The silence from Manny Pacquaio lawyer Jeng Gacal has been deafening. Ever since I answered his challenge to fight and proposed we each put up $5,000 to benefit charity, nary a word has been heard from Pacman?s mouthy mouthpiece.
I have suggested three three-minute rounds, 12-ounce gloves and headgear if Gacal wants it. I will not wear headgear as my brain is pretty much 90 percent as damaged as it will ever get. Thank God that alcohol has no effect on me at all.
Why is Gacal so quiet? Does he think, that being a wily boxing veteran, I am going to stack the deck as far as officiating?
Let me tell you how confident I am of victory. I want a Filipino referee. I demand one in particular.
So I am calling on all Pinoys to track down my old friend from my youthful Las Vegas days and one of the finest referees ever, the Honorable Carlos Padilla, to be the third man in the ring when I fight Gacal during the WBC Convention in Manila.
I figure it this way, if Padilla was good enough for Ali-Frazier III, good enough for the real Thrilla In Manila, then he is more than qualified to work Gacal-Marley which is also known as White Gorilla Marley vs. the Legal Jackal.
Come on now, Jackal. Speak up or forever hold your peace. Pacman adviser Michael Koncz has already bet $50,000 on me with a private bookie in Las Vegas. I also hear that Freddie Roach is leaning my way. Further reports have Top Rank matchmaker Bruce ?Southland? Trampler advising the Jackal to stay in his law library and leave the ring alone.
Housecat got your tongue, Jackal?
