Roach wants Manny Pacquiao to fight Danny Garcia next

I can arrange for Khan to fight Pacquiao”, he added, “Amir Khan has been begging Mayweather for a fight and now he can get a major fight. “I’m hoping that he promotes himself, maybe if he does he can make more money”, Roach said.

“I don’t know where Mayweather’s going right now”, he told George Gigney of Boxing News (h/t Edward Chaykovsky of Boxing Scene).

“We provided every single opportunity for Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao to be made, so at this time we are going to discuss the future of Mayweather and assess the situation during the WBC Convention in China in November”.

GENERAL SANTOS – “I’ll fight in April.” That’s what 8-division world champion Manny Pacquiao and Sarangani congressman told Philboxing here Sunday at Pacquiao’s mansion who had a hectic meeting with local officials belonging to his party as they plot their moves in the upcoming local and national elections in May next year.

We already heard the shoulder excuse after Pacquiao’s loss to Mayweather, and it would be sad to see Pacquiao bringing up the injury again if things don’t turn out well for him against the 28-year-old Khan. But a rematch would be in both fighters’ best financial interests.

Pacquiao once again came in second to Mayweather, making only 160-million dollars. “I like the dad but he talks too much (expletive)”. Arum said that Manny needs to let his wound heal first after “Pacman” went under the knife to have his shoulder injury fixed. The prospect of going 50-0 may be a tantalising one for the American, though, as will be bettering Rocky Marciano’s mark of a flawless win record from 49 fights. He would be better off moving on and fighting Brook, Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter, Adrien Broner, Lucas Matthysse or Danny Garcia. The whole idea behind Khan fighting Pacquiao should be for him to get a big career-high payday, and a payday that would be unrivaled for any of his other potential fights on the horizon.

Mosley (47-9-1, 39 KOs) is showing no signs of calling it a career at 43 years old and despite having lost five of his last nine fights. The Berto fight may be a damp squib and an unfitting finale for one of the greatest boxers ever, but Mayweather seems to have achieved all he wanted in the sport, meaning Roach’s assessment of a rematch is likely to remain hypothetical.