The WBO?s decision to put together a five-strong team to review last week?s hotly-disputed welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley may have a bearing on who the Filipino fights in October.
Pacquiao, 33, and promoter Bob Arum have both leaned towards a fourth contest with Juan Manuel Marquez since the uproar over Bradley?s split decision victory, although the WBO have the power to order a rematch once it?s review is concluded.
This will mean that a proposed quadrilogy wth Marquez would have to put on the back burner, unless Arum stepped in and worked something out with World Boxing Organisation between themselves to find a resolution.
One scenario could be to persuade Bradley to vacate the title and allow Pacquiao and Marquez to fight for the newly-vacant belt. This would leave the American still in possession of the 140lb title and in a position to defend it in a high-profile bout later in the year, possibly against someone like Top Rank’s own Brandon Rios.
?Desert Storm? has been very vocal on retaining the title he believes he rightly won in the ring, but ultimately, it would be Arum that possesses the power to overrule the 28 year-old as he is adamant that he does not want to see a rematch and will always favour his star fighter in Pacquiao.
