WBC President Jose Sulaiman said today that the WBC would have no objections to a third fight between WBC super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao and former champ Juan Manuel Marquez. Sulaiman stated that Marquez would be rated #1 in the 130lb division, but acknowledged that Pacman is in an optional defense period, freeing him to take a fight with WBC lightweight champ David Diaz. Sulaiman also criticized the "arbitrariness and arrogance of the Nevada Athletic Commission" for replacing a WBC judge (Dick Flaherty, who is friends with Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach's mother) with WBO judge Tom Miller.
