I am not blaming Freddie roach but I have said in the past a trainer change would have been beneficial for manny..would have been interesting to see him fight under Virgil hunter.
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Manny is too old to change his ways even with Virgil training him. Roach got the best out of him.
I generally think Roach is overrated because he doesn't teach defense and that is half of the sport. But on this ^ I agree. Manny's offense is his defense. He was never going to change how he fights so you had to change his abilities to do what he does and Roach did that well.
Manny was a tremendous athlete with a big left hand and Roach made him one of the 50 best fighters of all time.
Roach deserves his credit on this.
Manny had an amazing career under Freddie Roach, becoming an undeniable ATG and pound for pound force in boxing. His speed and offence were his defence, it just didn't work on JMM or Floyd.