By Dan Ambrose: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) was interviewed on Saturday night before the Robert Guerrero vs. Andre Berto and when asked who he saw himself facing next or in the near future, Broner said “There’s a fight that can happen – me and [Manny] Pacquiao.”
This is an interesting fight if it can get made, because Broner mentioned he didn’t think a fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. can take place. But a bout between Broner and Pacquiao could be a possibility even though Broner fights for Golden Boy Promotions and Pacquiao for Top Rank. I think Bob Arum of Top Rank would make this fight because it’s the closest thing he’s going to get to having Pacquiao fight Mayweather.
Arum has already exhausted pretty much all of the fighters that he can put in with Pacquiao, and he’s been doing retread fights with Marquez and Pacquiao for the past four years. Broner is new blood to put in with Pacquiao, and definitely a more exciting option than seeing Pacquiao fight Marquez for a 5th and 6th time, which is probably what Arum will be doing in 2013 and 2014 with Pacquiao.
Broner thinks that Pacquiao and Marquez are just fighting for money now after all these times, and he believes he can beat Pacquiao if given the chance. I don’t know if he can but I’d like to see a fight between them in place of seeing Pacquiao fight Marquez for a 5th time in 2013 or a rematch with Miguel Cotto and Pacquiao. There’s no point in Pacquiao fighting Cotto again because it was so one-sided the first time, but that’s a fight that Arum will likely try and make in 2013. That’s another retread fight that brings nothing new to the table like a Broner vs. Pacquiao fight.
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