Freddie Roach, Robert Garcia involved in altercation in Macau - reports

The actual boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios is still this weekend, but members of the two sides’ camps are already getting into the action.

An altercation between @MannyPacquiao & @Brandon_Rios1's camps occurred moments ago in the training center. Neither fighter was involved.

— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) November 20, 2013

Photo: When camps collide... bad blood boils over in the training center in Macau between Pacquiao & Rios's teams. pic.twitter.com/XhvEDTb2oR

— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) November 20, 2013

According to multiple reports, Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, got into an altercation with Rios’ trainers, Robert Garcia and Alex Ariza, in the training center shared by the two sides in Macau.

Neither of the two boxers were involved.

Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports reports the incident began when Roach demanded that Rios and his trainers leave the gym, to make way for the Pacquiao side. When Garcia asked for a few more minutes to finish up, the two began shoving each other, which led to the scuffle.

[Related: Former Pacquiao strength coach Ariza now helping out Rios for November tiff]

The presence of Ariza is noteworthy, as he used to be the strength coach of Pacquiao, before switching over to train Rios, after getting fired by Roach. - AMD, GMA News