MMAInsider took a trip to the famed Wild Card Boxing gym on Wednesday, a living photo album of a room headed by boxing coach Freddie Roach.
Roach is currently working with Andre Arlovski for his fight with Fedor Emelianenko at Affliction's "Day of Reckoning" on Jan. 24 in Anaheim, Calif. Roach and Arlovski have been working together on and off for three years. The former UFC heavyweight champ arrived at the gym this week.
Towards the end of an interview in his gym's spare room, Roach revealed that UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was dropping in to spar with "The Pitbull" that night. Indirectly, he also hinted that Silva's dreams of boxing Roy Jones Jr. were not dead.
"I've been working with Anderson for a little while now," Roach said. "He's 4-0 in Brazil as a boxer. He wants to fight Roy Jones, he told me. I don't think Anderson's quite ready for Jones yet, but he's a talented guy; he has good movement, and (Silva and Arvlovski sparring) should be interesting."
"The Spider" vs. "The Pitbull"? An interesting match-up indeed.
5 comments:
Arlovski is an incredible striker with loads of athletic ability, but with his next opponent in the name of Fedor..... he needs to be training with someone like Anderson
Arlovski is a much more talented striker than Fedor, and has some of the best hands in all of MMA. Working with Roach gives him the best to beat Fedor...but it is Fedor, and although Arlovski is a Samba champ, there is a reason The Last Emperor is the best MMA fighter ever...That's where the fight will go... Arlovski is one of my favorite fighters, but he had a hard time with Roy Nelson on the ground..I fear that Fedor will finish Andre once it does =(
fedor wins this fight via submission in round 1. arlovski's ground game cannot touch fedors
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Arlovski won a submission match with fedor awhile ago so i wouldn't say fedor has a edge in submission but arlovski does have a glass jaw and we all have seen that.
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