By Michael Marley

In the interest of fairness and accuracy, let me note that Alex Ariza vehemently denies that he is no longer working as the strength and conditioning coach of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Last week rumors spread that Ariza was dropped from Manny Pacquiao's team, but the rumors were later proven to be untrue. I understand that Ariza is telling other reporters that Pacquiao's agent, Michael Koncz, is spreading these rumors.

Maybe Koncz is and maybe Koncz is not, but I know this - my source was NOT the controversial Canadian. Hopefully, Ariza remains part of Team Chavez.