ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Veteran trainer Hector Roca said Oscar de la Hoya is just "too big" for World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champ Manny Pacquiao despite the Filipino's vaunted punching power.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... and I don't know who they are.' Santana is based at Brooklyn's Gleason's Gym and has trained with Hector Roca, the man who got Hilary Swank into fighting shape for her role in "Million Dollar Baby." Santana, who has a 9-month-old son, moved here from Puerto Rico 20 years ago. "Looking back, I'm the only one left," he once told an interviewer about the childhood friends with whom he...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
... with the final stages intensifying in New York under the watchful eyes of renowned trainers Hector Roca and Pedro Romero."We believe Panama will have their 26th world champion." says Pedro Romero "He has good power in both hands and can hurt his opponent with either hand. He can box and punch going forward and back." In preparation, his team have been watching Banal’s past fights....
