Freddie Roach Quotations

It was a tactical fight and they were our tactics. The fight went the way we wanted it to go even though we didn't get the decision.

My guy in the first fight was a little left-hand happy. In this fight, he landed a lot of right hooks.

After this fight we'll take a week off and then we'll be straight back into Morales mode,

Gabi is in great shape for the fight. He trained really hard. We had great sparring and we got some big punchers because we know Vic is a very big puncher and a very good champion, and a big favorite going into the fight.

Manny's Filipino audience loves to watch him, but I wanted it to be more private so we could better work on going to the body and the other things we need to work on. Velazquez is somebody we definitely can't take lightly. Everybody's talking about Morales and the rematch, but there won't be a rematch without winning this fight. We've been working on a little bit of everything to make Manny more of a complete fighter.

Manny relied too much on connecting with that left hand of his (Pacquiao). He wanted a homerun.

The one fight (in between) is good for us. Right after this fight, we'll take a week off and then go into Morales mode.

He fights with his heart and emotion. People say you should change him and settle him down. But this is what makes him exciting and you can't take it away from him.

He looked very good. The jab was really a key punch and it set everything up for him.

My fighter is 100 percent ready and he is just two pounds over the limit yesterday.