19 Facts About Freddie Roach

Freddie Roach is widely regarded as one of the best boxing trainers of all time.

Freddie Roach is the enduring boxing coach of the eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, five-time and four-division world champion Miguel Cotto, former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Freddie Roach was the trainer of two-time women's world champion Lucia Rijker.

Freddie Roach has trained former light welterweight champion Amir Khan.

Freddie Roach was trained by his father Paul Freddie Roach at a young age along with his brothers Joey and Pepper.

Freddie Roach turned pro in 1978, fighting as a lightweight and won his first 10 bouts.

The card that night was the first of two times that all three Fighting Freddie Roach Brothers appeared at the same time.

Brothers Joey and Pepper won their undercard bouts but in the main event, Freddie Roach lost a unanimous decision to Rafael Lopez.

Late in his career, Freddie Roach, who was known for being able to take on a barrage of punches, began showing early signs of Parkinson's disease.

Futch asked Freddie Roach to retire but the boxer refused and continued to fight with his father as his trainer.

Freddie Roach went on to lose five of his last six fights before retiring at age 26.

Freddie Roach excelled in his new position and worked as Futch's assistant for five years.

Freddie Roach owns the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles and works alongside his brother Pepper.

Freddie Roach is one of the most popular trainers in boxing.

Freddie Roach once trained Oscar De La Hoya for his May 5,2007 superfight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Freddie Roach is the former trainer for British boxers Gary Stretch, training Stretch for his WBO middleweight title challenge against Chris Eubank, and Amir Khan, who became the WBA light welterweight champion on July 18,2009, and the IBF light welterweight champion on July 23,2011, under Roach's tutelage.

In March 2010, Freddie Roach expressed interest in wanting to train former Pride FC and WAMMA heavyweight champion, Fedor Emelianenko.

Freddie Roach's doctors feel that his active in-ring training routines with his fighters and tremendous eye-hand coordination that he has to exhibit have made it possible to slow the progress of the disease.

Freddie Roach has trained men who are not professional boxers for roles in TV and film.