Freddie Roach: UFC Booked Couture-Toney to Make Boxing Look Bad

Filed under: UFCA lot of old-school boxing guys seize on every opportunity they get to take shots at mixed martial arts, but Freddie Roach isn’t one of those old-school boxing guys. Roach likes MMA, has trained and cornered MMA fighters, and thinks the…

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A lot of old-school boxing guys seize on every opportunity they get to take shots at mixed martial arts, but Freddie Roach isn’t one of those old-school boxing guys. Roach likes MMA, has trained and cornered MMA fighters, and thinks the two sports can coexist peacefully.

So when Roach throws out a criticism of the UFC — as he did when asked about the upcoming fight between former UFC champion Randy Couture and former boxing champion James Toney — it can’t be dismissed in the way tired criticisms from so many old-school boxing guys can be.

But I still think Roach is wrong.