Freddie Roach: Not Impressed by Fedor's Boxing

Saturday, 03 January 2009 11:02

by Garv

Good thing for Fedor that he's not a boxer, because legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach, who is working with Andre Arlovski, has just dissed his boxing skills. Freddie is not impressed and told Sports Illustrated:

"He's flat-footed, has no technique, but he can punch. That always helps. He's accurate. He'll follow you right to the floor, so he's aggressive. But that aggressiveness can be used to our advantage, I think."

Actually, I think it's just the opposite. Arlovski is at his best when he's aggressive. When he's tentative like he was against Tim Sylvia in 2 of their 3 fights, he looks nothing like a world beater. But coming straight at Fedor is a recipe for disaster for Andre too, in my opinion, because Fedor has the better chin and will hurt Andre in the exchanges. Andre will probably try and box Fedor in the hopes of catching him coming in, but that's a long shot. He'll have to open up eventually and get aggressive if he wants to win. And of course he does have a puncher's chance, but I wouldn't lay on money down on that. Fedor by KO round one.