On This Day In Boxing History!

1960: Freddie Roach Was Born!

Freddie Roach

Born: Son of boxing judge Barbara RoachMarch 5th,1960

Birth Place: Dedham, Massachusetts

Residence: Los Angeles, California

Pro-Debut: August 24th,1978

Alias: The Choir Boy

Division: Lightweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 5″  

Bouts: 53

Rounds: 406

Ko’s: 28%

Record: 40-13, 15Ko’s

International Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 2012

Fighters Trained:

Raymundo Beltran, Jose Benavidez, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Steve Collins, Bernabe Concepcion, Oscar De La Hoya,  Michael Domingo, Mercito Gesta, Virgil Hill, Ana Julaton, Roman Karmazin, Lateef Kayode, Amir Khan, Dimitri Kirilov, Wladimir Klitschko , Frankie Liles, Jorge Linares, Peter Manfredo Jr, Vanes Martirosyan, Wayne McCullough, Craig McEwan, Michael Moorer, Bobby Pacquiao, Manny Pacquiao, Gerry Penalosa, Ruslan Provodnikov, Scott Quigg, Peter Quillin, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Mickey Rourke, Vyacheslav Senchenko, Zou Shiming, Georges St-Pierre -UFC , Marlon Starling, Johnny Tapia, James Toney, Mike Tyson, Israel Vazquez, Brian Viloria and list continues to grow.

March 5th

1886: Freddie Welsh was born in Pontypridd, Wales

1913: Frank Klaus DQ15 Billy Papke

1934: Barney Ross D10 Frankie Klick

1943: Beau Jack W12 Fritzie Zivic

Billy Backus born in Canastota, New York

1948: Gus Lesnevich KO1 Billy Fox

1951: Ike Williams W10 Beau Jack

Willie Pep W10 Carlos Chavez

Percy Bassett W10 Jimmy Carter

1954: Paddy De Marco W15 Jimmy Carter

1956: Jimmy Carter W10 Phil "The St. Louis Kid" Burton

Tony DeMarco TKO9 Wallace "Bud" Smith

1960: Freddie Roach in Dedham, Massachusetts

1965: Ernest Terrell W15 Eddie Machen

1977: John Conteh KO3 Len Hutchins

Eddie Gazo W15 Miguel Castellini

1988: Sumbu Kalambay W12 Mike McCallum

1989: Tony Lopez W12 Rocky Lockridge

Yong-Kang Kim W12 Leopard Tamakuma

1994: James Toney KO4 Tim Littles

Oscar De La Hoya KO10 Jimmi Bredahl

Fabrice Tiozzo KO7 Eddy Smulders, Lyon

Silvio Branco KO1 Stefano Pompilio

1995: Fabrice Tiozzo TKO4 Noel Magee

1996: Raul Marquez W12 Skipper Kelp

Winky Wright W12 Anthony Council, Norfolk

1999: Peter Culshaw WSD 12 Zolile Mbityi

Roman Karmazin W8 Juan Italo Meza

Chris John W10 Hasan Ambon

Jorge Rodrigo Barrios KO6 Oscar Natalio Lopez

Sergio Martinez TKO5 Arnaldo Gabriel Molina

2000: Santiago Samaniego TKO5 Maselino Masoe

Robbie Peden WSD12 Carlos Alberto Ramon Rios

Alexander Makhmutov W12 Mimoun Chent

2003: Carl "The Cobra" Froch TKO5 Varuzhan Davtyan

2004: Verno Phillips TKO1 Julio Garcia

2005: Jeff Lacy KO7 Rubin Williams

Jose Luis Castillo KO10 Julio Diaz

Felix Sturm KO2 Bert Schenk

Nkosinathi Joyi W12 Mawanda Sineko

Steven Luevano TKO5 Julian Rodriguez

2008: Leonard Bundu TKO1 Giammario Grassellini

2009: Steve Herelius WMD10 Jean Marc Monrose

Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam TKO4 Samir Santos Barbosa
2010: Martin Honorio W12 Wilton Hilario
Rico Ramos KO4 Cecilio Santos

2011: Saul Alvarez W12 Matthew Hatton

Zab JudahTKO7 Kaizer Mabuza

Shinsuke Yamanaka TKO10 Ryosuke Iwasa

Rafal Jackiewicz KO2 Tarik Sahibeddine

Adrien Broner W10 Daniel Ponce De Leon

Danny Jacobs TKO1 Robert Kliewer

Humberto Soto W10 Fidel Monterrosa

Alberto Rosas W10 Jesus Vazquez

2012: Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym TKO9 Jilo Merlin
Pornsawan Porpramook W6 Safwan Lombok

2016: Lucas Browne TKO10 Ruslan Chagaev

Jessica Chavez W10 Vanesa Lorena Taborda

Jessie Vargas TKO9 Sadam Ali