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Former multi-division champion Manny Pacquiao says he wants to fight lightweight Juan Diaz. At 135lbs, Juan Diaz may be the best, holding the WBA, WBO and IBF titles but Joel Casamayor has the true world championship. Pacquiao claims his preference is to fight Juan Diaz is because Diaz is a right hander and has a tendency to get hit. As of late, it has been rumored that Pacquiao would be fighting WBC lightweight belt holder David Diaz, a southpaw. Many boxing fans and even WBC President Jose Sulaiman are practically begging Pacquiao to rematch world junior lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez but it seems clear that Manny intends on moving up in weight. Top Rank and GBP have actually discussed the possibility of Marquez-Pacquiao taking place above 130 pounds without a title on the line. A prior agreement between Top Rank and GBP mandates that the Marquez fight would mean a 57-43% split in favor of Pacquiao. Manny would undoubtedly receive a larger share if he were to fight either Diaz. Pacquiao has an HBO PPV date scheduled for March 15th of 2008.