Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield set the tone on Friday sitting down with peacemaker Oprah Winfrey in her Chicago TV studio.
So I say, following their fine example, that today is Apology Day, a time to say I’m sorry and time to forgive and forget, in the Manny Pacquiao training camp in Baguio.
I mean, why not? As far as is known, strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza did not pull a Tyson.
He punched out Agent 008, controversial Michael Koncz, he did not bite off a hunk of his earlobe.
How, you may ask, would Marley, sitting in his White Harlem Manhattan headquarters, know that?
The answer is that I spoke with Koncz about seven times Friday and he never said, “Huh, what, I can’t hear you?”
SEE DEEP THINKER MARVIN DUMON’S LAWS OF POWER LOOK AT THE KONCZ CONTROVERSIES.
So here who needs to apologize. Here’s who needs to be contrite and polite.
Here’s who needs to extends hands across the campfire as we all sing “Kumbayah.”
SEE MATT STOLOW’S BELIEF THAT KONCZ WILL PULL ONE MORE STUNT ON ROACH.
Manny Pacquiao is sorry for not ordering his troops to dummy up and stop their incessant bickering.
Michael Koncz has a long list of “I’m sorrys” but he can start by saying he’s sorry for trying to insert himself into Manny’s corner for the Miguel Cotto bout and backstabbing Ariza in the process.
Canada’s Stamp of Greatness (Canoe.blog.ca)
Hermie Rivera, the former Malacanang operative of the Marcos regime, is sorry for being such a drama queen (king?) and enjoying the daily dissension and machinations of Team Pacquiao. Hermie considers this sideshow amazing and free entertainment.
Team Pacquiao, all of them, apologize for forgetting there is no “I” in T-E-A-M. And they’re all sorry for foegetting that there two “I’s” in I-D-I-O-C-Y.
Jinkee Pacquiao is sorry if she has, in any way, upset Mr. Koncz. She promises not to do it again if she ever did it at any given time.
Michael Koncz apologizes to Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe for bringing Canadians, heretofore highly regarded denizens of the country we like to refer to as America’s Hat, into disrepute.
Michael Koncz refuses to apologize for not disclosing that his Canadian business entity is duly registered as MBP Ltd., Yes, that is Monkey Business Promotions.
Bob Arum apologizes for laughing so loud when he reads my daily dispatches of all the huzzerai in Pacland, knowing that all the drama just contributes to his promotional bottom line.
John Chavez is sorry for saying that Koncz is making moves like Machiavelli because Koncz thinks Machiavelli is a pizza maker in Edmonton.
No biting, please (AP Photo)
Buboy Fernandez is (not really) sorry for cheering wildly when he saw Ariza land—in rapid succession—a stinging jab, a straight right hand, a wicked left hook, a body shot and a final jab—on the Canadian Cloutee.
Mississippi Examiner Bad Brad Cooney will never apologize for comparing the shifty moves of Koncz to that of the Wal Mart shoplifters he catches redhanded on a daily basis.
Michael Koncz is sorry he did not pay to get that chin transplant a few months ago.
Freddie Roach is (not really) sorry for saying all three judges gave the opening round 10-8 to his disciple Ariza, because down went Koncz.
Ricardo Lois remains extremely sorry for writing on the estimable web site, Boxingconfidential, that Oscar de la Hoya would pulverize Pacman and make him “dance like a crackhead.”
Housecat Matt Stolow, Dallas Examiner and JFK assassination conspiracy theorist, refuses to apologize for remarking that, if he was a boxer, Koncz would have Bob Dylan’s “Masters of Deception” song as his ring walk music.
The always sincerely apologetic Michael Koncz should be sorry for thinking that I, Michael Marley, would not show a modicum of journalistic integrity by writing his side of the wild and wooly stories emanating from what I laughingly refer to as “Bombs Over Baguio.”
Chavit Singson apologizes for never explaining, never complaining and never apologizing for anything he has ever done. The powerful Pinoy does explain that “I’m sorry” is not in his vocabulary but “man eating lions and tigers who can gobble up wayward Pacman entourage types” is not only in his vocabulary but getting to be a real possibility.
Eric Pineda, quiet but effective force inside Team Pacquaio, apologizes for not including a smiley face in the official trademark MP logo.
Murad Muhammad still refuses to apologize for “doing an Ariza” on the face of Sampson Lewkowicz some years ago in Puerto Rico. Murad still likes to wear his “I Punched Out Picasso” teeshirt to family reunions.
Michael Koncz apologizes—again?—but this time it’s for not pulling an Evangelista Cotto and hurling a brick through the window of Ariza’s Jaguar parked in Redondo Beach
Alex Ariza apologizes for lying about owning a Jag when he really drives a neat, gas sipping Mini Cooper.
Ayling Dionesia Pacquiao, aka Pacmom, apologizes to no one for anything. Asked if dutiful son Manny supports her in queenly style, she says: “I carried him for nine months so he can carry in my Golden years and thus I can spurn Michael Marley’s pitiful marriage proposals. If Marley was the last man on earth, I would demand a recount.”
Dr. Hayden Kho, noted videographer, is sorry he left the lens cover on his camera when he saw Alex Ariza go off on Michael Koncz.
Ara Mina, top Pinay actress, is sorry she never knew that Michael Marley is one of America’s most wealthy bachelors and for calling him “Grandpa” behind his back. And that goes double for Marian Rivera.
Manny Pacquiao’s estranged father apologizes for telling his children that the daschund he barbecued and ingested so many years ago was just “another hot dog.” Pacdad is not sorry for changing his dietary habits. In recent years, he was switched to saut?ed cats but not the menacing kind that Chavit Singson keeps as housepets.
Ricky Hatton apologizes for laying down three times on the job in the Pacquiao fight.
Oscar de la Hoya for using a cheap Safeway bag when he showed Manny the money, all cash, that infamous night at Morton’s Steak House in LA. If he could do it all over again in his attempt to cut Uncle Bob Arum out of the Pacquiao picture, Oscar says he would use a monogrammed Louis Vuitton suitcase.
Michael Marley apologizes for the nutty comments posted under his columns by anyone who disagrees with him or does not remark that he, Michael Marley, is the Hemingway of boxing scribes.
This just in : With no apology, Michael Koncz reports that his new Filipino based business entity will be known as CTP or Circle Of Trust Promotions.
In a deferential move applauded by this White Gorilla, Michael Koncz is dumping his old monkey logo. Asked the price of his new logo design, Koncz said, “None of your fu***ing beeswax, Marley, OK, I paid 14 bananas, you simian like creature from the swamp.”
