Posted by | Cyrena Rose
Sources have confirmed that eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, and rapper 50 Cent, are going to move forward with a joint promotional venture – according to Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz. 50 Cent has been establishing himself as a boxing promoter for months and now his efforts have paid off.
50’s ‘best friend’, boxing champ Floyd Mayweather, Jr., even spoke about the venture. Since the two appear to be fairly close, it was widely believed that Mayweather and 50 would be working TOGETHER in this new company, TMT Promotions. But, in an interesting turn of events, it appears that, not only is 50 NOT working with Mayweather, he’s actually forming a partnership with Mayweather’s rival, Manny Pacquiao!
Pacquiao’s advisor Koncz revealed the following:
“50 Cent and I have been talking now for maybe the last two months. They approached us with the idea to form a promotional company. Initially it was going to be 50 Cent, Manny and Floyd. But right now I don’t think Floyd is going to be a part of it. I explained the idea to Manny. We already have a promotional company, MP Promotions, and we have already done three separate promotions from Top Rank…on a small scale. I have to take the blame for that. I’m in charge of it. There is an element missing there, but I have so much to do with Manny – that I haven’t got that company to where I want it.
“I think with 50 Cent, with his entertainment connections and his popularity there, combining that with Manny’s popularity and expertise in boxing – we can bring a new flavor to boxing – we can excite some young boxers and I think we can sign some top quality boxers. I spoke to 50 Cent tonight and confirmed that we’re going to go forward. Manny is coming here this weekend for other business, but we’re all excited about it. With 50′s influence in the music industry – we want to put a different flavor on the shows.”
Very interesting to see 50 join forces with Pacquiao…wonder how Mayweather feels!
What are your thoughts?
