Boxing: Axed coach Roach mocks Khan

Amir Khan’s former trainer Freddie Roach has taken a swipe at the boxer, claiming that Manny Pacquiao would not have lost a single round against Danny Garcia, a player who knocked Khan out in the fourth round of their bout. “I wanted Pacquiao to fight Danny Garcia instead of Khan,” said Roach. “I wanted that fight because Amir Khan says that I don’t teach defence to him and Manny Pacquiao. Why did he compare himself to Manny? It depends what I taught him. Let’s see what Manny does with your last opponent. Manny wouldn’t lose a round and he would show Khan exactly how a bout is supposed to be fought.” Khan is expected to announce his new trainer, rumoured to be Naazim Richardson, in the near future, according to ESPN.


Published in The Express Tribune, September 18^th, 2012.