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NEW YORK -- Manny Pacquiao calls him "trustworthy," and "honest," and, a man he considers to be his personal confidant as well as his personal assistant.
Others, including some of Pacquiao's own camp members, have called Michael Koncz (pictured above, at center) a crook. In July, the aftermath of a second-round knockout by WBO featherweight champion, Juan Manuel Lopez, of challenger, Bernabe Concepcion, got ugly for Koncz.
A partner with Pacquiao's MP Promotions, Koncz who was blasted by members of the Filipino press who perceived him to have been responsible for pushing Concepcion into a fight that was beyond his abilities to win. More recently, strength and conditioning coach, Alex Ariza, an assistant to four-time Trainer of the Year, Freddie Roach, accused Koncz of trying to get him fired by Pacquiao.
FanHouse caught up to the bleary-eyed Koncz during a Monday night train ride from New York to Washington, D.C., along with some 40-or-so media personnell, including those from CNN, CBS, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Daily News, Playboy, and The Examiner.
The trek followed a New York press conference that was held at the Chelsea Pier No. 61, an event which marked the third stop in a four-city tour promoting a May 7, Showtime televised, Top Rank Promotions WBO welterweight (147 pounds) title defense by Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) opposite three-division, five-time champion, Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) that will take place at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
On Thursday, some 300 reporters attended a similar gathering at the Beverly Hills Hotel, in Los Angeles, and, on Saturday, another was held at the MGM Grand.
Barely able to keep his eyes open, Koncz was functioning on about four hours of sleep.
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Source: http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2011/02/14/manny-pacquiaos-adviser-im-not-a-crook/
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