After the postponed fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, a new match is arrange for the American boxer.
Undefeated American fighter Floyd Mayweather, Jr. disclosed that he is set to return to the ring but did not name his opponent.
“We’ll announce it all very soon,” Mayweather told Robin Leach of Las Vegas Weekly.
“But this time it won’t be in Vegas. It will be in another desert kingdom: Dubai,” he revealed.
Mayweather said this to Leach at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California over the weekend.
The American fighter, who was supposed to face 7-division world champion Manny Pacquiao on November 13, did not say if he will fight again this year or next year.
Mayweather’s last victory was a unanimous decision win over Shane Mosley last May 1.
Negotiations for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight fell apart for the second time after the American reportedly snubbed the deadline set by the Filipino’s promoter, Bob Arum.
The fight talks collapsed for the first time due to the boxers’ disagreement on the drug testing protocol.
Margarito’s fate
Meanwhile, Pacquiao has found a new foe in Mexican Antonio Margarito. Their November 13 clash, however, still does not have a venue.
Arum, the Top Rank, Inc. CEO who also promotes Margarito, has been eyeing the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
But Margarito has to reapply for a license to fight again in the United States after the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) revoked it last year.
The CSAC found a plaster-like substance in the Mexeican’s hand wraps before his January 2009 fight against Mosley.
Margarito tried to reapply for his license in Nevada and California, to no avail. He has now requested for a license from the Texas Athletic Commission.
“We’re looking forward to and hoping that Texas will issue a license. We fully expect that they willl. And we will then announce the press tour,” Arum told Rick Reeno of BoxingScene.com.
Susan Stanford, public relations specialist for the Texas Athletic Commission, told BoxingScene.com that they are expected to make a decision on Thursday or Friday.
