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罗奇不会参加帕奎奥七月份与马特西的比赛了，败给霍恩后，帕奎奥可能没有意识到他应该为自己的表现承担大部分责任，经常想责怪他们的教练, 这可能是帕奎奥炒掉罗奇的原因之一。
但最重要的原因是罗奇的大嘴巴。
罗奇经常表现的就像帕奎奥团队的拉拉队长，赛前告诉马尼拉报，帕奎奥的训练很糟糕，因为很长时间没有过KO对手的比赛了，所以他在努力训练将霍恩击倒。在得知罗奇的评论后，霍恩非常高兴，因为罗奇的声明无疑对年轻的澳大利亚人来说是一个小小的信心提升。
赛后罗奇告诉媒体一些关于他计划与帕奎奥的谈话，透露一些细节。但是，罗奇应该知道, 他应该先和帕奎奥谈话，即使在谈话发生之后，媒体也不需要知道所说的一切。罗奇告诉TMZ的是；“与霍恩复赛，否则退役。帕奎奥在一夜之间变老了，他在战斗中做得还好，但不够很好”。
罗奇在霍恩比赛几天后告诉FoxSports说；“曼尼肯定在比赛之后不想见我，我真的不知道他是否生我的气，但我可以告诉你，我还没拿到工资呢。”
另外还有比赛时，罗奇并没有像以往的比赛那样及时提醒帕奎奥，或者能改变战术等等。。。拜托，罗奇用这种消极的方式对待老板不是个好主意。再说一遍，虽然你本意是好的，但这是无礼的。
这似乎是拳击史上最成功，更可爱的拳击手/教练关系之一。尽管罗奇可能再也不会在曼尼的角落工作，但我们希望这些伟大的拳击运动员有一天能够解决他们之间的分歧。
Manny Pacquiao and Roach split: Mistakes that got Freddie fired
Written by Leroy Cleveland
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Manny Pacquiao and Roach split: Mistakes that got Freddie fired
After one of the most successful fighter/trainer stints in all of boxing, Manny Pacquiao and his mentor, Freddie Roach, have parted ways.
Roach will not be involved in Manny's preparations for the legend's July showdown with Lucas Matthysse and seems to have been permanently ousted from Team Pacquiao.
So, what happened?
For starters, Manny dropped a controversial decision to Jeff Horn, a fella who didn't belong in the same ring, in his most recent fight.
Pacquiao, of course, was looking for answers and probably not realizing that he should shoulder most of the blame for his performance. His senatorial duties come before boxing these days so what does he expect in the ring, performance-wise?
Fighters often want to blame their trainer when things don’t go as planned and that might be part of the reason Pacquiao fired Roach.
... But, what really got Roach fired was his mouth.
Pre-Horn fight
Five and one-half weeks shy of his title defense against then-heavy underdog Jeff Horn, Trainer Freddie Roach, usually PacMan's biggest cheerleader, made his concerns very public.
“We are far behind. Those five rounds of sparring were the worst I have seen him spar,” said Roach to the Manila Times.
“Manny has not had a knockout for a long time. He got to show here in the sparring that he wants to knock him down. So, I don’t know, I cannot predict that anymore."
Upon learning of Roach's comments, Horn was very pleased as Roach’s statements undoubtedly served as a small confidence boost for the young Aussie.
Post-Horn fight
After the Horn bout, Freddie also made some very public statements that should have been said to Manny in private.
Roach informed some in the media about a conversation he'd planned to have with Manny, disclosing some of personal details.
But , Freddie should have known he should have had that conversation with Manny first; Moreover, even after that conversation had taken place the media didn't need to know everything that was said.
"Fight a rematch with Horn, otherwise retire," Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, speaking of his pupil Manny Pacquiao, recently told TMZ.
"Fighters get old overnight, he did okay in the fight, but just okay, and just okay isn't good enough."
Announcing to the world Manny is over-the-hill was certainly not in the legend's best promotional interest, Freddie. Moreover, it gives future opponents added hope.
And another...
"He was definitely avoiding me [after the bout]," Roach told FoxSports a few days after the Horn bout.
“I really don’t know if he’s mad at me,” Roach says. “But I can tell you this: I haven’t been paid yet. So who knows?”
C'mon Freddie. It was also a bad move to cast your boss in a negative light that way. Again, although you meant well, it was disrespectful.
While it's great Freddie 'shoots from the hip,' there are some things that should remain confidential between a trainer and his fighter. Freddie should have talked to Manny first and the media second, if at all.
If at all...
After many years of working together, Manny deserved that courtesy.
Lost the corner, too?
In a weak attempt to try to defend himself after the Horn fiasco, Roach also mistakenly admitted he lost control of the corner.
“It’s hard when Buboy is yelling, and (cut man) Miguel (Diaz) is telling me he has to get in the middle to work on the cuts,” Roach said.
"And to get my message across to Manny, what he should be doing is very difficult. Miguel is getting older and he has trouble getting in and out of the ring, and Buboy gets excited. Control in that corner has always been a little difficult.”
But that's your job, Freddie, as the chief second. What happens in a fighter's corner starts and ends with his head trainer.
The chief second (i.e. you) is responsible for managing roles in the corner and ** sure everything goes as smooth as possible.
It seems one of the most successful, more endearing fighter/trainer relationships in boxing history has ended.
Although Roach may never work Manny’s corner again, let's hope these great men of boxing settle their differences one day. |
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