Pacquiao Offically Vacates "Lightweight" Title

[Drago]

makes sense to me for pac to vacate

[fan johnny]

For Pacquiao, the issue is paying for the privilege to fight outside the weight class so he can still retain the Lightweight belt he doesn't really need.

The question on Sulaiman's mind is if he lost to Hatton could he still get a big money fight. Sulaiman's fool comment was because of money but IMO the comment just further damages his reputation because it's obvious that his "fool" reference was about money.

Pacquiao says he's only going to have 2 or 3 more fights then he's done. I think in Pacquiao's mind it's 1. Hatton, 2. Mosley (previously Margarito) and anyone's guess after that premised that he's not going to loose. If he were to lose then he could be looking at the lightweight class again but does he really need a belt to get the fight? I really don't think so because we are looking at JMM. The problem for Pacquiao at that point would be providing JMM defeats Diaz is that JMM will want to acheive his dream and Pacquiao is last shot at it. Provided Valero beats Pitalua Pacquiao won't even need to fight JMM for another big payday. As far as money fights go as long as Pacquiao is winning he won't need to carry a belt. Even if he loses he still has options.