Manny Pacquiao could face Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC 154lb trinket

Whether it's Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito, Top CEO Bob Arum will put Manny Pacquiao in position to become an eight division world champion. Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is still in play until the end of the week. Arum and Team Pacquiao gave Mayweather a mid-July deadline to accept a proposal for a mega-bout on November 13 in Las Vegas.

Once the deadline runs out, Pacquiao will have two choices on the table. The first choice is WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, who Pacquiao knocked out for the WBO welterweight title last November. The second choice is Antonio Margarito. The Mexican former champion is still without a license to box in the United States, but he is ranked in the number 1 position within the WBC's ratings at 154-pounds.

If Pacquiao decides on Margarito, Arum says the fight would take place at junior middleweight with the vacant WBC title at stake. The title was vacated by Sergio Martinez, who elected to keep the WBC's middleweight that he won from Kelly Pavlik in April. The number 2 ranked fighter at 154 is Saul Alvarez, the WBC's silver champion at the weight. Alvarez plans to move back down to welterweight and already has a fight scheduled for Septemebr 18 in Los Angeles. Pacquiao is not currently ranked at 154, although he would likely be ranked in the top 5 is he elects to move up in weight.

"Sergio Martinez had that title and he vacated that WBC crown to keep the WBC middleweight title. So Margarito and Manny Pacquiao would be fighting for that title," Arum said.

Because Margarito is unable to fight in the United States, the fight would take place overseas. Arum will also explore the possibility of bringing the fight to Las Vegas. Margarito was turned down for a license to box in Nevada last Friday. A fight with Margarito, or Cotto, would take place in a Middle Eastern country or Mexico. Arum said a recent meeting with reps for the Middle Eastern country went very well.

"I will say that we had another very good meeting with representatives from the Mid-East country, and it's going to be wild," said Arum. "They're now willing to do the fight in the morning over there, which will coincide with a regular evening time here in the United States. So pay per view wouldn't be much affected. It's going to be a blockbuster if that's what happens."

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read this on ESPN I hope Margarito vs Pac or Cotto Pac 2 fucking bombs at PPV

Arum is out of fucking control.

agree both of these fights FUCKING SUCK and will do under 600 thousand buys I will laugh my ass off when it happens

I won't buy either PPV.

Pacquiao doesn't need Bob Arum anymore. There's a lot of good fighers out there for him and he's the most exciting fighter in the game. Arum screws things up because he wants to make money with his own fighters, but Pac should move on. Berto, Bradly and Alexander make good opponents and should be a good sell for PPV.

Agreed. There are good opponents.
I'd rather see Pac vs Berto at 147
Pac vs Bradley at 140
Pac vs Alexander at 140

Pac rematch against Cotto is not a fight I will buy
Pac against Margacheato is not a fight I will buy

Arum does want to just make money with his own guys.

captainanddew wrote:

Agreed. There are good opponents.
I'd rather see Pac vs Berto at 147
Pac vs Bradley at 140
Pac vs Alexander at 140

Pac rematch against Cotto is not a fight I will buy
Pac against Margacheato is not a fight I will buy

Arum does want to just make money with his own guys.

+1

i read this article on espn and if either of these fights happens i will start bashing pac

How about Floyd agrees and we avoid all this BS?

I'd love for Floyd to agree and then we can forget all of this crap.

I get the feeling we are going to be stuck with Pac vs Cotto2 or Pac vs Margacheato. If that is the case, I am going to ignore Pac. I don't care one iota for either bout. It will be another sad episode for boxing.

I think Pac vs Margarito would look like Pac vs DLH

Manny bouncing in and out, tagging Margarito all day, Id watch lol

Can Pacquiao still make 140?

pac will not go back down to 140 per his camp days ago..144 bradley or alexander yes since both stated there interested in going up in weight or berto at 147..i agree poac and his people should either dump arum and let the fight of thoses 3 guys go to the highest bidder or demand from arum figures and money for thoses 3 fights.forget cotto or margo ..have some balls pac handlers.

dont bash pac bash arum.at least hes trying to make a fight with someone.pac that is..where is floyds alternative plans..

dmar5143 wrote:

dont bash pac bash arum.at least hes trying to make a fight with someone.pac that is..where is floyds alternative plans..

Just found Floyd's alternative plans