Mayor Lito Atienza announced Tuesday that the Manila city government is now finalizing plans for another rousing welcome for “PacMan.”

Two close aides of Pacquiao disclosed plans to stage the next fight of the Filipino boxing icon in Manila.

But sorry to disappoint, it may not involve the so-called Big Three — Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez.

Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach and promoter Gary Shaw both agree to the idea to have the next fight of the 27-year-old punching machine in the Philippines in the aftermath of his sensational 10th round technical knockout win over Morales on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“I would love to do a fight with him in the Philippines,” said Shaw. “Can you imagine HBO (Home Box Office) going to the Philippines and doing a Manny fight there? It would be ultraspectacular.”

Meanwhile, Pacquiao didn’t really mind close to 40 persons crowding the living room of his La Palazzo apartment Monday evening because his eyes were glued on the 29-inch flat TV.

Pacquiao just arrived from a four-hour trip from Las Vegas and had not even rested when he pulled out a DVD from his laptop bag. It contained the video of his spectacular 10th round knockout of Morales.

“This you’ve got to see,” he almost shouted.

Then Pacquiao sat at the sofa together with his wife Jinkee and some close friends to watch the replay of his most recent fight.

Pacquiao had a lot of fun watching it, especially the rounds which he totally dominated, like the second and the sixth where Morales barely saved himself from being knocked down.

The 10th round, of course, was where he finally stopped Morales who’s never been knocked out before in his illustrious career.

“Grabe ang laban,” Pacquiao said.

Pacquiao admitted that Morales connected with his own good shots but said he simply had more power behind his punches in avenging his bitter loss to the Mexican fighter last March.

“Malalakas talaga ang pinatama ko sa kanya. Grabe talaga. Bakbakan talaga, ano?” said Pacquiao.

After watching the fight, Pacquiao started entertaining those in his apartment. He ordered for boxes and boxes of Kentucky fried chicken, corn on the cob, French fries and soft drinks for everyone to enjoy.

He also signed autographs and had pictures taken with the fans then later on granted an interview with ABS-CBN’s Dyan Castillejo.

Pacquiao left Las Vegas at around 2 p.m. after having lunch at the famous Nanay Gloria’s, which offers a sumptuous buffet of Filipino food.

Pacquiao had “tortang talong” and “tinolang manok” with rice. He had “leche flan” for dessert.

The left-handed slugger then boarded his $67,000 Porsche Cayenne with Jinkee for the long journey to L.A. where he stayed until Wednesday for the flight back home to the Philippines.

Three other vehicles trailed Pacquiao’s, including a black Chevy Tahoe driven by Arnel Mendoza, a former Special Action Force member of the Philippine National Police, and a big fan of the Filipino icon.

Mendoza volunteered his SUV when members of Team Pacquiao ran one vehicle short for the trip. He literally went the extra mile, 300 miles in fact, to be of help on the day he should have spent with his family and three kids. It was his wife Mylene’s birthday.