MANNY Pacquiao’s fight against Antonio Margarito this Sunday at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas won’t be his last.
In an interview with Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, Pacquiao said he has "two to three fights" left, a statement bolstered by his promoter, Bob Arum, who said he’ll explore possible fights against Shane Mosley and Andre Berto or junior-welterweight champion Timothy Bradley.
Freddie Roach, however, said that if Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t come to the negotiating table next year, "I think this could be it."
"Where else do we have to go? Without Mayweather, there’s no challenge," Pugmire quoted Roach as saying.
Roach also scoffed at Mosley, saying the 39-year-old "needs to retire."
Mayweather is set to appear before a Las Vegas court January next year to face a criminal case that and Arum said he can’t arrange anything until they know what’s going to happen.
"I can’t put millions of dollars in the hands of a judge who may set a trial date in September," Arum said.
Pugmire said a legal source in Clark County (Nevada.) has told The Times it’s possible a Mayweather trial for domestic violence won’t even be conducted in 2011. That would allow a super-fight to proceed in the May-June window promoter Arum would like.
Pacquiao’s business manager, Michael Koncz, said he and Pacquiao will not start negotiations this time.
"It’s up to Mayweather," Koncz was quoted as saying. "He either wants the fight or not."
Koncz repeated an oft-suggested theory that Mayweather will not be interested in the fight because "his bragging rights about being unbeaten are more important than boxing. He wants to say he’s the best because he’s unbeaten. Twenty percent of people will believe him, and he’s content with that.
"He’s not going to take that fight until he sees a downside with Manny."
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