender Singh is set to begin the next phase of his career with a new trainer — Hall of Famer Freddie Roach — in his corner. The 33-year-old Singh recently relocated his training base to Southern California to work with Roach, a 2012 International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) inductee.
Freddie Roach, who trains eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, is claiming that Floyd Mayweather and his handlers were well aware of the right shoulder injury that was suffered by Pacquiao in the weeks leading up to their 2015 clash.
WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez (23-1) returns to the ring in Fresno, Calif. on Sunday night in an ESPN televised main event. Standing across from him will be the hard hitting former title challenger Jose Zepeda (30-1).
Former world champion Jessie Vargas is eager and ready for a showdown with Kell Brook, who at one time held the IBF title at welterweight. Vargas has accepted terms for a fight with Brook on a date in April in the United States. As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Vargas is now being trained by Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach.
WBA "regular" super featherweight champion Alberto "El Explosivo" Machado said he was satisfied with the work done in the camp with Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California. Machado, who has an undefeated record of 21-0, with 17 wins by knockout, will defend his title this Saturday against Mexican slugger Andrew "El Chango" Cancio (19-4-2, 14 KO's).
Jessie Vargas has advised BoxingScene.com that he will now be training under the watchful eyes of Hall of Fame coach Freddie Roach. The former two-division champion previously was trained by Mike McCallum and before that worked with Roy Jones, Erik Morales and others.