By Allan Fox: It looks like strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza may be in a bit of hot water after deciding to halt his training with his boss WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in order to fly back to the United States from the Philippines to begin training WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for his June 16th fight against Andy Lee.

Pacquiao reportedly gave Ariza the permission to leave the Philippines after Ariza asked Pacquiao if it was okay to leave early. However, this hasn’t made trainer Freddie Roach happy, as he sees Ariza’s move as unprofessional.

Pacquiao told Philboxing.com “We will be seeing each other in L.A. when we move there, and in all probability, we’ll be talking about what will happen next.”

So, is that it for Ariza? Is Pacquiao going to give him the boot for him taking off early for Pacquiao’s crucial fight against Tim Bradley on June 9th? I don’t like the way this sounds.

Roach said to Philboxing “He’s not a pro. What Alex has done is very unprofessional. He signed a contract to do a job and he practically rescinded that deal unilaterally. How can he do that? Worse, he made the decision because of money. That to me is unacceptable.”

Just imagine who will be getting the blame if Pacquiao gets spanked by Bradley on June 9th? It almost doesn’t even matter if Ariza joins up with Pacquiao in the 2nd part of his training camp at the Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles, because valuable conditioning time will have been lost by then and Pacquiao won’t be able to make up for that lost time.

I wonder what went through Ariza’s head to decide to cut short his training with Pacquiao in order to split time with Chavez Jr? It seems like an odd decision because Pacquiao is the money fighter, and Chavez Jr. is someone whose ride at the top could come to a screeching halt on June 16th against Andy Lee. It would seem that even an aging 33-year-old Pacquiao still has more upside than a fighter like Chavez Jr., who has been carefully matched his entire career. You put Chavez Jr. in with Sergio Martinez, Felix Sturm and Gennady Golovkin, and he’d likely have been beaten a long time ago. At least Pacquiao is winning his fights and can be matched against pretty much anyone without worry of him losing or getting embarrassed.