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Just because Manny Pacquiao is now the Honorable Congressman from Sarangani doesn't mean he can't be a lobbyist as well.
Right now, the Congressmanny has instructed peripatetic agent Michael Koncz, whose feet are still tender from walking the burning sands of bu Dhabi, to lobby promoter Bob Arum for more money than initially offered to fight Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13.
I spoke to Koncz, who just got back to Manila from the UAE, and he said this is not an indication that Pacman is upset with the Top Rank head honcho.
“It's not unusual, it's how we generally make these deals,” Koncz said. “Bob gives me a set of numbers and then I go over them with Manny. Manny and I spent the day together, I even sat in Congress with him and then we went over Arum's figures.
“Now Manny has given me the numbers he would like and I will take that back to Bob.”
Koncz said that Don King's involvement in the career of Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be a positive change and move a Manny-Floyd closer to reality.
“But King's going to look for a good chunk for himself, more than Golden Boy took,” Koncz said. “We don't have a problem or an issue with that but I assure you that King getting involved will not mean that Manny will accept a penny less than what he deserves.”
Koncz admitted that a Pacquiao fight in Abu Dhabi at either an outdoor venue holding 75,000 people or an indoor site set up for 25,000 fans looms in the future beyond the Margarito fight date.
“It's a large amount of money and those people would be doing their first even of such magnitude,” Koncz said. “They might pass over this upcoming fight and look to the future beyond that.
“They've only been looking at our demands for five full days and I think the amount of money and an approaching deadline facing them makes it difficult. Maybe they will opt to look into a different Manny fight down the line.”
Koncz said Pacquiao will open up training camp for Margarito on or about Aug. 20 in Manila so that he can attend to his lawmaking duties in Congress.
The Mexican boxer goes back before the California boxing commission on Aug. 18 hoping to get a new boxing license from the board which suspended him for a full year because of illegally loaded handwraps which were attempted to be used in Margarito's Los Angeles bout against Sugar Shane Mosley.
Right now, the Congressmanny has instructed peripatetic agent Michael Koncz, whose feet are still tender from walking the burning sands of bu Dhabi, to lobby promoter Bob Arum for more money than initially offered to fight Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13.
I spoke to Koncz, who just got back to Manila from the UAE, and he said this is not an indication that Pacman is upset with the Top Rank head honcho.
“It's not unusual, it's how we generally make these deals,” Koncz said. “Bob gives me a set of numbers and then I go over them with Manny. Manny and I spent the day together, I even sat in Congress with him and then we went over Arum's figures.
“Now Manny has given me the numbers he would like and I will take that back to Bob.”
Koncz said that Don King's involvement in the career of Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be a positive change and move a Manny-Floyd closer to reality.
“But King's going to look for a good chunk for himself, more than Golden Boy took,” Koncz said. “We don't have a problem or an issue with that but I assure you that King getting involved will not mean that Manny will accept a penny less than what he deserves.”
Koncz admitted that a Pacquiao fight in Abu Dhabi at either an outdoor venue holding 75,000 people or an indoor site set up for 25,000 fans looms in the future beyond the Margarito fight date.
“It's a large amount of money and those people would be doing their first even of such magnitude,” Koncz said. “They might pass over this upcoming fight and look to the future beyond that.
“They've only been looking at our demands for five full days and I think the amount of money and an approaching deadline facing them makes it difficult. Maybe they will opt to look into a different Manny fight down the line.”
Koncz said Pacquiao will open up training camp for Margarito on or about Aug. 20 in Manila so that he can attend to his lawmaking duties in Congress.
The Mexican boxer goes back before the California boxing commission on Aug. 18 hoping to get a new boxing license from the board which suspended him for a full year because of illegally loaded handwraps which were attempted to be used in Margarito's Los Angeles bout against Sugar Shane Mosley.
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