Freddie Roach: record, next fight and profile →
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is very interested in the overall outcome of the upcoming rematch between IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz and challenger Anthony Joshua. The second fight takes place on December 7th in Saudi Arabia.
LOS ANGELES - Freddie Roach and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. are back together again following a yearslong split. The trainer parted ways with the fighter following Chavez Jr.’s lack of dedication and commitment to training following the 2012 bout with Sergio Martinez. Chavez Jr.’s waning work ethic was the center of discussion, and even documented on HBO programming during that era, as he would bail on Roach during training sessions for as many as 30 times that camp.
Former world bantamweight champion Luis 'Pantera' Nery will not train with Eddy Reynoso as he planned to do a few weeks ago. He will now train with renowned coach Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California. Nery is scheduled to return to the ring on November 23 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Slick. Crafty. Clever — kind of like Willie Pep. Those are just some of the words and phrases Freddie Roach uses to describe Narek Abgaryan, the newest fighter that is training under his tutelage. Abgaryan, (12-0, 5 KOs) a 27-year-old Armenian bantamweight, arrived at the Wild Card Boxing gym in Los Angeles in June and in short order caught his coach’s eye.
By Manouk Akopyan - Freddie Roach built the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Calif. because he never knew when the next Muhammad Ali would walk through his doors. In 2001, a little-known Filipino named Manny Pacquiao wandered into his gym looking for guidance. Roach hardly knew of Pacquiao even though the fi...
Could there be trouble brewing between the co-trainers of World Boxing Association welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao? According to the Manila Bulletin, there appears to be an internal rumble shaking up between Freddie Roach and Buboy Fernandez. The two trainers recently worked side by side, to prepare Pacquiao for his spectacular twelve round decision win over Keith Thurman at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, who works with WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, is still crossing his fingers that Floyd Mayweather will come out of retirement for a high stakes rematch between the two.
Freddie Roach, trainer for eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, believes his boxer's recent performance may have scared off Floyd Mayweather. This past Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Mayweather sat ringside and watched Pacquiao pick up a twelve round split decision to capture the WBA welterweight title from undefeated Keith Thurman.
Freddie Roach, the longtime trainer of eight division champion Manny Pacquiao, says the superstar boxer will be the one to decide his fighting future. This past Saturday night, Pacquiao - now 40-years-old - turned back the clock on his career, with a very impressive twelve round decision victory over Keith Thurman to capture the WBA welterweight title at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is confident that Manny Pacquiao would knock Floyd Mayweather out if a rematch took place. The two superstars were trading words on social media on Tuesday night. Mayweather won a twelve round unanimous decision over Pacquiao in May of 2015.