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Prior to the Maidana fight, Ariza was paid by Roach. This payment arrangement is confirmed in one of the 24-7 episodes where Ariza tells us his story of how he first got involved with Roach.
But, for some reason, this process changed recently. Roach informed Ariza he can no longer pay him through his salary, and that he [Ariza] would need to arrange contracts of his own with fighters. Now this is where the problem occured. It's always been Khan's management team to deal with contracts, and it was them who Ariza needed to go to in order to sort something out. However, Ariza goes straight to Khan himself. During the final week and weigh-in night, the fighter is nervous and on edge enough as it is. The last thing he needs is to worry about paper-work and sorting contracts out, when it's not even his job to! Khan's team obviously found out about this, and were annoyed that Ariza went behing their back in sorting sorting a new contract out with their fighter.
But, for some reason, this process changed recently. Roach informed Ariza he can no longer pay him through his salary, and that he [Ariza] would need to arrange contracts of his own with fighters. Now this is where the problem occured. It's always been Khan's management team to deal with contracts, and it was them who Ariza needed to go to in order to sort something out. However, Ariza goes straight to Khan himself. During the final week and weigh-in night, the fighter is nervous and on edge enough as it is. The last thing he needs is to worry about paper-work and sorting contracts out, when it's not even his job to! Khan's team obviously found out about this, and were annoyed that Ariza went behing their back in sorting sorting a new contract out with their fighter.
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