There is a standing offer for Manny Pacquiao to bring his act to Qatar or Japan later this year, the Filipino fighter’s Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has told Manila Bulletin.
Filipino pugilist Manny Pacquiao
“There is a tremendous interest in Manny Pacquiao,” Arum has been quoted as saying in the Manila Bulletin
report.
Assuming Pacquiao survives Shane Mosley in their May 7 encounter at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Arum has already trained his sights on seeing the pound-for-pound king in action sometime in November.
Doha and Tokyo have sent out feelers about hosting Pacquiao’s next fight, Arum said.
“The guys in the Middle East who are hosting the 2022 World Cup want Manny to fight there, while Tokyo also wants it,” said Arum.
Over the years, Pacquiao has fought extensively in the US, having wowed crowds in Las Vegas, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Antonio, San Francisco and even in Memphis, Tennessee, where he saw action underneath the epic Lennox Lewis versus Mike Tyson rumble in June 2002.
Pacquiao, 32, who has been a professional since 1995, has also fought in Thailand (twice) and
Japan.
Arum has told US media outlets that Pacquiao doesn’t even have plans of hanging up his gloves and even intends to fight until 2013.