The names of Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico and US boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley were mentioned as possible alternatives for Pacquiao, the reigning pound-for-pound (P4P) king.
Cotto is the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion while Mosley is the World Boxing Association welterweight king.
According to InsideSports.ph, Top Rank chief Bob Arum was reportedly pushing for a Cotto fight since the Puerto Rican is one of his fighters.
”I would think that if Miguel wins his fight against whomever it is in June, and Manny Pacquiao beats Ricky Hatton, why wouldn’t I try to make a match between two of my best fighters?” Arum earlier said.
Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach said that a Cotto fight is plausible if the Puerto Rican agrees to fight at the catch weight. That or they go to Mosley.
“If Cotto wants to come down a few pounds we can make that happen or we can go with Shane Mosley,” Roach told Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times.
Veteran sports analyst Ronnie Nathanielsz earlier said Cotto would be a dangerous opponent for Pacquiao.
“Cotto hits very hard to the body, he hooks to the body. So, delikado yan, medyo delikado,” he said.
Team Pacquiao is reportedly looking for other alternatives should things fail to work out with Mayweather Jr., the former P4P king.
Mayweather Jr., who retired undefeated, went back to the game to announce his fight with another Pacquiao foe, Juan Manuel Marquez.
The former P4P champion reportedly wanted to get back his status as the top fighter by eventually arranging a match with Pacquiao.
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