Ariza vs Roach
Published on Thursday, November 21, 2013
12:50 AM //
Sports
Freddie Roach was kicked by Alex Ariza, Ariza insulted Roach's speech (which is affected due to Parkinson's disease), and Robert Garcia claimed he's never disrespected Roach. It was all quite the scene tonight in Macao, and now there's video.
Robert Garcia
"(Roach) just wanted to start a
little fight. He's in trouble. Believe me, he's in trouble. Didn't you
guys just see how he reacted? He's in trouble. He's nervous. He's
scared. ... He came to us, like, 'get out of here you piece of shit!'
... He called me a piece of shit, then he called my friend a 'fucking
Mexican,' then he called Elie (Seckbach) a 'fucking Jew.' What the fuck
is that?"
Alex Ariza
"Rational people don't do that.
Professionals don't do that. We have to share a playing field right
now. You don't interrupt an interview and start calling the other guy a
piece of shit. It's just completely unprofessional. It's juvenile. But
it also goes to show that Freddie is really concerned about what's going
on here. He feels territorial, he came in with the same attitude. He
wanted to kick something off. He came over here, interrupted Robert,
started calling him names. And then he just started yelling at me for no
reason. You see, in the past -- this isn't Wild Card. Freddie's used to
grabbing people and throwing them out, cocking his fist back. So when
he did that, well, you know, to me that's a sign of aggression."
(on kicking Roach) "He
got physical. He was gonna hit Robert. I told him that this isn't Wild
Card. You don't call the shots here. He came at me, cocked his fist
back, and yeah, he got a front kick in the chest."