If Pacquiao gets by Rios, who should he face next? definitely not JMM

[Emon723]

If Mayweather wins, again the continuation of the May-Pacman saga, but no chance at all the fight will take place, a Bradley victory over Marquez will make it more realistic for a Pacquiao-Bradley 2 next, not sure if Bradley is willing to fight outside the US.

A Marquez victory, assuming Pac beats Rios, will even be harder for Manny to find an opponent, Bob Arum may suggest Mike Alvarado to create another three-cornered fight (Pacquiao-Rios-Alvarado, Pacquiao-Bradley-Marquez).

Should Matthysse beats Danny Garcia, I do see Pacman ending his career fighting Matthysse.

[Verstyle]

Pacquiao is not a welterweight so why is it so important that he fight a "true" welterweight? The winner of Garcia-Matthysse will be a jr. welterweight so how is that any different? Matthysse and Garcia are Golden Boy fighters so he can't fight them anyway. If Marquez beats Bradley and Pacquiao beats Rios I'd like to see Pacquiao have a chance to get even with Marquez for his KO loss. Marquez and Pacquiao are about the same size. They are not full sized welterweights but Marquez would be the WBO welterweight world champion so that would make him a welterweight. I get the impression that you don't think much of Pacquiao. I like Pacquiao. He is exciting to watch and he fights his heart out.He is a clean fighter and he respects other fighters in and out of the ring. Whoever he fights I hope he wins.

So then why is he fighting at ww?

[Collie]

If Alvarado beats Provodnikov I can see him being the next opponent (TR = easiest to make)

Ideally (in dreamland) a fight with Mayweather would be nice, especially if Mayweather struggled vs Canelo or showed some signs of slipping, it might breathe new life into that fight. Most of the others are with GB: Matthysse, Broner, etc so probably only wishful thinking.

I'd rather see Pac - JMM 5 than Pac - Bradley 2 personally, depending on the result of their fight.