On Freddie Roach: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

HBO | Season Premiere Date: January 20, 2012

Starring: Freddie Roach

Summary: The daily life of boxing trainer Freddie Roach (Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, and George St. Pierre are some of his trainees) is the subject of this documentary series produced by Peter Berg.

Genre(s): Sports, Reality, News/Documentary, Documentary

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. Counterpunch
Air Date: February 23, 2012
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S1:E5. Episode 5
Air Date: February 16, 2012
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S1:E4. Episode 4
Air Date: February 9, 2012

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Ken Tucker

Jan 20, 2012

This peter Berg-produced show is filmed in a low-key style that makes Roach's life seem all the more dramatic. [27 Jan 2012, p.68]

Cynthia Fuchs

Jan 20, 2012

On Freddie Roach [is] Peter Berg's extraordinary six-part HBO series. Read full review

Linda Stasi

Jan 19, 2012

It's a no-holds-barred (pun intended) look at the trying life and good times of Freddie. Read full review

David Wiegand

Jan 20, 2012

[Berg gives] us a richly detailed look behind the scenes of the boxing world, and, in the process, showing us a battle-scarred warrior determined to live to fight another day. Read full review

Mike Hale

Jan 19, 2012

It's fascinating, frightening and more than a little exploitative, just like boxing itself. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Jan 19, 2012

It's a show for a very narrow slice of the channel's subscribers. Read full review

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MarcDoyle

Jan 29, 2012

It's a touching doc, with a spare approach that hearkens back to Friday Night Lights in its feel. Most boxers are damaged people who have lived tough lives. Freddie is no exception. I familiarized myself with him around 1998 when was training my favorite boxer Johnny Tapia. He's a specialIt's a touching doc, with a spare approach that hearkens back to Friday Night Lights in its feel. Most boxers are damaged people who have lived tough lives. Freddie is no exception. I familiarized myself with him around 1998 when was training my favorite boxer Johnny Tapia. He's a special guy, and this program doesn't sugarcoat things.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 20, 2012
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  S1:E6. Counterpunch
  Air Date: February 23, 2012
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  S1:E5. Episode 5
  Air Date: February 16, 2012
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  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: February 9, 2012
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  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: February 2, 2012
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  S1:E2. The Wild Card
  Air Date: January 27, 2012
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  S1:E1. Body Blow
  Air Date: January 20, 2012