PACQUIAO CLAIMS MIDDLE-MEN RUINED CHANCES OF AMIR KHAN SHOWDOWN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 22 Jan 2016
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao claims that ?middle-men? had ruined chances of a showdown with Britain?s WBC Silver welterweight champion Amir Khan.
Pacquiao told Sky Sports in Britain that the fight with Khan which he and his adviser Michael Koncz had personally discussed with Khan during a meeting at the century-old Fitzroy Lodge Boxing Club in Lambeth. East London, last January 2015 fell through because of a collapse in negotiations with Khan?s middle-men.
Koncz who continued conversations with Khan?s handlers last November but indicated that the financial terms for a third fight with Timothy ?Desert Storm? Bradley were more attractive and that?s the fight Pacquiao decided to take.
Khan had previously said he had pulled out of talks with Pacquiao but on a trip to India revealed that negotiations with his former stablemate under trainer Freddie Roach had resumed some two months ago, but the talks collapsed and Manny blamed Khan?s representatives for the fight not pushing through.
Pacquiao ruled out a fight with Khan or even a rematch with the now retired Floyd Mayweather Jr stating ?I?m going to retire so that?s impossible.?
Sky Sports quoted Pacquiao who said ?Yes, before this fight with Timothy Btradley we were negotiating and trying to fix and get it done, this fight with Amir, but it didn?t work out. There were a lot of middle-men in negotiations and a lot of representatives from him and that is the reason? the fight fell through.
A possible rematch surfaced once again and Pacquiao and Manny believes it?s a fight he should have won.
He insisted ?I?m 100 percent sure that I?m going to retire after this fight? against Bradley. He told SkySports News HQ ?he (Mayweather) is already retired so that?s impossible but we don?t know.
Stating that ?if you ask me in my heart I still believe I won that fight (last May 2) but I respect the decision of the judges, the Commission and that?s boxing.?
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