Who is Freddie Roach?
Freddie Roach is an American former professional boxer and boxing trainer. During his fighting career. he won the USA New England Featherweight title, but was only 26 when he retired from professional boxing. He is best recognized around the world for training boxing greats of all time like Manny Pacquiao, Jean Pascal and many others.
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Freddie Roach Biography- Age, Childhood & Education
Born Frederick Steven Roach on March 5, 1960 in Dedham, Massachusetts USA, he is the son of Paul Roach and his wife Barbara. He grew up in a large family of five siblings and has two brothers, Pepper and Joey, and two sisters, Cindy and Julie.
He started training with his brothers at a young age and was quite dominant. He says he was involved in more than 300 street fights as a youth and claims that during one fight he gouged out another man’s eye in self-defense. As a teenager, Freddie fought as an amateur and was also very successful in the ranks of the Amateur Athletic Union.
Professional boxing
Freddie turned pro in 1978; his trainer was Eddie Futch and he competed in the lightweight division. In his first ten fights, Freddie had a perfect score, beating boxers like Eddie Braacetty, John Papin and Francisco Pico, before losing his first match of his career, against Beto Nunez.
However, Freddie went on to win his next sixteen fights, all under Eddie Futch, and in 1981 won his first major title, crowning New England’s American Featherweight Champion after a win over Joe Phillips. He went on without a lost match until June 1982, when he lost to Rafael Lopez at Boston Garden in a split decision, but then lost one more fight, this time to Lenny Valdez. Freddie went on to fight four more years but without major success, beating lesser known fighters but in title fights he would lose. He lost to Louis Burke for the ESPN Super Featherweight title in 1983, and the following year to Tommy Cordova, again for the ESPN Super Featherweight title.
Two years later, he lost to Darryl Tyson in the WBC Continental Americas Lightweight title fight.
Health issues, illness and retirement
As he entered the final years of his professional career, Freddie began to show signs of early Parkinson’s disease. He was known for his technique and ability to take punches and not feel their effect, however, this eventually had an effect on him as Parkinson’s disease formed. In his last six matches he has only won once and lost the other five – his last victory was against Arnel Arrozai, however, he said goodbye to the ring and the public in a loss against David Rivello, ending his career with 40 wins – 15 by knockout – and 13 losses.
Although diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at a young age, Freddie kept it under control, mostly through medication and injections, but mostly through training other boxers, as his busy life apparently slowed progress. of the disease.
boxing trainer
After his early retirement, Freddie began working menial jobs in Las Vegas, including as a waiter, but was once again saved by Eddie Futch. He took him on as an unpaid assistant in 1986, and over the next five years Freddie shone, and so tried his hand at coaching in 1991.
He is recruited by Mickey Rourke who decides to take up boxing again. He was Rourke’s trainer until 1995, when Mickey retired for good, leaving his boxing gear to Freddie, with whom he started his own Wild Card boxing club in Los Angeles. Since then, Freddie has become one of boxing’s most prominent trainers, having coached Manny Pacquiao in his championship days, then Oscar De La Hoya, grooming him for fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr., then Virgil Hill and Amir Khan, among many others. According to reports, he has trained 27 champions so far.
Thanks to his success as a trainer, Freddie was recognized with the Boxing Writers Association of America’s Coach of the Year award seven times, in 2003, 2006, 2008-2010 and 2013-2014, and has was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in the Managers and Trainers category.
MMA trainer
Along with his success as a boxing trainer, Freddie has taken a few mixed martial artists under his wing. He started with Andrei Arlovski and continued with Dan Hardy, since when many popular MMA fighters learned from him including Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre and KJ Noons among others.
Freddie Roach Net Worth, Height, Weight and Looks
Freddie, one of the best boxers and now a trainer, has earned a small fortune throughout his career. According to sources, Freddie Roach’s net worth is estimated to be over $25 million at the start of 2020.
Freddie is 1.73m (5ft 8in) tall and weighs around 150lbs~70kg. His vital stats are unknown, but he has an athletic build. Her eyes are blue, while her hair slowly turns gray from natural black.
Freddie Roach Personal life, marriage, children
Freddie hasn’t been involved in the media much, except for a few interviews, in one of which he said he was unmarried and had no children.
His boxing club has been his second home and he spends most of the day with his colleagues, friends and clients. Some would say it’s a lonely life, but Freddie is really happy with what he has. He is focused on maintaining his health, fighting off illness and, for now, in top shape, both physically and mentally.
In a recent interview, he spoke about the lockdown measures and the coronavirus situation, and how it would affect boxers and the sport as a whole, alongside fellow training legends Robert Garcia and André Rosier.
Freddie is active on social media, having promoted his work on his official Instagram page, where he has around 300,000 followers. Also, he has his own website, Wildcardboxingstore.com, through which he sells boxing gear and promotes his services.
