Just when it felt like any hopes for a Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao rematch were dead, Pacquiao himself threw the boxing world for a loop by saying he is in negotiations with Mayweather for a rematch, according to an AFP report. 
 
 Pacquiao announced that he wants to fight one more time before hanging up his gloves for good and pursuing a full-time career as a politician in his native Philippines early next year, a timetable that seemed to make a rematch unlikely. 
 
 However, Pacquiao told AFP that not only is the rematch possible, but confirmed talks are ongoing with Mayweather and one other fighter. 
 
 Pacquiao confirmed he is in negotiations with American Mayweather and Briton [Amir] Khan but said he had no preference over who to fight ... "I will fight anybody, anywhere," he said. "I am going to fight probably before the election ... The election is coming next year, May, and before that I will probably have one fight." 
 
 With any potential fight needing to happen before the elections in May and Mayweather in retirement and seemingly in no hurry to return to the ring, it seemed unlikely that a rematch could happen. However, if there was one thing that made the rematch still seem possible it was the money and how much each fighter would be leaving on the table if they couldn't reach a deal on a rematch. 
 
 Their highly anticipated bout earlier this year shattered all the records for a boxing match, generating nearly $600 million in revenue and making the fighters the two highest-paid athletes in the world. Even if a rematch generated only half of that interest, that is still a lot of money for both fighters — money they won't make anywhere else. 
 
 Adding to the intrigue and potential riches is the idea that neither fighter is contractually tied to a venue in Las Vegas. According to the AFP report, Pacquiao told Al Jazeera his last fight could happen in one of the wealthy Persian Gulf states. 
 
 Earlier this week, Pacquiao talked about his political ambitions, a career that would likely make returning to the ring impossible past May of next year. 
 
 "I think I'm ready (to retire). I've been in boxing for more than 20 years," Pacquiao said in an interview with the ABS-CBN television network. "I will have to give up the other things that require my attention. If you are a senator, your focus should only be your job and your family." 
 
 According to the AFP report, polls have Pacquiao winning one of the 12 senate seats up for grabs, and he has vowed to be a "serious" senator despite recent reports that he missed 66 of 70 legislative sessions this year while serving as a local congressman. 
 
 We have reached out to Mayweather for comment. ||||| Doha (AFP) - Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is in negotiations with Floyd Mayweather and Amir Khan for what would probably be the final fight of his illustrious career, he said on Thursday. 
 
 Speaking in Doha, where he is visiting the AIBA World Boxing Championships, Pacquiao told AFP a final decision on who his last opponent will be, would be taken by "November or December". 
 
 The 36-year-old is on the verge of quitting boxing for politics and is likely to run for a seat in the Philippines senate next May. 
 
 He also told AFP he would like to be the country's president if it is "God's will". 
 
 Pacquiao confirmed he is in negotiations with American Mayweather and Briton Khan but said he had no preference over who to fight. 
 
 "I will fight anybody, anywhere," he said. "I am going to fight probably before the election. 
 
 "The election is coming next year, May, and before that I will probably have one fight." 
 
 View gallery Floyd Mayweather Jr (L) measures Manny Pacquiao (R) during their welterweight unification bout on Ma … 
 
 He added: "We are going to finalise by November or December." 
 
 Mayweather actually retired with a perfect record of 49 wins and no defeats following his last fight, a near shut-out points victory over the overmatched Andre Berto in September. 
 
 However, very few people in boxing circles actually believe the brash and controversial Mayweather won't fight again. 
 
 Any potential fight would take place in March or early April next year, said Pacquiao, who also told Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera that it could take place in the Gulf. 
 
 Pacquiao has been widely regarded as second only to Mayweather in the theoretical pound-for-pound rankings over the last few years. 
 
 He has 57 wins, two draws and six losses on his record over a 20-year career. 
 
 View gallery Amir Khan looks on before his welterweight fight against Chris Algieri at Barclays Center of Brookly … 
 
 The Filipino is in Qatar at the invitation of AIBA president, Ching-Kuo Wu, a personal friend. 
 
 Pacquiao, who lost to Mayweather in his last fight, said he was free from a shoulder injury he blamed for his defeat and which subsequently required surgery. 
 
 Now he insists he is ready for his next challenge. 
 
 He used to be a stable-mate of Khan's before the Briton switched camps, leaving the Freddie Roach Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles to team up with Virgil Hunter at the King's Boxing Gym in Oakland. 
 
 Khan lost his last two fights while trained by Roach but under Hunter he has won five in a row, including a decision victory over American Chris Algieri -- a former Pacquiao victim too -- last time out in May. 
 
 Earlier on Thursday, Taz Khan, the uncle and manager of Amir, told AFP that talks had begun with the Filipino's management team, but "at the moment that's all there is". 
 
 Amir Khan, who has tried unsuccessfully several times to arrange a fight with Mayweather, was keen for the Pacquiao bout to happen, said Taz. 
 
 "He's always up for any fight if it's on the table, he'll take it." 
 
 The British boxer is also expected to visit the championships at the weekend. 
 
 Away from boxing, Pacquiao confirmed his political ambitions. 
 
 Despite some criticism from inside the Philippines about his political record so far -- he was elected to the country's House of Representatives in 2010 -- the boxer, an eight-division world champion, said he was aiming for the top office. 
 
 Asked if he wanted to be president, he replied: "Of course, why not? If that's my destiny, if that's God's plan. Before I started boxing I never thought I could conquer seven, eight weight divisions, who knows?" 
 
 The AIBA World Championships continue until October 15.
– Is it possible to have two Fights of the Century? We may be about to find out, as Manny Pacquiao announced Thursday he is in talks with Floyd Mayweather about staging a rematch of last May's bout. Business Insider reports Mayweather is currently retired, but money—May's fight brought in a record $600 million in revenue—could lure him out. Pacquiao blames a shoulder injury for his loss to Mayweather in May and says he wants to get one more fight in before he retires to concentrate on politics full time, starting with the Philippine elections next May, according to Yahoo Sports. And who knows? If it happens, maybe there'll even be some actual boxing in the Fight of the Century Part Two.