Famed Boxing Trainer Freddie Roach Featured on HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Boxing trainer Freddie Roach, a three-time trainer of the year winner, will be featured on the upcoming episode of Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel. The show will make its debut Tuesday at 10 p.m. on HBO.
The show will tell the story of the trainer, who has used boxing to overcome a troubled childhood and is currently using boxing to deal with his Parkinson's disease today. He is the trainer for current pound-for-pound fighter Manny Pacquiao.
Mary Carillo does the story.
An excerpt from the episode:
Mary Carillo: This is keeping you healthy? You're willing to say that?
Freddie Roach: 100 percent.
Mary Carillo: 100 percent?
Freddie Roach: Yep. The day I quit this I'll probably die."