Koncz: Only Mayweather, Pacquiao Can Stop The Fight

By Edward Chaykovsky

After being part of a private meeting last Tuesday in Miami, the confidence of Manny Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz has exploded. He feels very good about the ongoing negotiations to finalize a Floyd Mayweather Jr. mega-fight for May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Koncz, along with Pacquiao, met with Mayweather for over an hour at the Filipino boxer's hotel suite. They discussed various issues that were preventing the fight from being finalized. Most of those issues were related to internal conflicts between the networks. Mayweather is under an exclusive contract to Showtime and Pacquiao has a deal with rival network HBO.

At this late stage in their negotiations, Koncz is placing the final outcome on the fighters themselves. He says Mayweather and Pacquiao are the only two individuals with enough power to prevent this highly demanded contest from happening.

"Nobody can stop this. I can't stop it. Bob can't stop it. HBO can't stop it. Showtime can't. (Mayweather's adviser) Al (Haymon) can't," Koncz told Yahoo Sports. "The only ones who can stop it are Floyd and Manny, and right now, they're both saying they want the fight. We're treating (Mayweather) as the A-side in this because we just want to get it done and we want to give the fans what they've been asking for, for years."