"The Hatton people were in New York visiting with HBO and the fighter they mentioned prominently as someone they wanted to fight at the end of the year, was Manny Pacquiao." (Arum talking)_

If Pacquiao gets by Marquez on March 15, he would move up in weight to 135-pounds to challenge David Diaz for the WBC lightweight title. The Diaz fight would probably happen in June/July. If he beats Diaz, the next step would be Hatton.

What a fwooking joke.IF Hatton takes this fight,it's pathetic. Fighting a former FLYWEIGHT.Whos' first and probably ONLY fight at 140 will be Hatton. Ricky has made enough money to be comfortable (surely?) and has far more worthy challengers like Witter and Paulie.

As for Manny,talk about SKIMMING divisions.This is THE perfect example of when someone talks about jumping weights and winning titles,and saying you're a mutiple weight champ,does not always look as good as it sounds. David Diaz?In a division where there are guys like Kats,Cas,Juan Diaz.