another reason why Dan Raphael is my favorite boxing writer

An excerpt from his:

"Measuring the merits of Pac's potential foes"

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum will travel to the Philippines on Sunday and meet next week with Manny Pacquiao to present him with four potential opponents to pick from for his next fight, which will take place in May or June.

You can cross Floyd Mayweather Jr. off the list because Mayweather is going to jail and won't be available to fight. Even if he gets out early for good behavior in mid-March -- no guarantee -- forget about the big fight in the first half of this year. So Arum's list is down to a fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez (who lost a controversial decision to Pacquiao in November), Miguel Cotto for a rematch or a match with one of the junior welterweight titleholders, Lamont Peterson or Timothy Bradley Jr.

Now, I'm not saying those are my four preferred opponents, because I'd love to see Pacquiao fight, say, Canelo Alvarez or James Kirkland or Marcos Maidana or Andre Berto or Victor Ortiz or Sergio Martinez.

However, one of the guys on Arum's list is getting the fight, so here is my order of preference of those four. If you don't agree, fine. Make your own list.
 

Read the whole article here