Pacman-Marquez V still no guarantee, as Mexican eyes winners of Bradley-Provodnikov and Rios-Alvarado - ESPN

A fifth fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao is still far from set in stone, after co-promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank revealed to ESPN's Dan Rafael that the Mexican wants to see the results first of Timothy Bradley Jr. versus Ruslan Provodnikov and Brandon Rios versus Mike Alvarado.

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Marquez, who knocked out Pacquiao last December, put retirement off, but has yet to pick his next opponent, despite many assuming that it would be Pacquiao once more.

"Marquez said he will continue to fight," Arum confirmed. "He thought about it after the Pacquiao fight and decided he wants to keep fighting.

"He [Marquez] wants to see Bradley with Provodniko and he wants to see Rios and Alvarado," said Arum. "And then we'll have a discussion on what his options are.

"He's interested in fighting all of them, but he'll know who he is interested in more after watching them fight."

Bradley, who defeated Pacquiao via a controversial split decision last June, is set to defend his WBO Welterweight title against Provodnikov on March 16 (March 17, PHL time) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

Rios on the other hand will fight Alvarado again in a rematch of their October 2012 bout, which Rios won, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on March 30 (March 31, PHL time).

Marquez and Pacquiao could however finalize a fifth fight between the two of them on April 6, as both will be in Macau to see another Filipino, Brian Viloria, defend his unified WBO/WBA flyweight title versus Juan Francisco Estrada.

"Whatever he and Manny want to do, I'm for it," said Arum. "If it's another Pacquiao-Marquez fight, fine. If it's that they fight somebody else, fine." - AMD, GMA News