MANILA, Philippines – What?s next for Manny Pacquiao will be laid down on the table on the first week of January when Bob Arum flies to Manila to sit down with the Filipino boxing icon.
?I?m coming over,? the ageless chief of Top Rank Promotions told The STAR yesterday.
Arum said he?ll arrive in Manila right after the New Year comes in so he can discuss all the possibilities regarding Pacquiao?s next fight.
There?s been a lot of talk going on regarding negotiations between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. sometime in May.
But there?s nothing more to that because while it?s being written that talks are on, there are also those saying that there?s none at all.
Arum said everybody should be optimistic about the possibility that the super fight would take place next year, and it doesn?t have to be in May.
?Right now there?s nothing to report but we?re still very hopeful,? said Arum from Denver.
He said in case the Mayweather fight doesn?t happen, Pacquiao should be back in the ring by the second quarter of 2012, and there are opponents to choose from.
