Comments on: Freddie Roach Says Nick Diaz Is Not A Good Boxer, Anderson Silva Is Best Boxer In MMA

By: Musclefixer

Musclefixer — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:55:13 +0000

They asked him, he didn’t go around looking for an interview. Roach is what he is, an excellent boxing coach. Period.
Ask him about boxing in mma, and he’ll give you his opinion on BOXING in mma.
I’m sure anybody not agreeing with him isn’t keeping him awake at night.

By: anomicbomb

anomicbomb — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:11:27 +0000

He said Nick is not a good boxer, nothing about MMA. He knows boxing and spoke about it. He’s totally correct.

By: kanu

kanu — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:04:05 +0000

Guys Roach is right, listen to the comment, Roach says ‘people tell me that he is a good boxer, I disagree he is not a good boxer but he is good wiht his hands’…therefore Roach is right !!! Diaz is not a good boxer but is a great fighter cuz boxing requires additional skills thats all….

By: Drex

Drex — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:13:48 +0000

Add freddy cockroach to the list of haters that Nick will silence once he’s champ. Anderson is Apollo creed and Diaz is Rocky, finesse vs heart. War Diaz!!

By: ThatDude

ThatDude — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:33:18 +0000

I think Roach is right, Anderson Silva is the best, and the fighters that fight him Only servive because he lets them.

By: ml

ml — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:03:51 +0000

Most of the pros don’t have a ‘MMA’ couch. MMA isn’t a style per se. The pros have coaches for wrestling, jui-jitsu, muay thai, boxing, and whatever other style a fighter uses and a head coach who helps the fighter put it all together.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:31:25 +0000

Don’t forget guys, Freddie Roach also was the guy that said GSP has great boxing during the GSP vs Jake Shields fight and Roach did help train GSP a bit for that fight, too.

Freddie, the more you speak about MMA the more you come off as a simple opportunist. Not an MMA fan.

By: Ronnie_Vegas

Ronnie_Vegas — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:22:16 +0000

Jesus! I’m sick of people saying Penn out-boxed Diaz in the first round of their fight. the first round is a feeling out process, in which Penn only landed 10 more punches. Diaz landed a hundred more punches in the seocnd round, and then landed hundred more punches in the third round. He broke a compustrike record against Penn, which his brother Nate later broke against Cerrone.

By: psxdogg

psxdogg — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:14:43 +0000

Also; DISTANCE!! If you don’t know how to calculate distance and how to use your footwork to maneuver around your DONE

By: psxdogg

psxdogg — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:13:29 +0000

FOOTWORK: For all of you saying this is not Boxing and the footwork is not the same or it’s useless; YOU don’t know what your talking about.

Footwork is the number one thing that you MUST learn because of striking and DEFENDING. Diaz has sum footwork but compared to others (ex.Frankie Edgar) he’s an amateur.

All this MMA striking and Boxing is not the same is all BULLSHIT. You have to know how to fight from both leads, the more tools you have the better; and that’s why footwork is so important. Without footwork your jab is nothing and every other punch you throw is NOTHING. Get it right kids

Freddie Roach said ANDERSON SILVA is the best because look what he does in the ring with his footwork and hands. He makes people look like fools. Anderson got his footwork from BOXING!!! He was a pro boxer in Brazil