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Freddie Roach
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Quotes by Freddie Roach
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And Manny was supposed to have a big suite, but Murad took the big suite for himself and put Manny in a one-bedroom suite that Manny had to share with eight other people. And he didn't get his tickets (for family and friends) for the fight.
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Mayweather likes to say he is better than Sugar Ray Robinson, but I think it is more important for him to keep the zero on his record than it is to fight Manny. We hope the opportunity comes for a fight with Mayweather, but Manny is going to continue to fight, even if it means moving up in weight to go after nine titles.
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I know when I first started working with Manny that he was something special. But eight world titles? No one could have expected that.
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After this fight we'll take a week off and then we'll be straight back into Morales mode,
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I want him working more on his technique and not just going out there and putting a show on for the fans that come and watch him train.
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It was a close fight with a lot of close rounds, ... Morales landed the bigger punches but Manny landed more combinations.
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It was nice having them in the gym, but ... Manny was performing for them more than for me. I wanted him working on technique and so forth. ... They've respected it. They realize it's for his benefit and they want Manny to win.
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It's good because it gets him back in the gym, back into the mode of training for a big fight. ... Get him out of the pool hall a little bit.
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