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.
You can celebrate birthday every year and fights like this (with Morales) comes once in a lifetime,
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 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.
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.
After this fight we'll take a week off and then we'll be straight back into Morales mode,
Erik has a propensity to hold his hands way up. That leaves his body wide open. We saw that, and we broke him down.
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.
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.
(Marco Antonio) Barrera had beaten Morales, and Manny had beaten Barrera, and I just think Manny took him lightly, believing he was on the downside. But we miscalculated. We won't do that this time. Morales will still have the reach and height advantage, but Manny will have speed going for him. And he knows he has to win this fight.