VANITY FAIR Great piece on Freddie Roach and Oscar and Pacman fight coming up.

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This is my favorite part of the 3rd installement

One afternoon in 1999, Muhammad Ali walked into Wild Card unannounced. Roach recalls,
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nice article. Freddie is a really cool dude and I also really enjoyed working with Pepper on the mitts wile I was there
 
"do you wanna go back to acting?!"
"fuck no!"
"then go knock this mother fucker out!"

lol
 
I actually crave those carne asada tacos.” His strength and conditioning coach, Rob Garcia, forbids them. “His perfect fruits in the morning are pineapple, guava, strawberry, mango, and banana,” Garcia tells me. “He’ll have that with a little bit of ice. Dinner-wise, he has his choice between Chilean sea bass, lamb, or steak…. It is all organic and antibiotic free.” This contrasts with Pacquiao, who recently invited me to sit in on a game of Chinese poker in a two-bedroom apartment currently sleeping six to ten men of his Filipino entourage. (The number of inhabitants varies each time it is asked.) The winner of the game had the honor of buying everyone dinner from Kentucky Fried Chicken as karaoke blared in the background. In terms of nutrition, such a meal is not so different from the recommended boxer’s breakfast of 1818, as described in the first history of the sport, Pierce Egan’s Boxiana: “beef-steaks or mutton-chops under-done, with stale bread and old beer.” Team Pacquiao’s standard feast is less indulgent, if equally delectable, comprised of beef bone stews, rice, and chicken kabobs. Grilled vegetables are laid out for guests, but not the host. “I do not like them,” Pacquiao tells me.
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lmao, Pacman eats KFC during training and no veges.
 
I really hope Manny wins ... but my head keeps telling me Oscar's too big for him.
Hope I'm wrong on this.
 
that was a great interview
 
Favorite part is here where it talks about Tyson

"One day, Roach’s business partner Billy Keane came to training with his ex-girlfriend, actress Meg Ryan, who was hoping to photograph Tyson’s workout. According to Roach, “she comes in the dressing room and she starts taking pictures of me wrapping his hands.” Acknowledging Ryan’s presence, Tyson remarked to her, “Your mother has an animal hospital.” Ryan, confused, replied, “No.” Mildly irritated, Tyson repeated, “Your mother owns a refuge for lions and tigers.” Again, Ryan assured him that her mother did not, causing Tyson to erupt, “Then what the fuck are you doing here, motherfucker?”
 
That's not how Meg Ryan tells the story:

Meg Ryan & Mike Tyson

After playing boxing manager Jackie Kallen in Against the Ropes (2004), Meg Ryan was inspired to shoot a series of photographs of famous boxers, among them Mike Tyson.
"I'm just taking his picture, and he's kind of ignoring me..." she recalled. "He looked at me and he goes, 'I seen your momma's baby.' So... I keep the camera up because I feel like that will protect me... And he goes, 'The lions and the tigers?' So then I'm just.. I'm sweating because I'm so nervous. The more I didn't understand, the more angry he got. He got angrier and angrier... And I'm thinking to myself, 'Does he think I'm an actor who has an animal sanctuary?' So I said, 'I'm not Brigit Bardot.' Then he said, 'Yes you are,' and my friend said, 'Why are you arguing with Mike Tyson!'... Then someone said, 'It's Meg Ryan,' and he said, 'No, no, it's not Meg Ryan. I like Meg a lot - she's a great singer'... It turned out he thought my mom was Tippy Hedren [and she was Melanie Griffith] and then when he found out I wasn't her, he kicked me out!"
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From Ancedotage.com
 
Great read. Thanks.

I loved this line

He regrets that fight,
 
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