Just a week ago Manny Pacquiao produced one of the most exciting knock outs of recent memory against the best junior welterweight in the world (Ricky Hatton). It was only Pacquiao's first fight in the division. Now we have to ponder what his next steps are going to be. Bob Arum has already started talks of a Miguel Cotto - Manny Pacquiao fight for later this year. My speculation is that they will use this as a negotiation tactic against the Floyd Mayweather camp. Mayweather has already indicated he will be difficult to negotiate with by saying he wants the lion's share of a 60-40 split against Pacquiao. As ridiculous as that sounds, we already know Pacquiao is a tough negotiator as well so Mayweather too is setting the stage early for negotiations. Both camps understand the significance of the fight and want to ensure it does not get delayed by negotiations in the event that Mayweather defeats Juan Manuel Marquez. Cotto is a fight Arum could easily make since both Pacquiao and Cotto are in his camp. Also, Cotto has enough name recognition to be considered seriously for a fight with Pacquiao. In fact, most media outlets are reporting this as a real possibility even though it is likely just a negotiation tactic from Arum.
Assuming Floyd beats Marquez on July 18th, I couldn't imagine any other fight could possibly delay a Pacquiao-Mayweather super showdown. There's by far more money in that fight than anything else on the planet at the moment. Expect the negotiations to be interesting but make no mistake their is only one option for Manny Pacquiao and that is Floyd Mayweather.
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