Pacquiao cemented his claim as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter with convincing knockouts of Oscar De La Hoya in December and Ricky Hatton in May.

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Domestic hope may rest instead on the smaller frames of Englishman Ricky Hatton, Welsh wonder Joe Calzaghe, Scotland's Scott Harrison and a pair of Irish Magees, all of whom are on the verge of significant title shots.

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Kotelnik is now targeting a bout with Ricky Hatton, who makes his ring return against Juan Lazcano in Manchester in May.

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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.

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The fact he's fought only four times since beating Ricky Hatton more than five years ago and has not fought in a year leads some in boxing to believe he may have as much trouble with ring rust as he has with Guerrero.

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