Tensions have most unquestionably boiled over upfront of this weekend’s Pay-Per-View boxing healthy between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios. Tuesday afternoon at a warmup facility in Macau, the 2 boxers’ coaching team of workers obtained right into a heated shoving fit that included all types of profanity.
Backstory: Alex Ariza once worked for Pacquiao’s coach Freddie Roach. After a series of incidents, Roach fired Ariza who then went and labored for rival Rios and his coach Robert Garcia. Now that Rios and Pacquiao face off in a massive experience, it’s unsurprising that the bad blood has come to a hilt.
The argument commenced when Roach entered the gym when his boxer’s session was scheduled to begin, however Rios was operating a few minutes late to end his scheduled workout. When Roach demanded the opposite crew leave, a verbal spat ensued, ending with Ariza kicking Roach and safety restraining everybody involved.
One of the especially unpleasant details of this battle:
Roach it appears invoked the phrase “Mexican,” resulting in every other Rios staffer throwing just a few punches. At another level, Ariza tells his former boss he’s a “piece of shit” and warns him “this just got non-public.”
All over the whole debacle, Garcia was also lovely aggressive, calling Roach a “faggot,” a “bitch,” after which mocking and mimicking his stutter.
Roach has Parkinson’s illness.
Watch the VERY NSFW video under, by way of The Rappler:
[h/t MofoPolitics]