Question: In what ways do you think Manny Pacquiao has changed as a fighter during the two years since your first fight against him? Timothy Bradley - "Manny Pacquiao has always been a great fighter and from what I have heard he is a great person "But I think in the last two years Manny has become a more compassionate fighter. I think he lost the fire that made him the number one pound for pound fighter in the world.
Hollywood,Ca. --- "LAST DAY" --- Superstar Manny Pacquiao works out at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood during the final day of training camp Monday before heading to Las Vegas for his eagerly-anticipated rematch against undefeated WBO World Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with MP Promotions and Tecate, Pacquiao vs. Bradley 2 will take place, Saturday, April 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
A new judge has been selected for Saturday rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, judge John Keane of Great Britain withdrew from the assignment due to illness, and the Nevada Athletic Commission has replaced him with Canada’s Craig Metcalfe, who joins Las Vegas’ Glenn Trowbridge and Florida’s Michael Pernick. Kenny Bayless will be the referee. Both camps had no problem with Metcalfe being appointed.
Question - Training with Freddie Roach, describe a typical day in and out the gym. Your relationship with Freddie. You dine together, watch film together, etc. Manny Pacquiao - I train Monday through Saturday every week of training camp. It is a strict schedule that allows my body to rest between morning and afternoon sessions so that I can perform my training at my best. Everything is geared to one goal, peaking physically and mentally on April 12 – Fight Day.
Manny Pacquiao's trainer is not worried about the punching power of WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is laughing at Bradley's prediction of possibly getting a knockout victory in Saturday's rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Bradley has an undefeated record with 31 wins, but only 12 of those wins were by knockout.
FORMER world junior lightweight champion Steve Forbes is impressed with the performance of Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao after he recently sparred four rounds with him at the Wild Card Gym of trainer Freddie Roach. Top Rank publicist Fred Sternburg, who is always at the Pacquiao workouts, quoted Forbes as saying: “I just can’t believe how fast Manny is and am impressed with the intensity and power he has shown.” The Pacman, who will have an April 12 rematch with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, sparred 11 rounds last Thursday, 12 rounds on Saturday and eight rounds yesterday.
Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu is eager to watch this coming Saturday's rematch between WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and eight-division beltholder Manny Pacquiao. The fight takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and HBO Pay-Per-View will carry the action. Bradley won the first meeting, in June of 2012, with a controversial twelve round split decision. While Tszyu views it as a "50-50" fight, he agrees with Bradley's belief that Pacquiao has lost his hunger and killer instinct.
WBO Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley has been haunted for almost 2 years by the controversial victory he scored over Manny Pacquiao back in the summer of 2012. What was supposed to be one of the greatest moments of his boxing career turned into one of the worst as his victory was soured by the outcry of robbery and not getting credit for the win he was awarded by 2 ringside judges.
Nacho Beristain, who trains former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez, says Manny Pacquiao will beat WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley on April 12 - and he doesn't need 'killer instinct' to get the job done. But Nacho is not sure if Pacquiao will be capable of getting a decision against Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Nacho felt the judges robbed Marquez, Pacquiao and even Ruslan Provodnikov of decision wins against Bradley, and he fears the same thing will happen next Saturday night.
When Manny Pacquiao faces WBO Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley on April 12th, it will be one of Pacquiao’s most important fights. While Manny bounced back after his knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012 with a victory over Brandon Rios, there are still many who wonder if Manny is still the same fighter he once was. One of the people who has voiced that same opinion is none other than Pacquaio’s opponent Timothy Bradley. During their HBO Face Off episode, Bradley openly told Manny he didn’t feel he still had the hunger and fire he once had. While Manny simply shrugged off his opponents comments and smiled, trainer Freddie Roach revealed those comments did get to Manny and its fired him up.