Alex Ariza responds to the earlier reports by Boxing scene, that Amir Khan was parting ways with him as his conditioning and strength coach. He told Boxing scene today, that “They broke into my hotel room and what they did was, they stole the contract that I had made with Amir. Now they don’t want to pay me for the work that I did with Amir Khan. They already admitted to Freddie Roach’s lawyer [Nick Khan] that they did steal the contract,” Ariza said.
“What I don’t understand, is why steal my contract with Manny and why steal my contract with Chavez Jr.? To me there are two things that you can never get rid of, being a liar and being a thief. That’s what they are. They went in my room and stole legal documents. And number two, two of the documents had nothing to do with them. Who goes into somebody’s room and goes through their bag and steals a folder with a contracts? Who does that?”
“I’m an independent strength and conditioning coach. I don’t work for Freddie. It’s up to them to pay for my services. It’s not up to Freddie. I have never met a more less experienced team in my life. This is a team that had a shoe company make him boxing gloves that didn’t even weigh the appropriate weight for a championship fight. They didn’t even check before they got there. I had to argue to have Everlast put in,” Ariza said.
“There were almost a few times where Freddie and I didn’t get on a plane because they wouldn’t disclose how much Amir was going to get paid on a fight. They’ve tried to hide numbers and stuff like that. It’s been a long time that these people have been dishonest. It is what it is.”
“I have no problem with Amir. I don’t work for Shah or [manager] Asif Vali. I work for the fighter. My contract is with Amir Khan. If I heard it from Amir’s mouth, then that’s one thing. But to hear it from Shah? He’s not the manager. My problem is with them, there is no reason to punish the kid. Amir Khan is a good fighter. He always worked his ass off for me and never gave me any sh*t,” Ariza said.
“Like I said, I don’t work for Shah. I work for Amir. The thing with Team Khan is these guys all rely on Amir. If something happens to Amir Khan, they have nowhere to go tomorrow. With me, I have somewhere to go tomorrow. I’m with Chavez this week. I’ll be in the Philippines in three weeks working with the Olympic athletes there.”
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