WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is set to have a meeting with his promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, and adviser Michael Koncz, in the next few days in the Philippines. Arum will present a list with four potential opponents for Pacquiao’s next fight, including Miguel Cotto, Lamont Peterson, Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Pacquiao told reporter Eddie Alinea of philboxing.com that he plans to request a mega-fight with WBC champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and he also plans to direct Arum to give Mayweather a higher preference above the four listed opponents.
Mayeather is scheduled to fight on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
?I?ve said this over and over before and I?m saying this again, I want Floyd Mayweather Jr. to be my next opponent and I haven?t changed my choice despite recent developments,? Pacquiao told the site.
?I am meeting with my promoter, Bob Arum on Tuesday and I will insist that the fight with Mayweather be given the preference than the four others in the list I will fight next. It?s not really fair for some quarters to blame me if, in the long run, the fight wouldn?t push through.
