Saturday, June 30, 2012

Pacquiao to Announce November Opponent Next Week

After gaining the votes from the 5 judges of the WBO as the winner of his fight with Bradley, he is set to return to the United States next week where he is supposed to have a dinner with Top Rank executives and discuss his opponent for November. I for one am eagerly awaiting on who his next opponent will be. I am hoping it would still be Bradley rather than Marquez but hey, the decision is Pacquiao’s alone and nobody else.

It has been reported that Pacquiao will have two options for opponents. First is a rematch with Timothy Bradley, who recently beat him with unanimous decision from the judges of their recent fight. Many people who watched the fight thinks Pacquiao is the winner and Bradley needs to prove to the world once again if he really can beat Pacquiao on a fair fight. The next opponent on the list is Pacquiao’s very well-known rival, Juan Manuel Marquez.

There are still a lot of things to consider before Pacquiao and his camp and even Bob Arum’s camp decide on the next opponent of the Philippines’ Boxing Champion. Will people still pay to watch Manny and Bradley go at it again when it’s very clear to everyone’s eyes who the better boxer is? Will people pay for a fourth fight between Pacquiao and Marquez even if most of their fights turned up to be very controversial? Bob Arum will have to consider which fight will draw the most crowd and earn the most both on tickets and PPV. Who do you think will Pacquiao fight this November?

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