Pacquiao Advisor on 2020: Porter, Garcia, Spence Likely; Mayweather Should Happen

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2079 days ago

Manny Pacquiao advisor Sean Gibbons, in Atlanta for the Gervonta Davis-Yuriorkis Gamboa event, recently commented on the Filipino Icon’s plans for the immediate future. The globe-trotting boxing insider revealed that while nothing is set in stone at the moment, options have definitely been narrowed down to a select few and, yes, a rematch with Floyd Mayweather does indeed appear to be a somewhat realistic possibility.

"Right now, going into 2020, it"s not hard to do the math,"
Gibbons told FightHype.com. "There"s Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia, if he"s
successful in his fight, and Errol Spence is a wild card, coming off what he
did. So, right now, over the next few weeks, we"re definitely starting to figure
out who the fight is, if it"s going to be in April, it could be right in that
first quarter.

"It"s complicated…but all those guys are on the table and
I hope within the next month that the Senator is able to lock down, get his
fight, start promoting it, and be prepared for anything that could happen."

And then, as is often the case these days when Manny Pacquiao’s
future is discussed, talk turned to the possibility of a big-money rematch with
Pacquiao archrival, Floyd Mayweather.

"There"s going to be a gentleman here on Saturday night
[Mayweather, who promotes Gervonta Davis], you should interview him and find
out what he"s doing…I heard him say Manny"s name, we didn"t say it…I didn"t
say it, but if you look at TMZ and you look at a few sites, he did say ‘and I"m
coming back. I"m gonna fight an MMA fight and I"m gonna fight Manny Pacquiao.’"

"He should fight Manny Pacquiao," Gibbon’s continued. "You
know why? Because we got this beautiful new stadium opening up in Las Vegas
called the Allegiant Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Raiders. What a better
way to inaugurate that stadium…If it happens, it happens, great, but that"s
always up to Floyd."

In recent days, along with the news that former
four-division world champ Mikey Garcia had signed a deal with streaming service
DAZN and Matchroom Boxing USA, there came some buzz that a Garcia-Pacquiao bout
could be made. According to Matchroom bossman (and DAZN chief promoter) Eddie
Hearn, there was interest in staging a Manny Pacquiao-Mikey Garcia bout in
Saudi Arabia.

Gibbons, however, cast some shade over this possibility of
Pacquiao moving on from his arrangement with advisor Al Haymon and Haymon’s
Premier Boxing Champions company.

"Manny Pacquiao is very happy where he"s at," the veteran
advisor said. "He"s a pay-per-view star. He"s fought his whole career, the last
ten years, on the biggest pay-per-view fights and that"s where he"s gonna end
up. Al Haymon"s been very good to us, treated us the best of any adviser, ever,
and we"re very happy where we"re at. So, I don"t see that happening."

All in all, things are playing out pretty much as most
expected following Pacquiao’s big win over Keith Thurman this past summer. The
major players in the mix are Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter.

Errol Spence is there as well, but not a realistic option
for April. The Dallas-based IBF and WBC welterweight champ, who survived an
ugly car wreck this past October, is planning his return to the ring in May or
June and won’t likely be facing top shelf opposition.

A Mayweather fight remains the elephant in the room whenever
talk turns to a 41-year-old Pacquiao’s future options. There’s certainly plenty
of money still involved in the pairing and it’s hard to imagine a nine-figure
payday being left on the table by anyone.

Fans should know soon enough what the future Hall of Famer decides for what could be the last year of his legendary career.

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Mark

1879 days ago

Can't argue with facts. Just to be 41 and even be the topic of conversation tells the tale! When all the top 20-sumthings are shooting for a match with a boxer who's 41 and by boxing standards should be enjoying retirement and making commercials; again tells the tale. He's a Lion among kitty-kats aspiring to meet the standard he alone can claim. Pacquiao may not win another bout, but to secure his place in boxing lore, doesn't need to win another round. No other retired or active boxer can make that statement. The one exception is Muhammad Ali. Case Closed!!

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Slickshooter

2076 days ago

Manny "The G.O.A.T." Pacquiao "IS" still the rightful 2010-2019 FIGHTER OF THE DECADE hands down. Some of Pacman's MAJOR UNPRECEDENTED Accomplishments in this DECADE alone (10 Years not 5) -Became the ONLY 8 Division World Champion in History (2010) -Pacquiao was still the ONLY 7 Division World Champion in history just a decade before (2000-2009) -Pacquiao closed the HALF OF THE DECADE as the 1st and ONLY 5 Time Lineal Undisputed World Champion in History (2016) -Pacquiao just recently Sealed THE WHOLE DECADE as the OLDEST World Welterweight Champion in the History of the World (2019) Name any other major historical accomplishment in boxing that that can be any greater than these? NONE.

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Slickshooter

2076 days ago

I think Manny "The G.O.A.T." Pacquiao can still fight 2 or 3 years more then retire as a champion and today "IS" still the rightful 2010-2019 FIGHTER OF THE DECADE hands down. Some of Pacman's MAJOR UNPRECEDENTED Accomplishments in this DECADE alone (10 Years not 5) -Became the ONLY 8 Division World Champion in History (2010) -Pacquiao was still the ONLY 7 Division World Champion in history just a decade before (2000-2009) -Pacquiao closed the HALF OF THE DECADE as the 1st and ONLY 5 Time Lineal Undisputed World Champion in History (2016) -Pacquiao just recently Sealed THE WHOLE DECADE as the OLDEST World Welterweight Champion of the World (2019) Name any other major historical accomplishment in boxing that that can be any greater than these? NONE.

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