Freddie Roach
Freddie Roach
Frederick Steven "Freddie" Roachis an American boxing trainer and former boxer. He is the enduring boxing coach of the eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, five-time and four-division World Champion Miguel Cotto, former WBC Middleweight Champion Julio César Chávez, Jr., former UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre, as well as top prospects Jose Benavidez, Peter Quillin, and Vanes Martirosyan. Roach was the trainer of former two-time world champion and notable women's champion Lucia Rijker. He has also trained former junior welterweight champion...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth5 March 1960
CityDedham, MA
He used his jab very effectively and so forth.
Keep working that body and it's going to pay off. No single punches. He can't handle combinations.
He (Williams) does have pretty good power, ... I expect Williams to be at his best because this is the biggest fight in the world for him.
He fights with his heart and emotion. People say you should change him and settle him down. But this is what makes him exciting and you can't take it away from him.
He looked very good. The jab was really a key punch and it set everything up for him.
When we did make it public that we were not letting anyone watch any longer, the Filipino fans stopped coming. They respected the decision and knew it was for Manny's benefit. They helped us out and we respect that.
We know Morales can take a punch, because Manny is a puncher and Morales took a lot of Manny's good stuff.
We are going to start training camp in the Philippines for two weeks then we will go back to the States for another six weeks.
We're working on boxing and we're going to be smart about it. A basic 1-2 is not going to work. Manny knows that now.
You can celebrate birthday every year and fights like this (with Morales) comes once in a lifetime,
We had too many distractions going into the Morales fight. Now a lot of the bad people are away from the scene and we have a good team, now.
The tide turned in the sixth round. I could see Morales was fading from the body punches. Manny's right hook was beautiful. We still have to work on Manny's defense a bit.
It means the most when your team always supports you.
I know when I first started working with Manny that he was something special. But eight world titles? No one could have expected that.