it seems that Pacquiao will fight Mikey Garcia in July or August. a recent article (posted four hours ago) stated that Arnold Vegafria(Pacquiao's business manager) and Jayke Joson(close Associate) confirmed that many Pacquiao will be returning for the first time after his fight with Kieth Thurman.
Not as excited about this fight but still glad to see him fighting again after two years.
https://manilastandard.net/sports/fightsports/353229/pacman-battles-garcia-in-dubai.htmlI do also have the feeling that they are really trying to spread out some rumors or trying out some public reactions and see if it is really enough to create some hype
and once they dont see any significant interest or demand then that would really be just remaining as a rumor and that fight wont really be pushed.It had happened
for some potential match ups but it didnt really push that through just because of those common reasons.
according to Pacquiao's Manager, there was a proposal to fight Connor Mcgregor and will remain on as an option after the fight with Garcia.
we will know if this fight will indeed be a reality once bookies start to list this match - Pac vs Garcia or start selling tickets. up until then, we dont know if this will push thru 100%. maybe, they are still weighing their options here, if they can attract audience or not. their promoter can easily change their minds according to what is favourable to his camp.
but in any case, there's always a lot of spectators when it comes to pacquiao's fight.