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BREAKING NEWS: FORTUNE QUITS, TELLS ROACH GO “F” YOURSELF By Brad Cooney PhilBoxing.com Thu, 10 May 2007   Manila Bulletin writer Nick Giongco was definitely on to something when he reported some months back that strength and conditioning coach, Justin Fortune did not want Roach in Pacquiao's corner in San Antonio. According to Roach, Fortune quit Wild Card Gym the day before Roach returned from Las Vegas, “He turned his keys in to one of my assistants, he didn't want to face me I guess”, said Roach. To make matters even more interesting, Roach informs Philboxing that Fortune split without giving Roach his portion of the trainer's fees, due him from Pacquiao's fight, and Israel Vasquez's last fight, “I got a message from Fortune, he told me that he's taking all of the trainer fee money for both Pacquaio, and Vasquez, and he told me to go “F” myself.” And just when things couldn't seem any worse, Roach informs Philboxing that Fortune tried to sway Bobby Pacquiao from Wild Card, and to join him instead, “I was informed that Fortune also tried to get Bobby Pacquiao to quit my stable, and to join him instead, but Bobby told him 'No way'. Seems there has been trouble brewing behind the scenes for a little while now, and even when this writer got Justin Fortune on the record, he denied any such issues. Roach went on to say, “Brad you know it, and I know it, and Manny knows it, I was always going to be in Manny's corner in San Antonio, it was Justin that kept telling people that I wasn't coming, and that I wasn't in contact with him, and that's just not true. It's too bad that some people change when it comes to money. I was beginning to see that Justin was getting too big for his own head when I was in Puerto Rico training Oscar.” Editor's note: The original starting sentence of this article which stated that 'Philboxing writer Salven Lagumbay was definitely on to something ...' was changed to 'Manila Bulletin writer Nick Giongco ...' as it was Giongco who originally carried the story about 'Fortune not wanting Roach to be in Pacquiao's corner' for the Pacquiao-Solis fight. Later Salven Lagumbay wrote an exclusive article saying that Roach and Fortune split up. The author, Brad Cooney pointed out his own mistake and had it corrected. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Brad Cooney.  |
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