Top Rank promotion boss Bob Arum said that in the event that Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired in 2017, Manny Pacquiao could face World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko.

“I’ll wait to see what will happen at the end the year and I will fly to Manila this January to meet with Manny then we’ll decide whose opponent,” Arum told The Manila Times via overseas call on Thursday.

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