Manny Pacquiao will have his hands full against Juan Manuel Marquez that his promoter, Bob Arum, has refused to look farther ahead of the March 15 rematch in Las Vegas.

“Marquez alone is already too much to handle,” said the Top Rank president when asked about his plans for the 29-year-old Filipino superstar for the coming year.

“Manny Pacquiao wants to fight three times next year. But we really can’t look too far ahead,” said Arum who wants an all-out promotional campaign for the Marquez fight.

Arum was just delighted that Pacquiao has agreed to train in the US, at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, for the whole eight to 10 weeks heading to the anticipated title showdown.

This way, Arum said, he can do all the promoting he wants for the fight, and this includes special appearances by Pacquiao in television shows like that of Jay Leno’s.

“We can do that while he’s in training. And we can only do that if he’s in the US. It wasn’t that difficult to convince Manny to train in the US,” said Arum, who was in Manila recently.

Pacquiao was scheduled to fly to the US yesterday with his wife Jinkee and their three kids. They plan to spend a few days in Las Vegas, after a weeklong Christmas treat in Boracay.

It’s not clear whether Pacquiao will fly back to Manila with his family after the short vacation, or if he’d stay in Los Angeles until he begins training for the Marquez bout.

Arum confirmed that early plans include a possible fight with WBC lightweight king David Diaz in Macau in July, and a possible date with Ricky Hatton or someone else in Dubai in November

“But I want to focus on the Marquez fight first. I have a fight to sell on March 15,” said Arum, also open to a dream match between Pacquiao and Oscar dela Hoya late next year.

But again, he doesn’t want to get too far ahead.