MANILA, Philippines – You?re hired. You?re fired.
Barely weeks after Manny Pacquiao hired VisionQwest Resource Group to do the accounting for all his business and personal interests, it was reported yesterday that the accounting firm has been fired.
?Our office just received a letter via fax from Manny?s attorney from Los Angeles terminating our services to Manny,? VisionQwest Resource Group president and CEO Michael Lodge told FightHype.com yesterday.
The same boxing website reported a couple of days ago that there were efforts to have VisionQwest removed as Pacquiao?s accounting firm, and despite some denials, it was reported as having been done.
But VisionQwest hinted that it could be easier said than done, and that it could be holding on to a binding contract with the Filipino pound-for-pound champion.
?We have forwarded the letter (from Pacquiao?s attorney) to our legal counsel to respond accordingly. As you know, there has been a lot of pressure upon Manny from outside sources to remove us from his accounting firm,? Lodge also said.
Ben Thompson of FightHype.com wrote that ?it is clear that someone has convinced Pacquiao he is no longer in need of the company he originally hired to ensure all of his accounting, both personal and business, is in order.?
Pacquiao?s chief adviser, Michael Koncz, had said a couple of days ago that Bob Arum, the Top Rank chief and Pacquiao?s promoter, has nothing to do with the hiring and firing of VisionQwest.
