No narration here, just the fight from Freddie Roach's perspective. The camera work here is fantastic, hearing the crowd and looking at just the moments of the fight with no HBO commentary, no words over it, just seeing Freddie at work, the culmination of his efforts to prepare the fighter.
I still wish we'd seen this for the Pacquiao vs Marquez and Khan vs Peterson fights instead of Khan vs Judah, which was a bust of a fight from a competitive standpoint and ultimately nothing much to remember. I'd rather witness Roach's efforts to turn or stem the tide of a fight that isn't easy or isn't going nearly as well as he and the fighter had hoped, but that's just a timing matter.
"On Freddie Roach" premieres tonight on HBO and HBO Latino at 9:30 p.m. EST. It's a half hour show, so it will serve as something of a lead-in to tonight's three-fight ShoBox on Showtime, which starts at 11 p.m. EST.
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I am really looking forward to this
HBO usually does a great job on any kind of documentary. I expect the same with this.
SueB - January 20, 2012
me too
StevenKerwood - January 20, 2012
Peter berg has experience doing docu style filmmaking. Friday night lights the series was filmed with docu style cinematography
battle axe of doom - January 20, 2012 via mobile
It was pretty interesting, particularly the bit about his ex-girl friend and current Gym Manager and
his new girl friend. What I got out of the first one was that staying busy keeps him going.
Also, when he said he would not change a thing if he could do it all over, I thought that was remarkable.
Boss Man - January 20, 2012
I really enjoyed it. Those boobs were funny, and his gf is a rocket.
RyanSexton - January 21, 2012
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