MANILA, Philippines – Bob Arum isn?t one of those thinking of Manny Pacquiao?s retirement.
Fact is Arum had already hinted that win or lose in Pacquiao?s Nov. 13 bout with Antonio Margarito, the fighting congressman from the Philippines should be back in the ring in May.
?If Margarito wins this fight then it?s very hard not to do a rematch,? he said a few days back.
Arum said there?s no rematch clause in the fight contract, one that guarantees Pacquiao $15 million and Margarito $3 million, because there was no need for one.
?There was no rematch clause because nobody asked me for one. But if this (Margarito) was a fighter not under Top Rank then you better believe I would have put a rematch clause there,? he said.
Both Pacquiao and Margarito are under Top Rank, and just in case the Mexican pulls off an upset then people will start working for a rematch even before the boxers could leave the ring.
?I think that Manny realized that if he?d lose the fight there would be no problem making a rematch,? said Arum.
There shouldn?t be any problem at all, again considering that both boxers are under Top Rank.
And if Pacquiao wins, as the odds say he would, there are more names to choose from for his next fight.
