Freddie Roach
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Name: Freddie Roach
Alias: The Choir Boy
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Dedham, Massachusetts, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 165cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
- Trainers: Paul Roach (1978-1979) and (1985-1986), Eddie Futch (1979-1985)
- Freddie Roach Gallery
- Fighters Trained
Awards & Recognitions
- California Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee (Non-Boxer): Class of 2006
- Boxing Writers Association of America "Trainer of the Year": 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013
- Inducted into the New England Boxing Hall of Fame
- 2012: International Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee
Notes
- A former professional boxer himself, Freddie Roach is best known as a world-class trainer.
- His mother Barbara Roach was the first female judge in Massachusetts.
- His father Paul Roach was a lightweight in the late 1940s, early 1950s.
- Brother of boxers Pepper Roach and Joey Roach.
- Owner of the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California.
- Late in his boxing career Roach began showing early signs of Parkinson's disease.