By Edward Chaykovsky
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38KOs) will now review three tapes to select his next opponent.
The three fighters in the running include WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, British star Amir Khan and WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford.
Bradley is 1-1 with Pacquiao, winning a controversial decision over the Filipino star in 2012 and then lost a twelve round decision in the 2014 rematch. Khan and Pacquiao were once sparring partners when both fighters were trained by Freddie Roach. And Crawford is the new rising star on the block.
Pacquiao is expected to make a decision in the next few weeks and the fight will take place no later than April 9th.
Arum is preparing tapes of Bradley's knockout of Brandon Rios, Crawford's knockout of Dierry Jean, and Khan's last fight with Chris Algieri.
"Pacquiao will now review the tape of this fight [between Bradley and Rios], the tape of [Crawford's] fight, and he'll make a decision. I don't make the picks, not for Manny, because people would say I'm pulling the strings and he's a puppet, which he's not," Arum said.
