Michael Koncz: Manny Pacquiao to know his opponent’s name on Sunday – Boxing news
The search for Manny Pacquiao’s June 9, 2012 bout opponent will eventually end most probably on this weekend and the possibility of Timothy Bradley’s announcement as the pugilist on the other side of the squared ring will be made on Sunday, as revealed by
Michael Koncz.
Michael shared his view point on the current extravaganza that took the whole media by fire when three of the most prolific pugilists and possible Manny opponents dumped the Pac-man due to various reasons.
The dust is almost close to getting settled since Michael being the financial advisor of Manny has put forth the whole game plan which was followed by the Mexicutioner’s camp. While talking to the media representatives Michael admitted that he had no glimpse
of the fact that Miguel Cotto will also ignore the option of fighting Manny.
Michael revealed that his camp thought Floyd might ditch the June 9 option but Cotto will not. He added that it wasn’t even in their wildest thoughts and dreams that Cotto might also drop the idea and in fact will opt to bout Floyd. Michael accepted that
at the moment there is no other option left but to engage Timothy Bradley and have a deal with his camp as soon as possible.
While explaining the near future strategy Michael said, "I'm confident that Bob [Arum] and I will, with Manny's approval, have a deal in place by Sunday. I'm going to meet with Bob to discuss not only Bradley but also Marquez and Peterson because now I have
to determine what is the best for Manny style-wise and also in terms of economics now that there isn't a fight with Mayweather or Cotto. The majority of our discussions have been about Bradley."
Michael also said that due to the inadvertent flaw in their game plan they are now looking at Bradley option seriously and it is this reason why we are having a series of talks and meetings with Cameron Dunkin, Bradley’s manager. Koncz while praising the
young Bradley’s capability also mentioned that the bout might not get a hit and it will be a tough task to promote the collision as an epic bout since if compared to Manny, Timothy is not well known in the boxing world.
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