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Roach owns the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles and works alongside his brother Pepper. [11] He is one of the most popular trainers in boxing. [citation needed] Roach's prized ward is eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. Roach also once trained Oscar De La Hoya for his May 5, 2007 superfight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
After, the bout trainer Freddie Roach stated, "We knew we had him after the first round. He had no legs, he was hesitant and he was shot." [12] Confirming Roach's pre-fight predictions that he'd grown too old, De La Hoya crossed the ring to Pacquiao's corner after the bout was stopped and told Roach, "You're right Freddie. I don't have it anymore."
In a video titled "Boxing Legend Freddie Roach Updates Us On Pacquiao" uploaded to YouTube on December 11, 2009, Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, revealed the first hint about Mayweather's request for Olympic-style drug testing, telling roving reporter Elie Seckbach, "I hear negotiations are a little shady. (Richard) Schaefer and them are ...
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., billed as The World Awaits, was a professional boxing match contested on May 5, 2007, for the WBC super welterweight championship.. [2] At the time, the bout was the most lucrative boxing match ever, with over $130 million in generated revenue. Mayweather won by split decision over De La Hoya in 12 rounds.
The bout was the main event of a program that also included Freddie Roach's 10-round unanimous decision loss in a rematch fight to Louie Burke and a contest to determine Hagler-Duran's winner's next challenger, between American Frank "The Animal" Fletcher and Argentina's Juan Roldan, which was won by Roldan by a brutal, blistering sixth round knockout.
In 2010, Versus broadcast the World Series of Boxing. NBCSN's Fight Night series premiered on January 21, 2012, from 2300 Arena in Philadelphia with Kenny Rice and trainer Freddie Roach were on the call and Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated was the reporter and researcher.
One of the best boxers in the world takes on one of the best fighters in MMA history Saturday as Tyson Fury faces off against Francis Ngannou in a one-time-only event in Saudi Arabia. Fury vs ...
In his first fight with trainer Abel Sanchez, [13] Gómez beat the veteran Jason Davis by first round K.O. [14] In July 2011, Gomez beat Khadaphi Proctor; the bout was televised on TeleFutura. [15] In 2012, Gomez began training with famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach. [16]