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Zab Judah: "When I went in against Matthysse, me and my team knew that I was going to beat him. Golden Boy thought I was going to be a stepping stone, so they sacrificed one of their pawns. Now they're going to come back and sacrifice one of their queens. It's check mate baby, you know it is!"
The world's leading trainer, Freddie Roach, believes David Haye can defeat Wladimir Klitschko if he "undermines his confidence early in the contest" when the two world heavyweight champions collide in Hamburg in 10 days' time.
Trainer Freddie Roach is not expecting a long fight when Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KOs) faces Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KOs) in a junior welterweight unification bout on July 23 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Judah is the most experienced opponent of Khan's career and a two division champion, but Roach expects Khan to put on one of the best performances of his career by stopping Judah in the early rounds of the fight.
Trainer Freddie Roach, speaking to The Daily Telegraph, gave his opinion on why WBA champion David Haye is great for the heavyweight. Haye faces WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko on July 2 in Hamburg. Roach feels the Klitschko brothers are boring figthers who are not risktakers.
Trainer Freddie Roach is planning to urge Manny Pacquiao to knock Juan Manuel Marquez out on November 12. Speaking with OnTheGrind Boxing Radio, Roach discussed his unhappiness with Pacquiao's lack of killer instinct in his last couple of performances. He feels Pacquiao is being too compassionate to his opponents.
Trainer Freddie Roach believes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be preparing for an expected fight against Manny Pacquiao. Earlier this week Mayweather announced a planned return on September 17 against WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz. In the opinion of Roach, Mayweather picked Ortiz because he believes his southpaw style would help him get ready for a showdown with Pacquiao.
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez continues to train for the first defense of his junior middleweight world championship middleweight (WBC). He goes up against the British southpaw Ryan Rhodes, on June 18 at the arena VFG of Tlajomulco, Jalisco. Alvarez's manager, José Chepo Reynoso, said hall-of-fame trainer Freddie Roach disrespected his boxer with some of his recent comments.
Pleased as punch. That’s an accurate way to describe Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. promoter Bob Arum’s Sunday brunch mood in Los Angeles, where on Saturday night the 25 year old son of Mexico’s great ring legend did rise to the occasion with a thin but convincing WBC middleweight title victory over light hitting champion, Sebasatian Zbik.
Since we are just a Manny Pacquiao signature away from his third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez, it's a good time to quickly look back at the first two. In the first one in May 2004, Marquez got up from three first-round knockdowns to earn a draw, Marquez thus retaining his two featherweight belts. They fought again in March 2008 and Pacquiao won a split decision and took Marquez's super featherweight title.
Undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik defends his title against undefeated Julio César Chávez, Jr. in the main event of “The Son Also Rises,” this Saturday night at STAPLES Center. The fight will be televised live on HBO, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)