By Lem Satterfield

According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, former champion Robert Guerrero has plenty of options for his next fight, but it doesn't appear that WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez is one of them. Marquez has focused his energy on chasing a third fight with Manny Pacquiao and refuses to entertain the possibility of any other opponent, for the moment.

"Marquez refuses to discuss anything else but Manny Pacquiao. That's the only fight that he wants, and that's all that he's really interested in right now. So it would be really disrespectful of me to go and go and to discuss anything else," Schaefer said. "For Robert, though, I have had conversations with HBO to get Robert back on HBO, and the sooner the better. Maybe sometime in the first quarter of 2011 in a meaningful fight."

"I think that Robert Guerrero is one of these young fighters who has one of the brightest futures ahead of him in boxing in his weight class in the 130s and the 140s. There are so many big names and so many big opportunities there for Robert."

A few names have already been thrown in Schaefer's direction by HBO. One of them is Jorge Linares, another former champion promoted by Golden Boy. Schaefer says Jason Litzau is another possible candidate. Guerrero stopped Litzau in eight rounds in February of 2008. Since the loss, Litzau has been on a good run with wins over Rocky Juarez and Celestino Caballero.

"HBO mentioned to me Jorge Linares, that they would be interested in that fight. Another opportunity is Guerrero against Jason Litzau, so there are opportunities out there," Schaefer said.

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.