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“You can celebrate birthday every year and fights like this (with Morales) comes once in a lifetime,”
Freddie Roach
“I want him working more on his technique and not just going out there and putting a show on for the fans that come and watch him train.”
“We love the Filipino crowds and it was great to have them there, but it got too much in the end. You couldn't breath in the gym, as more and more came each day.”
“When we did make it public that we were not letting anyone watch any longer, the Filipino fans stopped coming. They respected the decision and knew it was for Manny's benefit. They helped us out and we respect that.”
“We had too many distractions going into the Morales fight. Now a lot of the bad people are away from the scene and we have a good team, now.”
“Manny's Filipino audience loves to watch him, but I wanted it to be more private so we could better work on going to the body and the other things we need to work on. Velazquez is somebody we definitely can't take lightly. Everybody's talking about Morales and the rematch, but there won't be a rematch without winning this fight. We've been working on a little bit of everything to make Manny more of a complete fighter.”
“The one fight (in between) is good for us. Right after this fight, we'll take a week off and then go into Morales mode.”
“It's good because it gets him back in the gym, back into the mode of training for a big fight. ... Get him out of the pool hall a little bit.”
“It was nice having them in the gym, but ... Manny was performing for them more than for me. I wanted him working on technique and so forth. ... They've respected it. They realize it's for his benefit and they want Manny to win.”
“In the last fight, the game plan went out the window,”
