Roach: Khan Would Love The Mayweather-Ortiz Winner
Amir Khan will be ready to face Floyd Mayweather after just one more fight, according to trainer Freddie Roach.
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Roach: I Told Amir in The Fifth, Zab is Looking For Help
Las Vegas, Nevada - Trainer Freddie Roach is buying any of the excuses that are coming from former world champion Zab Judah, who claims WBA/IBF champion Amir Khan stopped him on Saturday night with an illegal low blow. Based on what Roach was able to see at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Judah was starting to fall apart and looking for a way out in the fifth round.
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Photos: Amir Khan Training, Cracks Roach on The Chin
LAS VEGAS, NV - WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is getting in some final training at the IBA gym. Khan prepares for Saturday's unification against IBF champion Zab Judah at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. During some work with the pads, Khan's trainer Freddie Roach appears to have not been quick enough and got checked on the chin. Not first time or the last time, that Roach has been caught. The trainer has said that his other fast-handed boxer, Manny Pacquiao, caught him a few times over the years.
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Roach Wants Khan To Face Bradley, Then Mayweather
Freddie Roach, trainer of WBA 140-pound champion Amir Khan, wants his boxer to clean out the junior welterweight division, and then move up to welterweight to face Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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Roach Calls Out Antonio Tarver, Says Kayode Isn’t Green
Mere moments after 42-year-old Antonio Tarver captured the IBO cruiserweight title by stopping Danny Green in nine rounds, the team for unbeaten WBA No. 1/WBO No. 3/IBF No. 5 Lateef "Power" Kayode let it be known that they want the “Magic Man” from Orlando next.
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Roach: 100%, Pacquiao Has to Beat Marquez With a KO
Trainer Freddie Roach has yet to watch last Saturday's junior welterweight bout between Juan Manuel Marquez and Likar Ramos - but he's heard a lot about it - and none of feedback has been positive. Marquez stopped Ramos in the first round with a single punch, which didn't appear to land that flush. Questions have been raised as to whether or not Ramos took a dive and simply arrived that night to collect an easy paycheck. Ramos had a delayed reaction to the punch and once he hit the floor he was laid out, eyes closed and motionless, for several minutes.
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DiBella Rips Freddie Roach: He's Terrified For Chavez Jr.
Promoter Lou DiBella erupted over the comments that were made by trainer Freddie Roach, who in a recent interview criticized the boxing ability, and the actual worth, of middleweight king Sergio Martinez. Roach wants to match his unbeaten super middleweight Peter Quillin against Martinez. DiBella says it's ironic that Roach would offer up Quillin, but refuses to allow Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to defend his WBC middleweight title against Martinez. The WBC ordered Chavez to defend his belt against Martinez, the mandatory challenger, by March of next year.
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Team Martinez Blast Roach: Quilin Who? Bring Pacquiao!
Sampson Lewkowicz, adviser to WBC middleweight Diamond champion Sergio Martinez, fired off a few verbal bombs at top boxing trainer Freddie Roach. Lewkowicz was offended by some of Roach's comments in a recently published interview, where the trainer questioned the worth and the boxing ability of Martinez. Roach wants to match his undefeated middleweight Peter Quillin against Martinez, but that fight won't happen in the near future, says Lewkowicz.
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Roach Not Impressed With Sergio Martinez, Boasts Quillin
Trainer Freddie Roach spoke with the Grand Rapids Press about one of his new boxers, undefeated middleweight contender Peter Quillin (24-0, 18KOs), who steps in the ring on the Amir Khan-Zab Judah undercard on July 23 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The current king of the middleweights is Sergio Martinez. Roach questions the impressive record of Martinez, and welcomes an immediate fight with Quillin. Martinez returns to action on October 1 against Darren Barker.
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Freddie Roach Gives His Opinion on Williams vs Lara
Trainer Freddie Roach has no stake in Erislandy Lara or Paul Williams, so it was interesting to hear his perspective on last Saturday's controversial fight, where Williams was awarded a twelve round majority decision win at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
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