By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 06 Jun 2010
While Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the Decade” are not taking Floyd Mayweather Jr’s statement that he plans to take one or two years off from boxing thereby killing a possible mega-buck showdown between the two this November and hush-hush negotiations are still going on, Miguel Cotto’s victory in the WBA super welterweight title fight over Yuri Foreman provides another option for Pacquiao in case Mayweather continues to duck the Filipino.
Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz told us on the way back to their hotel after watching the fight with Pacquiao and his lovely wife Jinkee that they “had a minor discussion” about a possible rematch with Cotto.
A rematch for the super welterweight title at 154 pounds would give Pacquiao a chance to cement his place in the record books by winning an eighth world title in eight separate weight divisions, should Pacquiao win a rematch having won the WBO welterweight title with a 12th round TKO over Cotto last November.
Koncz said the idea is “to see what happens” adding that “if the Mayweather fight is not made then we’ll go to plan B” which could mean a fight against Antonio Margarito, Cotto or even Juan Manuel Marquez who has been crying out for a third and last shot at Pacquiao with whom Marquez salvaged a draw in their first meeting after being dropped three times in the first round and lost the rematch by a split decision after being dropped once more in the fourth round.
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