Freddie Roach: record, next fight and profile →
So who does trainer Freddie Roach prefer to have Manny Pacquiao face in his return to the ring in 2016? ''(Juan Manuel) Marquez,"answered Roach. The only problem is Marquez has made statements that he simply has no interest in a fifth go-around with 'the Pac Man'.
Last week in the private downstairs portion of the Wild Card Boxing Club, renowned trainer, Freddie Roach, was working with a new boxer - former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, who spent four days with Roach. "It was a trial run," explained Roach. "(Pascal) wanted to come to see me, how it was here. I offered him to spar with Denis Lebedev who's getting ready for his next fight, they can help each other."
Trainer Freddie Roach is not worried in the least, as WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33KOs) gears up for his very anticipated title defense against Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (45-1-1, 32KOs) on November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Canelo is younger, some believe to be bigger and growing in stature. Cotto is feeling a career turnaround after hooking up with Roach in early 2013.
Trainer Freddie Roach is hoping five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) continues to fight. Mayweather announced his retirement following the September 12th twelve round decision victory over Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Roach admits to having selfish reasons for wanting Mayweather to stick around - because Roach wants WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto to get a second shot at Mayweather's undefeated record.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is getting ready for the most anticipated fight of the fall, when one of his star boxers, WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33KOs) of Puerto Rico, will defend his world title against Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The World Boxing Council has already ordered the Cotto-Canelo winner to make a mandatory defense against the winner of next month's unification between WBA/IBO champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (33-0, 30KOs) and IBF champion David Lemieux.
In preparation for his October 3 battle with Lucas "La Máquina" Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) for the vacant WBC World Super Lightweight Championship, Viktor "The Iceman" Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) hosted a Los Angeles media workout at Wild Card Gym with his trainer Freddie Roach. In the co-main event on Oct. 3, former three-division world champion Humberto "La Zorrita" Soto (65-8-2, 35 KOs) of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico will take on undefeated contender Antonio "Relentless" Orozco of San Diego, Calif. in a career defining 10-round super lightweight showdown.
Freddie Roach, trainer of WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33KOs), is paying no attention to odds that have Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (45-1-1, 32KOs) as the betting favorite to beat his fighter on November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Roach is very confident that his fighter will turn away the younger man. How confident? He plans to stake both of his homes on a Cotto victory at 3-1 odds.
Freddie Roach has warned that he would absolutely ask Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38KOs) to retire - if the Filipino star struggles in his next scheduled fight. Pacquiao has been out of the ring since the May 2nd twelve round decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Pacquiao suffered what was initially claimed to be a serious right shoulder injury during the fight. Questions have been raised as to the seriousness of the injury with Pacquiao not taking his post-surgery rehabilitation as seriously as his team wants him to.
LOS ANGELES - On October 3, one the most exciting fighters and fearsome punchers in boxing, Lucas "La Máquina" Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) will take on the dangerous and undefeated Viktor "The Iceman" Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) for the vacant WBC World Super Lightweight Championship at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Arano Box Promotions, Top Rank, Inc. and ELITE Boxing Promotion, the championship event will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum says unbeaten former champion Danny Garcia (31-0, 18KOs) is not an option for Manny Pacquiao's comeback fight in early 2016. Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach is very much in favor of his fighter taking on Garcia and calls it a "very easy" fight for the Filipino star. Roach has Garcia at the top his hit list. Arum has other plans for his fighter.