Last Saturday night, WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman retained his title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Josesito Lopez at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
And one week prior, Manny Pacquiao retained the WBA "regular" welterweight title with a dominating decision win over Adrien Broner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Following his recent win, Thurman called for a fight with Pacquiao - and he's willing to face the Filipino superstar as soon as possible.
A few years ago, due to political reasons, this contest would be very difficult to make.
But at the moment, both Pacquiao and Thurman are being advised by Al Haymon and compete under the Premier Boxing Champions umbrella.
Because Pacquiao aligned himself with Haymon, he was able to make the deal with Broner very easily.
Sean Gibbons, a matchmaker for Pacquiao's MP Promotions, believes a deal to fight Thurman can be finalized just as easily - if not easier.
“We fight and work with Al Haymon. And if the senator directs that he wants to fight Keith Thurman, if he wants to fight Danny Garcia or if he wants to fight any welterweights in the PBC, we will go to Mr. Al Haymon and work on putting a deal together,” said Gibbons to The Manila Times.
“We made the Adrien Broner in just about 10 minutes, so we’ll make the next one nine minutes. There is nothing difficult when you work with Al Haymon. It is smooth sailing in life. He is the best guy you can work in the business.”
Ever since Pacquiao battered Lucas Matthysse and dominated Broner - fighters from all corners are calling him out.
“They all want to hit the lottery, and they all want to fight Senator Manny Pacquiao because they know that it is the biggest payday they could achieve,” Gibbons added. “Everyone wants to fight the best fighter and the best fighter in the world is Senator Manny Pacquiao.”
