Showing for sure that Mama Koncz didn?t raise any fools in the frozen tundra of Canada, Manny Pacquiao adivser and ?personal shadow? Michael Konz is singing out of Megamanny?s hymn book.
According to veteran Pinoy journalist Abac Cordero, writing for the Philippine Star, Koncz told him he is firmly in the corner of Megamanny in regards to his demand for a 60-40 purse split for a Ricky Hatton bout May 2.
So Brother Koncz, who shadows the fighter the same way Boston Celtic mascot ?Lucky? follows Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, is showing that he is versatile and flexible and does not always jump when Top Rank honcho Bob Arum so orders.
?This is a bit surprising,? a dedicated follower of the Pacman entourage soap opera told me Thursday. ?Koncz has always been reporting to Uncle Bob. He even left his wife and kids in the States to dedicate himself to being with Pacquiao night and day.
?But Koncz, while partial to paymaster Arum, is not suicidal. Now that Manny has put the brakes on all the 50-50 revenue split talk, Koncz can?t be the ?White Shadow? who is singing off key. He knows only too well that, if Pacman jettisons him, he won?t be going to work in Arum?s Las Vegas offices in any capacity.?
It looks to me that the razor sharp Arum has misjudged this situation. I guess he figured since Coach Freddie Roach endorsed the 50-50 deal that the minor characters, meaning Wakee Salud, lawyer Jeng Gacal and others, would fall into line.
And it?s not like Arum can tell Koncz to cajole or otherwise convince Pacman to go against his better judgement.
And Roach harbors an intense dislike for Koncz so he?s not going to buzz buzz him, either.
If this keeps up, Koncz may wind developing the superpower elasticity of Spiderman.
Now let?s all hum a few bars of ?Me And My Shadow.?
As the Pacworld Turns, what a telenovela this is.
