World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight champion Donnie Nietes and WBO Intercontinental superbantam king Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista have indicated they are both ready for their next opponents ?whoever they may be.?

Nietes is coming off a second-round knockout win over Eddy Castro, while Bautista also stopped Mexican Eden Marquez in the second stanza in the co-main event of Saturday's ?WBO Night of Champions? card.

Speaking to their fans during the ?Pinoy Boxing? radio show over RMN-dyHP on Sunday sponsored by Auto Solutions? Sunriser Motorcycles, both Nietes and Bautista revealed that they would only spend about a week off, and then go back to the gym to keep themselves in shape.

Other guests on the radio program were Cebu sportsman Antonio L. Aldeguer, whose ALA Promotions handles both Nietes and Bautista, as well as WBO Youth champion Jason Pagara and trainers Edito and Edmund Villamor.

Aldeguer, whose son Michael manages both Bautista and Nietes, revealed that there has been a standing offer for the WBO champ Nietes to unify the title with undefeated IBO king Nkosinathi Joyi of South Africa.

?Right after the win over Castro, I received a revised offer for Nietes to fight the IBO champ. The purse offer was also increased,? Aldeguer said.

The well-respected boxing patron, however, indicated that they still have to honor Nietes' WBO mandatory obligation possibly against Daniel Reyes of Colombia.

Nietes left on Monday for his hometown in Murcia, Bacolod City where relatives, friends and local leaders are expected to give him a warm welcome.

Bautista, meanwhile, left for Bohol on Monday and will stay in Mayor Dan Neri Lim's Tagbilaran City before proceeding to his beloved hometown of Candijay, Bohol.

?I will fight whoever my manager tells me to fight. I will always prepare myself,? said the 22-year-old Bautista, who is promoted by Oscar De la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.

There have been plans to bring Bautista to the United States as an undercard to the titanic December 6 showdown between Oscar De la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand, although Aldeguer stressed nothing definite has yet been agreed upon. /Correspondent Salven Lagumbay