Freddie Roach: record, next fight and profile →
Former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) started his training on Monday for his upcoming bout, on June 7 at Madison Square Garden in New York where he will be challenging the WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs). Cotto traveled last Saturday to Los Angeles to join his trainer, Freddie Roach, on Monday at the Wild Card Boxing Gym to began with their preparation.
Trainer Freddie Roach will be a very happy camper if Manny Pacquiao knocks out undefeated WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley on April 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. In June of 2012, Bradley captured his WBO crown with a controversial twelve round split decision over Pacquiao. During the entire pre-fight festivities, Bradley has maintained that Pacquiao "lost his killer instinct." Pacquiao has not been able to end a fight within the distance since a 2009 twelve round TKO win over Miguel Cotto.
Freddie Roach, who trains Manny Pacquiao, feels a potential fight will Floyd Mayweather Jr. will eventually happen because both boxers are running out of opponents. Right now, they fight on separate networks, with Mayweather under an exclusive deal with Showtime and Pacquiao fighting on HBO - although he is not contractually bound to them. With their options getting smaller, Roach can see the fight coming together in the near future. It won't be in 2014. Pacquiao is fighting WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley in a rematch on April 12th. If he wins, then he will face the winner of Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado in the fall.
Legendary Trainer Freddie Roach confirms that Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) can count on the invaluable help and experience of Manny Pacquiao in the build up to his fight against Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs). “He will be training two weeks with Pacquiao. They're good friends so there won’t be problems with anything. We will train one week in Los Angeles and the last part with Manny in Vegas, "Roach said.
Manny Pacquiao’s last two outings have not met the former pound-for-pound king’s lofty standards. But as he heads into his April 12 rematch with Timothy Bradley, there’s a fine line between having a sense of urgency and forcing the issue to excess. “We're not focusing on the knockout,” Pacquiao said. “Our focus this time is to ... put more aggressiveness and throw a lot more punches. If the knockout comes, it comes. I just want to prove I still have the hunger and killer instinct.”
Hollywood,Ca. --- "FOUR LEGENDS" --- Superstar Manny Pacquiao (2nd R) and Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach (L) greet legendary champions: Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. (2nd L) and Marco Antonio Barrera (R) at the Wild Card Boxing Club during training for his eagerly-anticipated rematch against undefeated WBO World Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with MP Promotions and Tecate, Pacquiao vs. Bradley 2 will take place, Saturday, April 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. --- Photo by Chris Farina - Top Rank.
Trainer Freddie Roach respects the WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs) as an athlete, but he doesn't believe the Argentine star is a great fighter. Roach is training former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) for his fight with Martinez on June 7th at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Freddie Roach has agreed to train junior middleweight contender Glen Tapia after they worked together the past few days at Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Gym in Hollywood, Calif. Roach and Tapia first bonded when Tapia served in the Philippines as Manny Pacquiao’s primary sparring partner prior to the Filipino superstar’s win over Antonio Margarito in November 2010.
WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs) is confident he will prevail on June 7th, when he defends his belt against former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York City. After losing back to back fights to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Austin Trout in 2012, Cotto hired the services of Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach and returned last year with an easy knockout win over Delvin Rodriguez.
"Fighter of the Decade" Manny Pacquiao won’t leave the decision in his rematch against WBO welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley in the judges hands when they clash at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 12. Pacquiao learned a bitter lesson in their first encounter when two of the three judges, the notorious CJ Ross and Duane Ford scored the fight for Bradley who won a universally criticized split decision.