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                    [ArticleID] => 815035
                    [Title] => Freddie Roach rents jet for Hall of Fame
                    [Summary] => LAS VEGAS (AP) Freddie Roach wasn't going to let a fight - even one involving Manny Pacquiao - stand in the way of his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
                    [DatePublished] => 2012-06-08 11:40:19
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                    [ArticleID] => 630003
                    [Title] => Roach at the top of his game
                    [Summary] => 

Renowned trainer Freddie Roach wouldn’t admit it but the scuttlebutt is he earned over $1 million to work Manny Pacquiao’s corner against Antonio Margarito at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, last Saturday night (yesterday morning, Manila).

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 629695 [Title] => Margarito's trainer no match for Roach? [Summary] =>

The trainers on opposite camps were former fighters who’ve been there and done that.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 616299 [Title] => Manny changed my life - Roach [Summary] =>

Boxing trainer Freddie Roach’s biggest paycheck as a fighter was $13,000 which he earned in losing a decision to Hector (Macho) Camacho in 1985.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1135/spo2thumbcan.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 27818 [Title] => Ref advises Pinoy fighters to travel [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249327 [Title] => The other duel: Roach vs Beristain [Summary] => The consensus is it will be a tactical fight between defending World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas this morning (Manila time).

And if strategy will play a major role in deciding the outcome, the duel of the cornermen will be as key as the battle in the ring.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 243971 [Title] => Pacquiao’s verbal salvo stings foe [Summary] => Like the power his punches generate, Manny Pacquiao unleashed a verbal sortie on Mexican rival the first time they came face-to-face Wednesday and it didn’t sit well with Juan Manuel Marquez.

"Marquez is a great fighter and I respect him as the champ. But I am a champ too!," said Pacquiao. "This is a big important fight and I have to win if I want to fight (Erik) Morales."
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214705 [Title] => Two weeks enough for Pacquiao [Summary] => Freddie Roach is aware he may be spreading himself too thin. He’s easily the most in-demand professional boxing trainer these days. But not to worry. [DatePublished] => 2003-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 154853 [Title] => Remembering Da Flash [Summary] => He would’ve been 67 on March 25. Flash Elorde died too young–he was only 49 when he succumbed to lung cancer in 1985.

But his memory lives on. His legacy is forever. No other Filipino fighter was as legendary or as courageous. He had a heart as big as a mountain. In the ring, he fought like a tiger. Outside the ring, he lived for others.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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