There had been talk of him taking on Floyd Mayweather Jr. later this year.
Many fans have called for a potential showdown between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Arum confirmed that negotiations have finally reignited for a dream bout between Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
World lightweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jnr, whose father trains De la Hoya, believes either man is capable of winning.
Fans have been waiting for a Floyd Mayweather fight for a long time.
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"I'm going to keep fighting and hopefully before Floyd Mayweather retires I'm going to get that shot again, " Guerrero said.
By way of contrast, Floyd Mayweather, the grand master of defense, gets tagged with about 17% of his opponents' shots.
That fight, "which could include the return of Floyd Mayweather, " Schaeffer says, would be shown to theater goers in 3-D.
Boxing fans had hoped this spring would finally deliver a fight between Pacquiao and his dream rival Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Bradley, the fighter who is trying to cut in on the endless dance between Pacquiao and rival Floyd Mayweather Jr.
HBO's plan is for Hatton to fight former two-weight world champion Arturo Gatti next before a superfight with pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather.
"Honestly, Floyd could have danced the whole night, " Floyd Mayweather Sr. said.
At the end of the night, the potential megabout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao might have gone down for the count.
Floyd Mayweather (44-0, 26 KOs) returned to the ring, winning a unanimous, one-sided decision over a game but outclassed Robert Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KOs).
Alexander would also relish a chance to face Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Pacquiao, who started life as a flyweight, will no doubt fight the winner of the bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Juan Manuel Marquez on 18 July.
Floyd Mayweather signed an agreement in February with Showtime Networks that has the potential to be the richest individual athlete deal in the history of sports.
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"They talk about this as Floyd Mayweather's home, " Guerrero said.
The Newbridge fighter said he wanted to win over American fans, just as Hatton did with a string of US bouts including his defeat to Floyd Mayweather last December.
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He is also very secure in the fiscal area of his life, sitting at No. 2 on the FORBES list of highest-paid athletes, behind only Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr is another fighter to have retired undefeated but legends like Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard all suffered blots on their copy book.
On the world stage, purists can continue to marvel at the skills of American duo Bernard Hopkins - one of the best middleweights of all time - and lightweight Floyd Mayweather.
And he may well move up to light welterweight, a tough division already populated by Britons Ricky Hatton and Junior Witter, as well as by world players Kostya Tszyu, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Miguel Cotto and Arturo Gatti.
Not only must this victory taste sweet given the controversial decisions that have plagued this rivalry, but he will now stand a better chance for a gigantic payday himself against Floyd Mayweather at some point during 2013.
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Beard played down reports of divisions between himself and trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr in the build-up to the contest - and refused to speculate on whether Hatton would retain Mayweather's services if he decides to fight on.
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