Freddie Roach: record, next fight and profile →
Last week, Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach stated in an interview that he could see his star fighter, WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, move up in weight to challenge one of the best fighters at the higher weights.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach had trained heavyweight great Mike Tyson at the tail-end of his career. When Tyson was getting himself ready to fight Clifford Etienne in early 2003, Roach remember that he was very injury prone. Tyson retired from the sport in 2005, after getting stopped by heavyweight journeyman Kevin McBride.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach has presided over eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao’s career for the better parts of two decades. At the age of 41, Roach said Pacquiao could be eyeing a title in a record ninth division against one of boxing’s all-time great middleweights.
Boxing manager Ryan Roach is the latest member of New England's first family of boxing to be actively involved in the industry. Roach, naturally, understands his last name translates into instant respect, credibility, and automatically doors open. However, he is determined to establish his own identity and make a name for himself, rather than ride the coattails of his famous uncle, 7-time Trainer of the Year and Hall of Famer Freddie Roach.
Hall of Fame Freddie Roach would not advise former world champion Deontay Wilder to take an immediate rematch with Tyson Fury. Last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Fury captured the WBC heavyweight title when he stopped Wilder in the seventh round of their rematch. The first bout, in December 2018, ended in a controversial twelve round split draw.
Aaron and Stevie McKenna have teamed up with one of the most respected and well known trainers on the planet. The Los Angeles-based Irish siblings have joined the famous Wild Card Gym and will work under Freddie Roach moving forward.
Freddie Roach will never forget the excitement Manny Pacquiao displayed the day Kobe Bryant came to Roach’s gym to meet the Filipino superstar. Pacquiao loves basketball, has played the sport professionally and owns a team in his native country and is a huge fan of Bryant, the late Lakers legend who died January 26 in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Bryant visited Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club in West Hollywood, California, during the fall of 2011.
Scott Quigg is back working with Joe Gallagher after the pair split three years ago. The former WBA 'regular' super-bantamweight champion left the Manchester man in February 2017 and elected to head Stateside to team up with Freddie Roach in Los Angeles.
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is predicting a much better future for himself, after years of turmoil in his career. Chavez Jr. has been training with Hall of Fame coach Freddie Roach, as he prepares for what he calls the "biggest fight of his career" against fellow former world champion Daniel Jacobs on December 20th in Arizona.
Roach, Booker T, Mares, Schaefer Discuss Wilder-Ortiz II - Boxing's longest reigning heavyweight champion, WBC titlist Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder,and hard-hitting Cuban slugger Luis "King Kong" Ortiz went face to face at the final press conference Thursday before they rematch in the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event this Saturday, November 23 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (photos by Stephanie Trapp, Ryan Hafey)