By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank will be meeting with his recently defeated fighter Manny Pacquiao early next month to try and come to a decision about who the Filipino will fight next on November 10th. There’s not much decide really. It’s down to two opponents – Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez.

Arum told the Manila Standard “I will probably meet with Manny in the beginning of August.I’ll be coming over to Manila.”

You can already guess who’s going to get the pick. Arum prefers Marquez, perhaps due to the bigger wad of cash that he can bring in compared to Bradley. If Arum is able to talk dollars and cents to Pacquiao, then we’ll likely see Pacquiao face Marquez next.

But if Pacquiao’s ego kicks into overdrive to where he absolutely feels he has to try and avenge the 12 round decision loss he suffered last month against Bradley, then that will be the direction they go in. I’m sure Pacquiao wants the most money he can get, but his stock really dropped with his loss to Bradley, and he’ll probably be wanting to show boxing fans that it was just an off performance from him.

I personally think it’s going to be a lot worse for him in a second fight against Bradley, because the chances are high that Bradley won’t suffer anymore leg problems in a second fight. If Bradley can fight with two good wheels and trim off some of that useless muscle he put on last time, he’ll have a great chance of whipping the Filipino a second time.

Pacquiao probably should avoid both of those guys because they got his number. If he wants to ensure that he gets a win, Pacquiao needs to face one of Arum’s Top Rank stable fighters, someone like Mike Jones. He was recently knocked out by Randall Bailey, and he’s probably still susceptible to getting knocked out again after a KO loss like that. If it’s not someone who already beat him then Pacquiao needs to fight someone new. He can’t have Arum trotting out Shane Mosley or Joshua Clottey again. Those were awful fights, and I’m still shocked that Arum made them.