Add another name to the list of potential opponents for Manny Pacquiao, who is eyeing a grand comeback towards the end of 2024.
Pacquiao’s name has been mentioned when talks swirl around probable foes for Mario Barrios and Brian Norman.
A report by secondsout.com said that Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is also eyeing the Filipino eight-division legend, who used to fight under his Top Rank banner, as a candidate to face American Teofimo Lopez in the event boxing’s newest influential group from Saudi Arabia decides to get a fight in place.
A two-division world champion, Lopez, 26, is now
campaigning at super-lightweight (140 lbs).
Pacquiao, who retired in 2021, last fought at welterweight (147 lbs) and will likely fight in the same weight class if he makes a ring return in November or December.
“Going up to welterweight, there’s a number of fighters that we might match with him. If Manny Pacquiao is available and the Saudis put up the money for the Pacquiao fight, Teofimo would be a great opponent,” Arum said in a story posted by the website.
Like Lopez, who is of Honduran lineage, Barrios, 29, and Norman, 23, are young and relentless.