Will it be Alvarado for Pacquiao?

19 April 2013 at 5:46 am

Manny Pacquiao throws a right at Juan Manuel Marquez during their December 8 encounter in Las Vegas.

With former conquerors Juan Manuel Marquez and undefeated Timothy Bradley Jr. now moving closer to reaching their own fight deal, a Mexican-American warrior appears to be in line to fight Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao late this year.

Mike Alvarado, currently the interim World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight titlist, has emerged as the likely next potential challenger of Pacquiao in a fight set to be held in October in Macau.

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A Colorado, USA native of Mexican descent, Alvarado sports a 34-1 win-loss record, spiked by 23 knockouts, and is coming off an action-packed unanimous decision win over American Brandon Rios last month.

According to a series of tweets by Vic Lombardi, a sportscaster for CBS-Denver, Alvarado and his manager, Henry Delgado, are now set to sit down with Top Rank top officials to discuss–and iron out–the details of the possible bout against Pacquiao.

In other news, just got word Denver's own @milehighmike303has agreed to fight Manny Pacquaio in October!!!!!!
— Vic Lombardi (@VicLombardi) April 17, 2013

Alvarado and his manager Henry Delgado are flying out to negotiate a contract tomorrow. Alvarado-Pacquaio in October. #cbs4
— Vic Lombardi (@VicLombardi) April 17, 2013

I asked Delgado about Alvarado-Rios III. He said that can wait. This is Manny Freaking Pacquaio.
— Vic Lombardi (@VicLombardi) April 17, 2013

According to Delgado, the fight is happening. They just need to negotiate money now. That's straight from Alvarado's manager.
— Vic Lombardi (@VicLombardi) April 17, 2013

If plans push through, Alvarado, 32, faces a “nothing to lose, everything to gain” scenario against the 34-year-old Pacquiao, who is aching to get back on track after suffering two stunning defeats against Marquez and Bradley last year.

The first eight-time world division champion, Pacquiao, holding a 54-5-2 win-loss- draw card spiked by 38 knockouts, has slipped to sixth in the pound-for-pound list of The Ring, widely considered the “bible of boxing.”