A Tuesday conversation with Manny Pacquiao?s American advisor Shelly Finkel was a quite revealing one indeed. Just off a plane from Germany, the New York City based Finkel, a master of psychological wars and the legal ones as well, Shelly let it be known that his Filipino counterpart Rod Nazario is toast! Sheldon said that after reading that Rod was seeing Manny here at www.RingTalk.com, he then confirmed that Nazario was trying to work things out with Pacquiao. CROOKED OR INEPT? When I pointed out that I had exposed Nazario as either inept or crooked, and Murad Muhammad as a thief in the day. This was prior to the Erik Morales fight, and that Pacquiao knew it and still went back with Nazario and Muhammad, Finkel said. ?He (Nazario) won?t be able to persuade Manny this time. Believe me.? Although Finkel is steadfast, I?d feel a bit more confident when Pacquiao files suit against the nefarious duo of Muhammad and Nazario! I get the feeling that litigation is right around the corner! AND THE ?PAC-MAN? CUT EYE? When Pacquiao was in Los Angeles a fortnight ago, Finkel said he saw the cut ?Pac-Man? had suffered against Morales March 19. ?He won?t need to be off six months. It is healing extremely well.? As for Pacquiao?s next fight, it?ll probably be in courtroom rather than a ring!! NEW KID ON THE BLOCK A REAL HERO! Salinas, CA?s Juan Hernandez steps into the role of promoter May 13 at the San Jose Civic Auditorium with an ESPN 2 show featuring twice-licked welterweight hope Jose Celaya (26-2, 14 KO?s) on top vs. unbeaten James Webb (17-0, 14 whacks). Never a fighter, Hernandez is a picture of courage himself. With his mother dieing and unable to get a Liver transplant, Juan opted for an experimental operation at Stanford Hospital where they took a portion of his Liver out and transplanted into his ailing mother. Four years removed, and both Juan and his Mom are doing fine! Now folks, that?s heroic!! RADIO MAVERICK DIES -The man who first syndicated ?Ring Talk Radio,? and then brought it to the Internet died Friday in Las Vegas. Tom Star was as slippery (I?m being nice) as they come. But he gave a lot of people opportunities. He burned me out of money, and once during contract negotiations brought somebody else in to fill my void. After three weeks, Star realized he had erred and gave me a much better deal. GOLDEN BOY STILL UNDECIDED ON FOE! Not Oscar De La Hoya, or any of his people are saying who Oscar will fight next. But that his expected return at or around welterweight (147 lbs) will occur in September. TEAMSTERS WILLING TO BLOCKADE ARIZONA STATE HOUSE! An option seriously being considered by Joint Assn. Of Boxers Union President Eddie Mustafa Muhammad is to have a large number of 18-wheelers encircle the Arizona Boxing Commission office, which is in the same building as Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. ?We may have to do something like that to get the attention that this is a kangaroo court of (Boxing Director) John Montano and the Commission.? And to show you how vindictive Montano seems to be, he said to put the $5,000 check off, and that he would instead investigate Campas? manager Joe Diaz of possibly violating the Muhammad Ali Boxing Act alleging Diaz may have been both a promoter and a manager of a 2004 show. A contract, approved by Montano in 2004 clearly shows that Mc Kinn was promoting the card. In closing, I think 40 Teamsters with huge trucks honking their horns for two hours on a Friday around lunch or before work could shut the building down in a slow wagon train mode. MC KINN HAD COPS GRAB PEDRO You do recall I went to walk with Campas on the picket line three Fridays ago and was detained by the Police, this after promoter Peter Mc Kinn?s hoods tried to file false charges? Speaking of Top Rank front man Mc Kinn, the Maricopa County Attorney gave him 45 days to make good on the $5,000 check he bounced on Campas almost a year ago. That deadline is circa May 5, or he?ll be charged with a Felony I believe! ?SUGAR RAY? LEONARD, JOEY & JESSE ON VIDEO & ?THE CONTENDER? THIS AM ?Sugar Ray? Leonard, Joey Gilbert, and Jesse Brinkley, the trio is featured in video interviews this morning at ?Ring Talk.? Click here to watch http://www.ringtalk.com/video.asp
