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ROACH FURIOUS OVER ALLEGED FABRICATIONS BY ZEFERINO JACKSON! By Brad Cooney PhilBoxing.com Sat, 21 Apr 2007  De la Hoya in Puerto Rico training camp. In a recent article written by Zeferino Jackson of www.blacksportsonline.com Jackson writes about his recent time he spent visiting at Oscar De La Hoya's camp at Wilfredo Benitez Gym located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The author of this story claims that he had spent 8 days tagging along with De La Hoya, and Freddie Roach with permission from the De La Hoya camp. Jackson writes about several strange training tactics that goes on including nude massages, De La Hoya's non ejaculatory sex with his wife, chasing chickens, and nude swimming with men. Recently Philboxing.com spoke with Freddie Roach, and asked him to comment on these alleged bizzare training methods that writer Zeferino Jackson claims. “I have never met anyone by the name of Zeferino Jackson, all of these crazy claims that he is talking about is very bizarre, and this guy has something wrong with him. All of these training methods that this guy is talking about is just not true. This guy is dreaming, and we have not spent one second with him,” Roach told Philboxing.com. Zeferino also takes a cheap shot at Freddie's Parkinson's disease when he refers to a full nude body grease down massage that he claims was used by prizefighters pre 1970, “In my opinion, Freddie Roach is the least adept as his Parkinson’s affected hands don’t seem to allow him to perform the gentlest massage,” Zeferino Jackson wrote. Zeferino Jackson of www.blacksportsonline.com claims that De La Hoya's schedule is as follows, 5 am – Oscar drinks a liter of water and runs 5 miles every morning. Freddie Roach does not allow De La Hoya to stop running even to urinate the water he has consumed earlier. According to Freddie Roach, this helps for endurance. On days when the tropical heat of Puerto Rico has been unbearable, De La Hoya has been known to strip down, doing his morning run clad only in a Mets baseball cap, Speedo underwear and Nike running shoes without socks. The scene is unreal as hordes of Puerto Rican females wait on different corners of Oscar’s route just to catch a glimpse of him even at five in the morning. 7:00 to 8:30 am - Calisthetics (push ups, sit ups, etc.) Chases chickens for a half hour. 9:00 am - Breakfast (egg whites, oatmeal, and mango.) 10:00am to 2:00pm- Rest 3:00 to 4:00 pm - Family time with wife Millie Corretjer. According to one of Oscar’s entourage, Oscar enjoys non-ejaculatory sex with wife (rejuvenates the spirit). Freddie Roach does not discourage sexual contact during training as long as the fighter does not climax or reach orgasm. Roach declined to comment on exactly what Oscar does from 3:00pm to 4:00pm but he did share this: “Let’s just say, when a fighter is pent up from having sex with no release, this increases his aggression and ferocity in the ring. This is why Manny is champ right now and this is why Floyd Mayweather’s getting knocked out on Cinco de Mayo..” He was referring to his other charge, Manny Pacquiao, a ferocious fighter from the Phillipines and current lightweight champ. 6:00-8:00 pm - Boxing. Oscar works the pads with Freddie Roach and also engages in intense sparring sessions with local Puerto Rican talent including the world strawweight champion, Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon. 8:00-9:00 pm – Freddie Roach performs the full nude body grease down massage technique on Oscar de la Hoya while fight strategy is discussed. The full nude body grease down is a well documented boxing training tool used mostly before the 1970’s by fighters like Joe Louis and Willie Pep. It has been hailed by fighters like Demarcus Corley, Lennox Lewis, and Archie Moore. It is making resurgence among today’s trainers and currently trainer Joe Goossen is considered the most adept at it. In my opinion, Freddie Roach is the least adept as his Parkinson’s affected hands don’t seem to allow him to perform the gentlest massage. For those not familiar with the deeper fundamentals of boxing training, the full nude body grease down consists of the trainer rubbing a combination of oil, vinegar, and sometimes salt over the completely nude body of a boxer. This seems to increase concentration and cause a bond between the fighter and the trainer. 9:00-10:00 pm – Freddie Roach has Oscar de la Hoya and the sparring partners go for a swim in a special thermal pool designed to relax the muscles and allow them to recuperate faster from the day’s training. Only fighters and trainers are allowed in the pool and no clothing or any type of swim wear is allowed while swimming. Freddie Roach supervises the swimming and I am informed that he also serves as a lifeguard during this. The environment is completely professional and not paramount to “skinny dipping” as some in Floyd Mayweather’s camp have alluded to. After the swim, Oscar goes to bed and the cycle continues the next day. Oscar appears to be in tremendous shape and appears to be already on weight for the fight with over a month to go. Oscar looked better than I have ever seen him during sparring and is training diligently to pull off the upset. After reading Jackson's article, a furious Freddie Roach contacted me and asked for an opportunity to directly respond to the author of the article, “The whole thing is crazy, oil massages, and pre ejaculation sex? This is very strange, and then he claims that it's the same reason Pacquiao is a world champion, because Manny has pre ejaculation sex. Manny Pacquiao is a world champion because he works his ass off, and because he has God gifted talent, not because of anything else that this Zeferino Jackson has to say.” The author of the article, Jackson, claims that he was granted permission to enter the De La Hoya camp from a guy named Jose. PhilBoxing.com asked Roach to comment on that, “I never heard of Jose, we start training at 6pm, and nobody comes into the gym. Its very strange the way that this person is claiming our training camp is going, very strange. I have never met Zeferino Jackson, and I have no idea who this guy is, so I find it strange how he can go on and just write these crazy allegations.” Click here to view a list of other articles written by Brad Cooney. Recent PhilBoxing.com In-House articles: |
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