On Freddie Roach
This cinéma-vérité series focuses on Freddie Roach, the world-famous boxing trainer who owns and operates the famed Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, where he has produced a host of world champions. This intensely personal look at Roach chronicles his life and career against the backdrop of Parkinson's disease, an ailment very likely linked to his own boxing past.
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- 2012-2012
- 1 season
- HBO
- Sports
This cinéma-vérité series focuses on Freddie Roach, the world-famous boxing trainer who owns and operates the famed Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, where he has produced a host of world champions. This intensely personal look at Roach chronicles his life and career against the backdrop of Parkinson's disease, an ailment very likely linked to his own boxing past.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
Body Blow
Fri, Jan 20, 2012 28 mins
Introduction to the life of Freddie Roach, boxing trainer and Parkinson's patient.
Episode 2
The Wild Card
Fri, Jan 20, 2012 25 mins
A routine day at the gym is suddenly thrown into chaos when Freddie's brother Pepper has a life threatening stroke.
Episode 3
Amateurs
Fri, Feb 3, 2012 26 mins
Freddie takes on a seemingly lost cause, U.S. Olympic Boxing.
Episode 4
Entourage
Fri, Feb 10, 2012 25 mins
Off to another world, where Roach sits at the throne of a king, the Philippines.
Episode 5
Trilogy
Fri, Feb 17, 2012 25 mins
As the calendar closes in on fight night for Manny, Freddie pushes for perfection.
Episode 6
Counterpunch
Fri, Feb 24, 2012 26 mins
Las Vegas: Destiny takes a hand, and the Manny Pacquiao drama is reinvented.