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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
It was nice having them in the gym, but ... Manny was performing for them more than for me. I wanted him working on technique and so forth. ... They've respected it. They realize it's for his benefit and they want Manny to win.
I want him working more on his technique and not just going out there and putting a show on for the fans that come and watch him train.
Erik has a propensity to hold his hands way up. That leaves his body wide open. We saw that, and we broke him down.
Z has the potential to be a world champion. He's a very good prospect. He's a solid boxer, but he's not a huge puncher. He's probably a better boxer than Manny and he has good fundamentals, but Manny just has such power and speed. But Z is quick and technically very sound.