Boxing: Who's Ready to Fight Manny Pacquiao?

Back in the Philippines, Manny Pacquiao can play the field when it comes to which direction he wants to go, who he wants to fight and on his own terms.  The younger boxers in the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions think they are ready to take on the pound-for-pound champ.

None of those young guys have a legitimate shot at Pacquiao right now, but they would love to trade places with Shane Mosley, the next guy up for the Pac-Man.

I can understand that Pacquiao wants to play if safe.  Manny and Floyd Mayweather have something in common.  They want to fight some of the same people who are past their prime.

Mosley gets handed down to the next guy like some hand-me-downs.  Mayweather had a piece of Mosley and so did Oscar De La Hoya—twice.  Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito also fought him. 

Somehow, it seems that after Pacquiao fights Mosley later this year, it will be a run-through of the same guys that the Pac-Man and Mayweather fought.  In addition to Mosley, they fought Margarito and De La Hoya.

De La Hoya said that in his prime he would've beaten Pacquiao.  I guess he would've said the same thing about Mayweather and Mosley, yet he lost to those two and Pacquiao.

The question I want to know and so does everybody else is one that only Pacquiao can answer.  Is he ready for Andre Berto?  The Haitian is in his prime.  Timothy Bradley, Kell Brook and Amir Khan doesn't matter this year or next year and aren't in Pacquiao's league. 

If you want to talk about who Pacquiao is trying to avoid, it would be Juan Manuel Marquez first and Berto second.  Pacquiao can go after Sergio Martinez or Paul Williams after he disposes of Mosley.

Superstar Billy Graham, a boxing fan, wanted to know who Freddy Hernandez was.  Honestly, I didn't know about him until he was dropped by Berto in the first round.  We all should agree with the Superstar that Manny will make anybody he fights a millionaire, and so will Floyd.

Bradley has his own situation to worry about.  He has to beat Devon Alexander before moving up the food chain.

By the time he's ready to challenge Pacquiao, his team better come to the table with some clout.  Trust me, he wouldn't get a chance to reach Pacquiao with a 10-foot pole because the Pac-Man might be ready to call it quits.

The young fighters who wants a piece of Pacquiao should defer their dream match with him.  After Mosley, Mayweather is the next man up to fight the eight-time belt holder, that is, if he still isn't scared.