(Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani)- Last week?s 147th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio (brought to you by CWH Promotions) featured an exclusive interview with highly regarded trainer Freddie Roach, who spoke about various topics, including Pacquiao-Marquez III, Bernard Hopkins, Jorge Linares, Amir Khan, being included on the 2012 IBHOF ballot, and more! Here is a complete transcript from that interview:
JENNA J: Let?s move things to our final guest of this week?s show. He?s a returning one making his fifth appearance to On the Ropes Boxing Radio. We?re joined by one of the most well respected trainers in boxing today. We have on Freddie Roach. How?s everything going today Freddie?
FREDDIE ROACH: Hello. How are you?
JENNA: I?m doing very well today. How about yourself?
ROACH: I?m doing good. I?m just getting started with my day. I?m getting ready. I have three champions getting ready for fights coming up. I?ve gotManny Pacquiao, Chavez Junior, and Amir Khan getting ready for their title fights. Manny is really doing well. He?s ahead of schedule. Amir?s just getting started and Chavez just got here and started sparring yesterday. All three boys are doing well.
JENNA: Alright well let?s talk about your first fighter there. Manny Pacquiao?s got a very big fight, a third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez, on November 12. How?s the training camp been going so far and how?s Manny looking really?
ROACH: Well you know we spent a month over in the Philippines with Pacquiao. It worked out really well. We didn?t have any distractions at all, which is kind of unusual. He?s very focused. He started boxing eight weeks out with Linares to help him get ready for his fight, so he?s a little bit ahead of schedule. He?s boxing very intensely. He sparred eight rounds yesterday and then we did eight rounds with the mitts. He?s just on fire right now. He really wants this fight. Juan Marquez went to the Philippines and wore a t-shirt saying that he beat Manny twice. It was a slap in the fact to Manny. It was an embarrassment, trying to embarrass Manny. Manny?s going to pay him back! Manny will knock this one out!
