Posts Tagged ‘Freddie Roach’

Freddie Roach, the legendary trainer of WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and a newly elected International Boxing Hall of Famer, oddly told boxingscene.com Saturday that a May bout pitting his fighter against WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather “could be rushing it.” "That's a fight you really have to promote," said ...

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The WBA officially ordered a rematch between unified IBF and WBA world light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and Amir "King" Khan Friday. Khan (26-2, 18 KOs) relinquished his belts to Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) on a controversial split decision loss last month at the Convention Center in “Havoc’s” hometown of Washington, D.C. “King ...

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Former WBC and WBO middleweight king Sergio Martinez bashed WBO world welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao, WBC silver middleweight titlist Julio Caesar Chavez, Jr. and their promoter, Bob Arum, at a press conference Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. "The public and the fans are getting really tired of who's ...

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The father of WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather bashed legendary trainer Freddie Roach in an interview last weekend with boxingtalk.com. Floyd Mayweather Sr. contends Roach is badly overrated and believes his brother, Roger, is a superior trainer than “The Choir Boy.” "I'm tired of all this bulls**t man, I've been telling you all ...

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ESPN.com reported that promoter Lou DiBella harshly criticized WBC light middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and WBC silver middleweight titlist Julio Caesar Chavez, Jr. Thursday in front of a slew of fight writers. DiBella allegedly characterized Chavez (45-0-1-1, 31 KOs) as an "arrogant little (penis)" and "spoiled little brat." The graduate of Tufts University and Harvard ...

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IBF and WBA world light welterweight champion Amir "King" Khan will defend his belts against “Havoc” Lamont Peterson tonight at the Convention Center in the challenger’s hometown of Washington, D.C. Khan (26-1, 18 KOs), a Pakistani-British boxer who at 17 became the youngest Englishman to win an Olympic medal when he captured a silver as ...

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Top Rank CEO Bob Arum denied he is negating a bout between WBO world welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao and WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather during an interview Monday with RingTV. Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs) earned an extremely controversial majority decision victory over WBA, WBO and The Ring ...

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WBA and IBF light welterweight royalty Amir “King” Khan told boxingscene.com Tuesday that WBO titlist “Desert Storm” Timothy Bradley cowered when he personally challenged him to fight earlier this month before his bout against Joel Casamayor. "I saw him after his weigh-in and he walked past me," said Khan, 24, a Pakistani-British ...

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Legendary trainer Freddie Roach told Sky Sports Thursday he believes IBF and WBA world light welterweight champion Amir "King" Khan will soon battle WBC welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather. In controversial fashion, Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) knocked “Vicious” Victor Ortiz onto Queer Street to capture his crown last September. Subsequently, pound-for-pound royalty Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao ...

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WBC silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. will defend his crown against Providence native Peter Manfredo tonight at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas. Chavez (43-0-1-1, 30 KOs), whose nickname is "The Legend Goes On" because he is the son of iconic Mexican prizefighter Julio Cesar Chavez, last fought in June when ...

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