By Edward Chaykovsky
Veteran broadcaster Bob Sheridan is receiving boxing's biggest honor this year, when he is inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Sheridan gave his thoughts on the upcoming trilogy fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, which takes place on April 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The upset is in the air, says Sheridan. Bradley won the first meeting, in 2012, with a controversial twelve round decision. Pacquiao achieved revenge with a victory in the 2014 rematch with a twelve round unanimous decision.
"I think that Bradley will beat him," Sheridan told On The Ropes Boxing Radio. " I don’t know [exactly how he wins], if the knockout comes, it comes. Right now I just say that Bradley will win the fight, most likely it figures to be by points but it depends on so many factors on the night of the fight and how the fight unfolds with injuries and that sort of things. We’ll see exactly what happens on fight night but I would lean toward Tim Bradley right now."
Even with new trainer Teddy Atlas at his side, Sheridan is not expecting Bradley to win easy. He predicts a very close fight where Pacquiao will come out as the winner in the end.
"Yeah, I think it will be a very close fight. Wherever Manny’s head is will dictate how this fight is, and the physical being of Manny Pacquiao. I know that he will have himself in shape because he always has no matter what distractions he has in his life, he always comes in shape, with the sole problem with the shoulder that he developed in what was the biggest fight we’ve ever seen, at least money wise," Sheridan said.
