Haye to be trained by Roach?

[Cressa121]

Saw this on ESPN:

Roach told ESPN.com that he was approached by heavyweight titlist David Haye and his manager/trainer Adam Booth to train him for his mandatory defense against John Ruiz, which is supposed to take place in London in March or April. When Roach was in England working with junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan for his first-round knockout of Dmitriy Salita last week, Roach said he spoke with Haye and Booth. "Adam asked me if I would help them out and I also spoke to David," Roach said. "I think David is what the heavyweight division needs and I like what I see. I would love to work with him, so we will see what we can do." The timing may be a problem, however. Roach is committed to training Pacquiao for the Mayweather fight and plans to do the first month of their camp in the Philippines before finishing up in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

[Master]

Good move for Haye, Booth is no way good enough.

[killersheep]

I don't think Roach has the time to effectively train haye. Maybe after pacquiao retires.

[Nameless]

NOoooooooooooooooooooooo GOD please NOoooooooooo.

[BoxingChaos]

Roach and his new undetectable P.E.D's is going to make monsters out of all of his pupils.
I can see it now Haye knocking out both Klit's

Ok, this is just a joke but it still makes for interesting talk, don't you think?

[Youngblood]

Roach is a great coach and trainer who understands a fighters strengths and weaknesses, then builds a game plan and training camp around that. As good or better then anyone currently. Would be a good move for Haye, but yea, can't see it either until PAC/PBF. People can hate on him for things he says and maybe have a point, but anyone who questions his abilities to train fighters is justa hater.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Roach is a great coach and trainer who understands a fighters strengths and weaknesses, then builds a game plan and training camp around that. As good or better then anyone currently. Would be a good move for Haye, but yea, can't see it either until PAC/PBF. People can hate on him for things he says and maybe have a point, but anyone who questions his abilities to train fighters is justa hater.

IMO is ONE of the best, but it's a bit overdoing it to say he's clear cut #1, when there are guys just as good or better than him (Richardson, Steward, Goosen. etc.)

[Youngblood]

Roach is a great coach and trainer who understands a fighters strengths and weaknesses, then builds a game plan and training camp around that. As good or better then anyone currently. Would be a good move for Haye, but yea, can't see it either until PAC/PBF. People can hate on him for things he says and maybe have a point, but anyone who questions his abilities to train fighters is justa hater.

IMO is ONE of the best, but it's a bit overdoing it to say he's clear cut #1, when there are guys just as good or better than him (Richardson, Steward, Goosen. etc.)

Did you even read the post? lol

[Conrad]

It's a nice idea but the timing is way off, pretty admirable of Booth though if true as it can't be easy acknowledging that you're not good enouh.

But with the rumours of Khan being on the Pac Vs PBF undercard as well I ust cannot see it being possible if Haye is fighting in the Spring. I had my concerns with Roach training two fighters let alone three.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Roach is a great coach and trainer who understands a fighters strengths and weaknesses, then builds a game plan and training camp around that. As good or better then anyone currently. Would be a good move for Haye, but yea, can't see it either until PAC/PBF. People can hate on him for things he says and maybe have a point, but anyone who questions his abilities to train fighters is justa hater.

IMO is ONE of the best, but it's a bit overdoing it to say he's clear cut #1, when there are guys just as good or better than him (Richardson, Steward, Goosen. etc.)

Did you even read the post? lol

i was agreeing with you bro lol, i was just also stating that there are a couple people around that think that just cause a guy has Roach in his corner he's gonna be unstoppable (mainly the Pac fans lol)

[Youngblood]

IMO is ONE of the best, but it's a bit overdoing it to say he's clear cut #1, when there are guys just as good or better than him (Richardson, Steward, Goosen. etc.)

Did you even read the post? lol

i was agreeing with you bro lol, i was just also stating that there are a couple people around that think that just cause a guy has Roach in his corner he's gonna be unstoppable (mainly the Pac fans lol)

k man guess I read it out of it's intent, my bad. sorry.

Both him and Richardson I think have a keen eye for developing fighters for specific opponents. It isn't going to work every time, ofc, but they do put a good game plan together based on what that fighter brings to the tbl. Even in the short time we saw Khan fight against MAB you could tell that was the work of Roach, working with what he had. You got a guy with great speed and mobility who is kinda chinny, you keep him outside and use range and work angles. Still not sure what woulda happened down the stretch there...

Richardson gets high marks from me as well for busting Margo's cheating ass, by looking at every detail and refusing to just accept "They are ok" because they were signed off. This isn't the first time he did it, so yea, high marks for that alone. Helping fix boxing as a sport, by shining a light on it's ugly side and exposing it.

[El Kabong]

Roach could help out a couple heavyweights, but I think he's got a full plate with: Pac, Kahn, and Rigondeaux those guys are at or near top class and they will deserve full attention from Roach, the HEAD trainer. If Roach is brought in as an assistant (which I doubt he would do) he may be able to provide SOME help.

Adam Booth is no different than Joe Santiago

[ElTerribleMorales]

Did you even read the post? lol

i was agreeing with you bro lol, i was just also stating that there are a couple people around that think that just cause a guy has Roach in his corner he's gonna be unstoppable (mainly the Pac fans lol)

k man guess I read it out of it's intent, my bad. sorry.

Both him and Richardson I think have a keen eye for developing fighters for specific opponents. It isn't going to work every time, ofc, but they do put a good game plan together based on what that fighter brings to the tbl. Even in the short time we saw Khan fight against MAB you could tell that was the work of Roach, working with what he had. You got a guy with great speed and mobility who is kinda chinny, you keep him outside and use range and work angles. Still not sure what woulda happened down the stretch there...

Richardson gets high marks from me as well for busting Margo's cheating ass, by looking at every detail and refusing to just accept "They are ok" because they were signed off. This isn't the first time he did it, so yea, high marks for that alone. Helping fix boxing as a sport, by shining a light on it's ugly side and exposing it.

agree, i think the main reason that Richardson and Roach have so much success is because they don't really try to change a fighters style, they take what they have and alter small things to make the most of what they have to offer, look at Manny he's still an aggressive come forward type fighter, thing is he paces himself now, isn't as careless and sharpened his offense making him less vulnerable, Shane still looked like Shane when he took apart Margarito same as Hopkins did against Pavlik, that's why they have more success with a wider variety of styles and types of fighters than lets say Mayweather Sr and Steward

[Nameless]

Roach is a great coach and trainer who understands a fighters strengths and weaknesses, then builds a game plan and training camp around that. As good or better then anyone currently. Would be a good move for Haye, but yea, can't see it either until PAC/PBF. People can hate on him for things he says and maybe have a point, but anyone who questions his abilities to train fighters is justa hater.

IMO is ONE of the best, but it's a bit overdoing it to say he's clear cut #1, when there are guys just as good or better than him (Richardson, Steward, Goosen. etc.)

Steward is a legend though I feel like he lost a bit of grip lately with his stable in general, perhaps just bad moment though. Richardson is a very good pick so would be Ronnie Shield, Fritz Sdunek or Uli Wenger. I don't think Goosen is that extraordinary though, good for sure but I don't see him as one of the very best in the business.

[El Kabong]

Well the thing about Steward is that he gets fighters to use their natural physical advantages.


It's amazing to me that Ronnie Sheilds and Tommy Brooks don't have any heavyweights to speak of, they are good trainers...not great but good, experienced, and they could really help someone just starting out or someone who has reached contender status.