By Nick Giongco and Mario B. Casayuran The stage is almost set for Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s next fight either on Oct. 29 or Nov. 5 in Las Vegas. Top Rank chief Bob Arum told Manila Bulletin yesterday that they are looking at three names as possible foes: Terence Crawford, Danny Garcia, and Jessie Vargas. The venues being eyed are the MGM Grand (16,800 seats), Mandalay Bay (12,000), the T-Mobile Arena (20,000) and even Thomas and Mack Center (18,000). Only the choice of opponent and the arena need to be finalized, according to Arum. “I hope to get things done in a week or so,” said the 84-year-old Hall of Fame promoter, noting that owing to Pacquiao’s job as senator, he has decided to do away with the obligatory press tour that normally takes a week to do. Instead of traveling to multiple cities to drumbeat the event, Arum will only [...]
