"This time, we're not going to work with Alex Ariza. We decided that Alex Ariza's not going to work with Brandon or Mikey or Maidana; neither of my fighters," stated world-class trainer Robert Garcia, who recently revealed that he will no longer be utilizing the services of Strength & Conditioning Coach Alex Ariza for any of his fighters. The shocking news comes just one month after the team of Garcia and Ariza had one of their best performances when former WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana lost a spirited majority decision to undefeated pound-for-pound king Floyd "Money" Mayweather.
"He's great at what he does. Alex, when I brought Alex here, fuck, the first thing I said is we got the best team in the world; ain't nobody can compete against us, because we do have the best team in the world," Garcia explained in a video interview [see below] with Elie Seckbach of ESNewsReporting.com. While he did not get into any specifics regarding the split, Garcia made it clear that although Ariza is good at what he does, his fighters were still successful even without him on board.
"Little differences that happened; there's no need to go over, but yeah, he's no longer going to be in our camp with none of our fighters," he continued. "I tell them believe in my work. Let me do my work and I'll give you good results. Just like we did with Brandon when he beat Peterson, Acosta, Antillon, Alvarado the first time. Mikey, Mikey became a world champion without Alex, you know what I mean. Maidana, Maidana beat the shit out of Josesito Lopez, Soto Karass, without Alex. Alex does great work. He's good at what he does. Believe me, he's good at what he does, but that doesn't mean we can't win fights."
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