Pacquiao and Roach: Bonded through Triumph and Turmoil

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Brady-Belichick. Manning-Dungy. Jordan-Jackson. Bryant-Jackson. Shaq-Jackson. Duncan-Popovich. Jeter-Torre. By and large, those are the most successful and most celebrated player-coach relationships of recent vintage, partnerships between pupil and teacher that became personal bonds - if not a true “friendship” in the traditional sense of the word (i.e. Kobe-Phil), an intense professional symbiosis for which there is no concrete term.

Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach have leapt to the head of this class, forging one of the most notable tandems in recent boxing history. When Coach Roach first got his hands on Manny in 2001, the Filipino southpaw was a one-handed brawler. With abundant raw talent and natural athleticism, he nevertheless was about as far away from being an all-around boxer as you can get...

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