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, Philippines—Manny Pacquiao Monday said he is not obsessed with fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. next.
The seven-time Filipino world champion in as many divisions, who arrived Monday morning from a vacation in the United States and Mexico, said he is ready to also do battle with former victims Ricky Hatton of Britain and Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico.
Interviewed by ABS-CBN at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Pacquiao—now a congressman-elect from Sarangani, who was honored as Fighter of the Year and Fighter of the Decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America on June 4 in New York—confirmed that negotiations are going on for a possible megabuck showdown with the unbeaten American Mayweather in November.
At the same time, Pacquiao said he is willing to give either Hatton, whom he knocked out in the second round on May 2, 2009, or Cotto, whom he stopped in the 12th round on Nov. 14, a rematch.
“Anytime,” said Pacquiao. “I don’t choose who I’m going to fight. For me it’s (fighting anyone other than Mayweather) always okay.”
In an interview with Univision recently, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya disclosed that negotiators are close to finalizing the details of a Pacquiao-Mayweather showdown, which is projected to reward each boxer at least $40 million.
Though humbled by Pacquiao in their 145-pound duel, Cotto merited a second look after the Puerto Rican dethroned Yuri Foreman with a ninth-round TKO in their WBA junior middleweight championship fight on June 5.
A Pacquiao-Cotto II will be at 154 pounds, which could give the Filipino pound-for-pound king his eighth world championship.
, Philippines—Manny Pacquiao Monday said he is not obsessed with fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. next.
The seven-time Filipino world champion in as many divisions, who arrived Monday morning from a vacation in the United States and Mexico, said he is ready to also do battle with former victims Ricky Hatton of Britain and Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico.
Interviewed by ABS-CBN at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Pacquiao—now a congressman-elect from Sarangani, who was honored as Fighter of the Year and Fighter of the Decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America on June 4 in New York—confirmed that negotiations are going on for a possible megabuck showdown with the unbeaten American Mayweather in November.
At the same time, Pacquiao said he is willing to give either Hatton, whom he knocked out in the second round on May 2, 2009, or Cotto, whom he stopped in the 12th round on Nov. 14, a rematch.
“Anytime,” said Pacquiao. “I don’t choose who I’m going to fight. For me it’s (fighting anyone other than Mayweather) always okay.”
In an interview with Univision recently, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya disclosed that negotiators are close to finalizing the details of a Pacquiao-Mayweather showdown, which is projected to reward each boxer at least $40 million.
Though humbled by Pacquiao in their 145-pound duel, Cotto merited a second look after the Puerto Rican dethroned Yuri Foreman with a ninth-round TKO in their WBA junior middleweight championship fight on June 5.
A Pacquiao-Cotto II will be at 154 pounds, which could give the Filipino pound-for-pound king his eighth world championship.
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