Freddie Roach the TRUE CHAMPION of the HBO 24/7 Series in My Eyes!!!!!!!!!

[TheBESTP4P]

Excellent assestment. Totally agree about Roach. Wish I had the same oppurtunity to meet him. Maybe one day. The man is a class act from what I've seen. I watched a special about female boxers a few years back. The story focused alot on Lucia Rijker, who was trained by Roach at the time. All of his fighters, lived in the same house. Among some of the more famous was James Toney. Roach truly cared for his fighters. Even showed him cooking for them (maybe 8 in all). From what the fighters were saying (especially Toney and Rijker), was that they were all family, and from what was showed, it was clearly because of Roach. At the time, he hadn't been diagnosed with parkinsons, or at least it hadn't been released to the media. Although I'll be rooting against his fighter, I wish him all the luck and support in his personal battles. God Bless Freddy.

CC #97 bro! yeah i see the genuine care he has that you mentioned for his fighters.

i too will be rooting against his fighter :P

but im just so glad hes getting the love/props and CHA-CHING he deserves finally! i love see good things happening to good people

[TheBESTP4P]

hey everyones been Cool Clicked! thanks for taking the time to read and share your thoughts with me

[TheBESTP4P]

some other funny stories from that day at the Wild Card Gym.

I asked first Pac Man himself what round i should put all my money on and he just laughed and didnt give me answer

Then I asked famed financial advisor legend: Shelly Finkel, hey since you are the financial advisor genious to all of the legends give me some financial advice which round should i put all my money on? He laughed and said oh I would not even know where to begin with that question.

then I asked Freddie Roach the same question and he said: ummmmmm put your money down on round 9!

hahaha. Freddie was fully confident that Pac Man could close the show by round 9!

Good thing I didnt listen to him literally cause we all know Pac closed the show 6rounds earlier that night

So yeah I think Freddie was even shocked to see it end that early seeing that he told me round 9

[diamonddavestafford]

I agree. Freddie Roach is awesome and I never knew up until watching episode 2 of the Delahoya/Mayweather show that he has Parkinsons and was as amazed as everyone else should be by watching his work ethic and watching him hang in training with a top calibre athlete like Delahoya (and undoubtedly other great champions that come from his stable). He does come across as the most real and the most down to earth.

I think it's the old time boxing trainers that have always been more interesting and fascinating than the fighters themselves and it shows in this series; which by the way, i have to say, I really like and hope that HBO uses the idea again in upcoming fights because it really is a great show I think, in how it shows us a look behind the scenes and a little bit more into the figures taking part in a historic megafight like this. Roger Mayweather, in my opinion, is also very fascinating to listen to, in his interviews. That guy definitely keeps it real too. But Roach seems like a genuine down to earth, really well mannered and good guy. I wish him the best of luck in his fight against Parkinsons; he is already the greatest boxing trainer in the game today.

[TheBESTP4P]

I agree. Freddie Roach is awesome and I never knew up until watching episode 2 of the Delahoya/Mayweather show that he has Parkinsons and was as amazed as everyone else should be by watching his work ethic and watching him hang in training with a top calibre athlete like Delahoya (and undoubtedly other great champions that come from his stable). He does come across as the most real and the most down to earth.

I think it's the old time boxing trainers that have always been more interesting and fascinating than the fighters themselves and it shows in this series; which by the way, i have to say, I really like and hope that HBO uses the idea again in upcoming fights because it really is a great show I think, in how it shows us a look behind the scenes and a little bit more into the figures taking part in a historic megafight like this. Roger Mayweather, in my opinion, is also very fascinating to listen to, in his interviews. That guy definitely keeps it real too. But Roach seems like a genuine down to earth, really well mannered and good guy. I wish him the best of luck in his fight against Parkinsons; he is already the greatest boxing trainer in the game today.

well said bro! id cool click ya, but i already did in ya other thread

[superheavyrhun]

I know this is turning into a Freddie Roach love-fest, but you're bang on the nail when you say that he is the man that is the real hero of 24/7. My take on it is that he is the one that is talking the real talk that you have off-screen, while Mayweather is like a 15 year old boy when a hot woman walks in, and he's showing off. De La Hoya is probably a pretty nice guy, but I reckon he's got a bit more balls on him than he is showing on this programme.

Roach is an inspirational character, and has more balls than the two guys that'll be in the ring, he's got the guts and will to keep going in the face of whatever obstructions life throws at him, and the bits with him make it a show worth watching, even if the fighters just live up to the media images of them both.

[DaxxKahn]

Freddie an going to go down as all time great before all is said and done in my opp..

[Olympian904]

Freddie Roach the star of 24/7??lol...I needed that laugh.Freddie Roach an all time great?lolI think both Floyd and Roger out train him.

[DaxxKahn]

Freddie Roach the star of 24/7??lol...I needed that laugh.Freddie Roach an all time great?lolI think both Floyd and Roger out train him.

YEAH!!! OK

Compare Resumes....

[Olympian904]

Compare their resumes then!Listen to Roach speak when he is in the corner.Come May 5th...you'll see what kinda trainer Roach is.No way Roach is better than Roger and Floyd Sr.

[DaxxKahn]

Compare their resumes then!Listen to Roach speak when he is in the corner.Come May 5th...you'll see what kinda trainer Roach is.No way Roach is better than Roger and Floyd Sr.

The Pbf/Dlh fight has nothing to do with anything when it comes to who the better trainer is....

[tedsares]

Agreed. Roger is a moron.

[Cortez The Killer]

I've only seen the second episode of 24/7, but I loved it! It was the first time I heard that Roach had Parkinsons as well. Still, he deals with it and doesn't want pity or anything which to be honest if I was in the situation I would do the same. When Roger and Freddie were talking on phone and Roach told him to speak english i had a laugh but to be honest I couldn't understand either of them!

I think it's a really good show, it kind of gives a good psychological profile of floyd. Mayweather Sr. sounds like a S*** father, but still his son did grow into best p4p fighter. Kind of like Floyd is playing the part of the "bad guy" just because you need a yin to the yang. You can tell he acts cocky and arrogant but that's not what he's all about. If anything I think Floyd seems kind of insecure under the surface and it's not too hard to see if you really watch him.

Way back I thought floyd was going to embarass oscar, but the past couple weeks i've been feeling that DLH is gonna win.


I liked that little cameo by Tito too, he did that little combo then was like nah, just kidding

[Olympian904]

Roger and Floyd had great Am careers...Roger had a pretty good pro career...and all of that wisdom has carried over.Floyd and Roger make boxers BETTER.DLH even admitted that Floyd senior elevated his game some.

[MistaDibbs]

Why did I read it wrong and thought it said 'Freddie the Roach ...?' I need to curb my Sparks habit.

Carry on!