Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank told BoxingScene.com that he is considering hosting a Manny Pacquiao fight at the new Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ in the Summer. Arum mentioned Antonio Margarito as a possible opponent.

Margarito is still under suspension for attempting to use loaded handwraps in his fight against Shane Mosley a year ago.

Arum believes Margarito will be reinstated later this week at a California State Athletic Commission hearing.

Speaking at a Madison Square Garden press conference to announce the WBO welterweight title clash between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey, Arum marveled at the Filipino turnout for the initial press conference the day before at Cowboys Stadium, the site of the Pacquiao-Clottey fight on March 13.

He approximates that “1,000″ Filipinos were on hand at the kick-off press event on Tuesday. “There are Filipinos are all over the country, not just the West Coast.”

Arum says New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch is “a very close friend” and is “jokingly pissed that we’re in Cowboys Stadium.”

“There’s no stadium like Cowboys Stadium but they say the new stadium in the Meadowlands is absolutely tremendous so we’d love to do it there,” said Arum.

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