Freddie Roach on stupid questions and Cork’s coming champion

The week we are talking is the week before his fighter, Cork light-middleweight Callum Walsh, takes to the ring in Los Angeles against Argentinian Juan Jose Velasco

TWO LEGENDS: Manny Pacquiao (L) talks with his coach, Freddie Roach, at Wild Card Boxing Club in 2021. Pic: Michael Owens/Getty Images

Freddie Roach loves what he does. Boundlessly. The iconic boxing trainer has always maintained a clear devotion. He appears on the screen over Zoom with a mischievous smile and pure enthusiasm, untainted despite 50 years in a sport that combines beauty with brutality hand over fist.

Does he really still enjoy it as much as he did when he first laced them up?