Koncz beaten up by Pacquiao's conditioning coach
by Scott Christ on Oct 15, 2009 10:22 PM EDT
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Adviser Michael Koncz has been stirring the pot in the camp of Manny Pacquiao to an excessive degree lately, feuding with trainer Freddie Roach and earning the ire of Pacquiao fans the world over, but now it looks like he went too far. Ronnie Nathanielsz reports that Koncz was beaten up by Pacquiao's conditioning coach, Alex Ariza, after another attempt to pull a power play from the people actually involved with getting Manny ready.
"The trouble exploded when conditioning expert Alex Ariza reportedly learned that Koncz had consistently attempted to get him fired by Pacquiao despite the fact that by all accounts Ariza has helped turn the Filipino boxing icon into an explosive fighter ever since he teamed up with celebrated trainer Freddie Roach."
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"BoxingScene.com, insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports learned that Koncz had allegedly tried to have Ariza removed from working the corner of Pacquiao for the Cotto fight and wanted to take his place.
"After Pacquiao himself in a meeting about fight credentials with Joe Ramos had listed Roach and Ariza as well as Filipino trainer Buboy Fernandez as his corner-men, Koncz was alleged to have gone to Roach and told him that Pacquiao didn’t want Ariza in his corner and wanted him instead.
"Our source who was in Baguio City told us that when Ariza learned about the moves of Koncz who had earlier even wanted Roach replaced, he confronted the Canadian adviser and beat him up before a bodyguard jumped in and subdued Ariza preventing him from inflicting further harm on Koncz who reportedly received at least five blows thrown by the conditioning guru who is known to be strong.
"By all accounts when Pacquiao woke up and learned about the incident, he had no reaction."
This almost feels overdue. It seems obvious to the people near Pacquiao, such as Roach and Ariza, that the guy is a scumbag, and it seems pretty clear from the outside looking in that the guy's completely out for himself and nothing more. He clearly knows nothing about boxing, about what Pacquiao needs as a fighter, or about what he should be doing as an adviser to the world's most popular fighter.
And they can keep saying that the camp is going great, but unless Manny seriously has the patience of a saint, he's not going to be 100% focused on Miguel Cotto and the job at hand with all this squabbling going on.
Update: Koncz denies the story, which, like, of course he does.
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if this scum of the earth doesn’t get fired after this, pacquiao either is a.) incredibly loyal to this dude for some reason, or b.) incredibly stupid
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Oct 15, 2009 10:59 PM EDT reply actions
Mr. Manny Pacquiao
Dear Manny,
Heed OUR advice.
Ask Mike Koncz to pack up and leave.
Kung nag aantay ka ng panahon na mag-aksyon, ngayon na ang tamang panahon.
Your kababayan,
Joe D Mango
Keep it in english
So everybody knows what you’re saying. From my limited knowledge of Tagalog, I believe it’s something along the lines of: “If you’re waiting for the right reason [to fire Koncz], now is the time.” I’m paraphrasing of course.
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I’m starting to believe that Koncz has something on Manny lol. You can’t just ignore the things he’s been doing. Or Manny has something on him and he knows he isn’t as bad as we think he is. Regardless, Manny has to make some decisions.
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Hopefully not pictures of Manny in fishnets
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I wanted to claw my eyes out when I saw those pictures.
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Here's the real problem:
“By all accounts when Pacquiao woke up and learned about the incident, he had no reaction.”
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by The Kittitas Kid on Oct 16, 2009 10:33 AM EDT reply actions
I reckon that shows his focus on the fight. He probably wants to ignore all that stuff and concentrate on training. I’m glad he didn’t show much of a reaction, indicates that he doesn’t much care for Koncz
by Drunken cutman on Oct 16, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Bunch of shannigans. Not that Cotto’s situation is much better, but at least his big “distraction” was removed from the scene, rather than jumping up and down and waving its arms like this fellow seems to be doing.
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Update
In the first article of a 4 part series about the whole situation, Michael Marley from the SF Examiner asked Ariza to comment on the situation and he pretty much confirmed it to be true.
"We were upstairs in the living room of Manny’s suite," Ariza said of the Friday morning explosion. "He snapped at me, he got sarcastic and I did something not in my character.
"I told him, ‘Get up out of the chair.’ He didn’t get up and I punched him. Three of Manny’s bodyguards pulled me off him.
"You can’t rationalize with him, you can’t be diplomatic," Ariza said. "I’m here to do my job, to be there for Manny 24/7. Koncz really has no role except for errand boy."
Read it here.
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