Win or Lose to Marquez, Pacquiao to Fight Again June 28 in Macau
By Alex P. Vidal
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 04 Feb 2008
Even if Manny Pacquiao (45W, 35 KOs, 3 losses) will suffer a knockout defeat, which is beyond imagination for those who root for him, in his March 15 12-round shootout with World Boxing Council (WBC) superfeatherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, he is still eligible to climb the ring for a possible world title shot at David Diaz's WBC lightweight crown within the period of three months.
This became apparent after BoxRec.com reported that the Filipino fighter's next assignment will be on June 28, 2008 in Macau, China against an unnamed opponent which, sources said, could be the 31-year-old Diaz, conqueror of Pacquiao's trilogy partner Erik Morales.
Diaz (33W, 17 KOs, 1 loss) will himself risk his WBC jewels also on March 15 in the Marquez-Pacquiao aperitif versus Ramon Montano (14 W, 0 loss). Win or lose to Montano, Diaz could still fight after a period of three months?even if he will kiss the canvas.
Under the rules of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) boxing division and probably the Nevada State Athletic Commission, a fighter who suffers a knockout (KO) cannot fight for the next 60 days or two months.
Promoters of the supposed Pacquiao-Diaz setto must have anticipated this possible ?technical glitch? in the megabuck showdown in China's gambling capital in advance the reason why they chose June 28 as the date of the possible title clash.
Aside from Diaz, promoters of the 29-year-old General Santos City phenom is also eyeing the voracious but extremely dangerous Edwin Valero, the unbeaten Venezuelan who has been banned from fighting in the United States for his failure to secure necessary brain test.
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