Coaches heated conversations give a little scuffle that broke out in Macao, China as of November 20, 2013 Wednesday at the boxing gym of Venetian hotel.
Manny Pacquaio trainer Freddie Roach and Brandon Rios’ trainer Robert Garcia exchanges words that went in freaking out of both parties.
Around 11am, Roach arrived with Pacquiao’s conditioning coach Gavin McMillan, to find Rio’s camp still training. Rios had the gym reserved from 9-11am.
The fight started when Roach asked Garcia if they can leave, right after that arguments between them erupted leading to some pushing and shoving with other member of the camp got involved.
Former Conditioning Coach of Pacquiao Alex Ariza Kicked Freddie Roach:
Here’s Roach and Garcia heated conversations to where their fight started:
Roach asked Garcia if they can leave, Garcia then responded “We got 30 more minutes” to which Roach said, “No you don’t you only got until 11 o’clock.”
“Well we were here because we got some interviews with ESPN, we ain’t going nowhere,” Garcia said.
Roach replied, “That’s not my fault. Get the f*** out of here.”
“It ain’t my fault either, I ain’t going nowhere,” Garcia said.
Roach, growing increasingly angry, then said, “You piece of s***.”
“I ain’t going nowhere and don’t call me a piece of s***,” Garcia replied.
At this point, Alex Ariza, Pacquiao’s former conditioning coach who has since transferred to Rios’ side, joined the altercation and yelled at Roach, “Get the f*** out of here!”
Roach threatened back, “Throw me out! Throw me out! Make me leave! Make me leave!”
The exchange went on for a few seconds with Ariza starting to mock Roach’s Parkinson’s disease, “uh uh uh,” he stuttered.
Roach then took a step forward to focus on Ariza, who suddenly kicked Roach just below his chest, throwing him backwards. Roach fired Ariza after Pacquiao’s last fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.
The kick was so hard Ariza’s shoe flew off.
McMillan pulled back Roach after the kick, telling Ariza, “That’s (–foul word(s) removed–)ault, that’s (–foul word(s) removed–)ault!”
“No he started it. F*** you too! F*** you too!,” Ariza replied to McMillan, who has since replaced his spot as the Pacquiao team’s conditioning coach. “Mind your f***ing business b****!”
Not wanting to fight, McMillan stepped back and simply said, “You’re such a joke!”
Ariza yelled back, “You’re a f***ing joke, f*ggot!”
Racist words..
“Get the f*** out of here!,” said another member of Rios’ camp.
Roach replied, “You Mexican motherf***er!”
“What did he say? Is he getting racist?,” the staff replied surprised.
He then had to be held back as he tried to again fight Roach.
Garcia later yelled back, “You piece of s*** Roach! That was personal f***er! F*** you Roach, that’s personal you don’t run this f***ing place!”
Ariza then mocked Roach’s Parkinson’s disease again, saying, “Let’s go, let’s get down right there. Spi-spi-spit out!”
Roach then responded, “I’m sorry I took over all the credit for your wins.”
He added, referring to Ariza’s mocking, “You don’t do it that well, Brandon does it better.” Roach was referring to how Rios had mocked his condition in the past, in a video that also went viral and drew ire towards Rios from fans.
Roach’s staff then requested for police, with McMillan telling the security at the gym, “We want him arrested.”
Roach, who was led out by McMillan as they waited for police, then laughed, “A f***ing girl kicked me!”
Ariza later told in an interview, he kicked Roach because he saw Roach put up a fist, and did it for self-defense.
Video shows Roach was only walking towards Ariza right before he was kicked. Ariza says he does not regret what he did.
