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Anderson Silva vs Georges St. Pierre is MMA's Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather
That's according to famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach on the most recent episode of Ultimate Insider: "It's a great fight. It's Pacquio-Mayweather in MMA. It's one guy going up in weight to fight the bigger and supposedly better guy. Anderson is the better boxer at this point. Georges is getting...
UFC Star B.J. Penn Training Boxing With Floyd Mayweather, Sr.
Among MMA fighters, B.J. Penn is known for his outstanding boxing skills. He broke George St Pierre's nose with an uppercut, decimated Sean Sherk with his jab and used brutal counter punching to crush Diego Sanchez. He used a lovely outside slip-right cross to KTFO Matt Hughes. Legendary boxing...
Technique Retrospective: Josh Koscheck's Punching and Freddie Roach's Prediction
While MMA fans tend to think Georges St. Pierre spends more time training with Freddie Roach than is accurate, Freddie does have a good grasp on the striking game of GSP. He also can break down punching technique as well as almost anyone on the planet. So when he talked to Fight Hub TV about Josh...
Manny Pacquiao Broke Antonio Margarito's Orbital Bone
Our friends at BadLeftHook brought to attention a report from ESPN, saying that Antonio Margarito had a fractured orbital bone and will be having surgery on Tuesday. The Mexican lost a lopsided 12-round decision to Manny Pacquiao and was brought to the hospital following the bout. Pacquiao, who...
Freddie Roach: Antonio Margarito's Loaded Hand Wraps Equal to Attempted Murder
Combat sports interviews don't come much better than Freddie Roach. Savvy enough to give the interviewer material to chew on, erudite enough to educate the viewer or reader, experienced in the business enough to have authority on his opinions and inside enough to give esoteric details. As for the...
Freddie Roach: Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather, Jr Will Never Happen
Some of you don't like boxing talk here, but our combat sports cousins often grapple with issues that either relate to or spill over into our universe. In this particular case, there are a number of ways to parse Roach's bold statements. Roach thinks this is a simple matter of Mayweather ducking...
Georges St. Pierre in Manila with Manny Pacquiao
Check out a quick pic of the UFC Welterweight Champion rubbing elbows with seven-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao after the jump. Two champs, one Roach. War Philippines! Props: www.abs-cbnnews.com
Handicapping James Toney's Chances Against Randy Couture at UFC 118
Bernard Hopkins has already weighed in: "For real. James Toney is out of his league... When you step out into a situation where, against a legend too in his own sport. I believe, and I'll go on the record, that the best MMA guy or UFC guy go up against the best boxer in the world in their arena,...
Freddie Roach: Georges St. Pierre didn’t know much about boxing -- but he absorbed everything I taught him
Props: FightHub.tv (via Bloody Elbow) Quoteworthy: "[St. Pierre's] like a sponge, he took in what I taught him and really practiced. He would come back the next day and know the move, I’d say 'You went home and practiced that move all night long' and he would just smile at me. (He's a)...
TUF 12 Preview: Freddie Roach Talks About Training With Georges St. Pierre
"[Georges St. Pierre] He’s like a sponge, he took in what I taught him and really practiced. He would come back the next day and know the move, I’d say "You went home and practiced that move all night long and he would just smile at me." Roach said. "Great guy; really didn’t know much about...
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