Pacquiao tiyak na lalaban sa Abril 9

MANILA, Philippines – Bagama’t wala pang napipiling gustong laba­nan ay tiyak nang muling aakyat sa boxing ring si Man­ny Pacquiao sa Abril 9, 2016.

Ito ang pagtiyak ni Mi­chael Koncz, ang Ca­na­dian adviser ng Filipi­no world eight-division champion.

“We’re definitely going to fight on April 9th and more likely than not it will be at the new MGM Grand arena,” sabi ni Koncz sa panayam ng BoxingScene.com

Nauna nang sinabi ni Bob Arum ng Top Rank Promotion na itutuloy ni­ya ang isang boxing card sa naturang petsa lumaban man o hindi si Pacquiao.

Kaya naman kaagad tu­mawag si Koncz kay Arum para kumpirmahin ang laban ni Pacquiao, nanggaling sa unanimous de­cision loss kay Floyd May­weather, Jr. (49-0-0, 26 KOs).

“I already told Bob we’ll definitely keep the date, the pay-per-view date because Manny approved that this past week and I told Bob that in a text message,” ani Koncz. “Now we just got to work out the details of the final opponent and that’s it.”

Gagawin ni Pacquiao ang kanyang pi­na­ka­hu­ling laban kasunod ang pag­reretiro para tutukan ang kanyang political ca­reer kung saan siya ta­takbo bilang kandidato sa Senado.

Ang mga nasa listahan ni Arum para labanan si Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) ay sina world wel­ter­weight titlist Timothy Bradley, Jr. (33-1-1, 13 KOs), world light welter­weight king Terence Craw­ford (27-0-0, 19 KOs) at ang dating world four-division titlist na si Ad­rien ‘The Problem’ Bro­ner (31-2-0, 23 KOs).

Ibinunyag ni Broner na tinawagan siya ni Koncz para alukin na labanan si Pacquiao.

“I wish Adrien would not have made the comments he did to the media prematurely. But yes I did personally call him, spoke with him and we discussed the possibility of him facing Manny,” sabi ni Koncz.