Manny Pacquiao: 7 Things He Could Have Been Doing During Mayweather-Ortiz Fight

Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs), the No. 1 welterweight champion in the world, obviously watched the biggest welterweight showdown of the year so far between Floyd Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) and Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KOs).

...or was he?

Pacquiao could've done a lot of things this past Saturday, including ignoring Mayweather. He could've left his trainer Freddie Roach to do the watching of the fight for him.

Whatever the case, it's interesting to imagine just what was Pacquiao doing as this controversial event between Mayweather and Ortiz was taking place.

Here's seven things Pacquiao could have been doing.

7. Making Babies

People have made love with just about anything on the television, so why not a boxing match?

For boxing fans, it's fight night. For the Pacquiaos, it could be just another beautiful night and the right moment.

And one look at his wife and it's easy to see why Pacquiao has four kids. I'm just saying.

6. Making Music

When Manny Pacquiao redid Dan Hill's "Sometimes When We Touch," Hill loved that version so much he recorded a duet with Pacquiao.

Who knows what concerts or touring, especially in his native Philippines, Pacquiao is planning?

Practice makes perfect, and what better night to do so than on a night when he's not fighting.

5. Making Time for His Children

Imagine this:

You sing. Your country loves you, and even Dan Hill gives you praise and wants to record with you.

You sit through boring meetings and try to come up with solutions to impossible problems in your home country via politics.

You also have a giant target on your back from every up-and-coming boxer on the planet since your widely considered to be No. 1.

The pressure is on to put in work, but that means time away from your kids.

The more time away, the less homework you can help with, less ice cream you can share, fewer birthday candles you can help blow out.

In Pacquiao's position, who would want to watch Mayweather fight when you could spend time with your children?

4. Making Movies

Though Manny Pacquiao's superhero bonanza, Wapakman, was a box office disaster even in the Philippines, his people love him.

They would probably watch him in a good family flick, just not the hot flying garbage that is Wapakman.

Maybe Pacquiao's latest Hollywood admirers, such as actor and producer Mark Wahlberg and Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton, have talked him into a good movie.

You never know. The film might be in pre-production and Pacquiao might be looking at the script as we speak.

3. Studying Old Fight Tapes of Juan Manuel Marquez

Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1, 39 KOs) was and is a tough rival.

Pacquiao faced him twice, in 2004 and 2008. The first fight ended in a draw. The second ended in a disputed split decision win for Pacquiao, likely the hardest earned victory of his career.

Could Marquez, hovering around age 40 and moving up in weight, still give Pacquiao some trouble? Pacquiao will certainly not be waiting to find out.

Best believe Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach, as well as conditioning coach Alex Ariza and everyone else on his team, are studying tape.

Team Pacquiao will work on concocting the perfect gameplan to shut the mouth of Pacquiao's long-time rival once and for all on Nov. 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

2. Studying Younger Potential Opposition

Mayweather raised (or rather lowered) the bar when he signed to fight 24-year-old Ortiz, who was 10 years his junior.

With Pacquiao's trend of fighting foes vanquished by Mayweather, facing a young opponent might be on his agenda.

Facing Ortiz may not be high on his priority list, but a match with 28-year-olds Andre Berto (28-1, 22 KOs) or Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KOs) isn't so bizarre a thought.

1. Actually Watching the Mayweather-Ortiz Fight

Mayweather is ultimately Pacquiao's most requested foe. He may be hard to negotiate with, but that doesn't mean Pacquiao shouldn't be ready.

If the day should come that Pacquiao and Mayweather actually agree on terms that will result in signed contracts for a clash between one another, Pacquiao will need every second of the newest footage of Mayweather to see if a clue as to how to beat him arrives.

He has yet to be defeated mostly because of his impregnable defense, amazing reflexes and ability to adjust on the fly.

They are each other's yin and yang.

Pacquiao is the ultimate offensive fighter.

Mayweather is the ultimate defensive fighter.

Both are meant to do battle in what would go down as the most epic (at least hyped as such) of our time.

Not being prepared for such a match would not present itself well on Pacquiao's legacy of excellence. Win or lose, Pacquiao will continue to show his greatness in the ring.