?I don?t know who the f— gave you that information,? said Koncz. ?I?m not going to discuss Manny and Jinkee?s personal business in the media.?
That?s fair enough, if not exactly a denial. But even Pacquiao?s longtime trainer and confidante, Freddie Roach ? who had predicted a knockout against Marquez ? admitted that his fighter was not at his best on Saturday night.
?I think distractions outside the ring got to him,? Roach said in an interview Monday at his Wild Card gym in Hollywood.
Roach refused to specify those distractions, merely saying ?they aren?t excuses.? But it?s clear there is serious disagreement within the Pacquiao camp on a variety of fronts, including the fighter’s marriage, his training habits, and his next opponent. When asked whom he wants for Pacquiao’s next opponent, Roach said emphatically: ?Floyd Mayweather.?
