By Eamon Mcdonald: I recently read an interview with Freddie Roach, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao, in which he said Manny might take on World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman. The majority of boxing fans will respond ‘who’s that?’ and that is exactly my response. Pacquaio would have to gain more weight to fight this unknown fighter which in turn could end up being a big talking point in the Mayweather-Pacquiao match next year (which is going to happen, I don’t know why people keep talking bout it being canceled because it will definitely happen).

If Pacquiao were to gain another 6-10 pounds to fight this guy and then drop down to welterweight to fight Mayweather im sure his body would disagree with all this weight fluctuation and it would in turn affect his performance against the only guy who stands in his way of being named fighter of the decade (even though Pacquiao pretty much has cemented himself as the fighter of the decade). It’s a smart idea of cherry picking the opponent to get pacquiao an 8th weight division title but not a smart idea if it has any chance of affecting his preparation for the Mayweather fight.

One fight I would love to see in the 1st half of next year, if the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight does happen next autumn, is Mayweather vs. Mosley. That fight excites me even more than Pacquiao against Mayweather because Mosley is a big welterweight with such power and speed that, if he doesn’t age in 2010, gives him every chance of defeating Pretty Boy Floyd. Although Andre Berto cannot be overlooked, I’m pretty sure we all secretly feel that Sugar Shane will defeat Berto.

Another fight which interests me is hatton vs JMM due to it being an all out war. Two offensive fighters who are both skilled and both hard as nails, just a pity it won’t be as good as advertised cause Hatton is so out of shape right now that if he did manage to lose the 40 pounds or so required then he would probably be knocked out by a smaller fighter and yet another loss to a smaller guy would appear on his resume.

Mayweather: Fight Sugar Shane Mosley while he’s still active, or Andre Berto if he manages to pull off the victory.

Pacquaio: Do not fight Yuri Foreman, there’s only so much your body can take and it would affect the Mayweather fight. It could even ruin it if you lost.

Manuel Perez: Stop talking about Marquez, yes he’s a world class fighter but so is Manny so give the guy some respect.