The Wild Card: Hard-Fought Lessons from a Life in the Ring Book

The inspiring and amusing autobiography of the greatest trainer in boxing today, Freddie Roach.The Wild Card is the inspiring and amusing autobiography of boxing’s greatest trainer, Freddie Roach: an ex-pug living with Parkinson’s, the most famous white man in the Philippines, a formidable street fighter, and a millionaire who slept for years in a makeshift apartment within his Los Angeles gym, The Wild Card. The Wild Card begins with tales of Roach’s abusive youth, his own boxing career, and his apprenticeship under legendary trainer Eddie Futch (trainer of Joe Frazier) before moving on to his courageous battle against Parkinson’s disease, his relationship with Hollywood celebrities (Mickey Rourke, Mark Wahlberg), and his rise to the top of his profession training world champions like Mike Tyson; Oscar De La Hoya; Michael Moorer; Bernard Hopkins; Wladimir Klitchko; James Toney; and his prized pupil, the pound- for-pound #1 fighter in the world, Manny Pacquiao. 25 color photographsRead More