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
We chose this opponent because he has a style similar to Morales', ... I think this fight will definitely help prepare him for the next fight.
My fighter is 100 percent ready and he is just two pounds over the limit yesterday.
My guy in the first fight was a little left-hand happy. In this fight, he landed a lot of right hooks.
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.
You can celebrate birthday every year and fights like this (with Morales) comes once in a lifetime,
After this fight we'll take a week off and then we'll be straight back into Morales mode,
It was a close fight with a lot of close rounds, ... Morales landed the bigger punches but Manny landed more combinations.
It was a tactical fight and they were our tactics. The fight went the way we wanted it to go even though we didn't get the decision.
The one fight (in between) is good for us. Right after this fight, we'll take a week off and then go into Morales mode.
We love the Filipino crowds and it was great to have them there, but it got too much in the end. You couldn't breath in the gym, as more and more came each day.
One play was the difference in the game, ... That shows you. We were 10-3 and whipped alot of people that year. That just goes to show you can't take anybody lightly.
One of (Juan's) friends told me that he thought he made a mistake and wanted to come back. I told him all he had to do was pick up the phone and ask me, and that's all it took. I don't hold grudges at all. It's a good working relationship, which is what you need to have success.
On the first day of training for this fight, Mike already looked better than he did when he fought Etienne,