I care very much about this fight. I was worried that Pacquiao might fight his friend and sparring partner in a good but pointless fight that might hurt the future of a very good young fighter. I think the Bradley-Pacquiao fight is a very important fight that should be made. Most of the boxing world thinks Pacquiao clearly won the first fight. Since then Bradley seems to have improved and Pacquiao may have gone down hill. Pacquiao is now ranked about #6 or 7 on many pfp lists while Bradley is ranked as high as #3 on many pfp lists including Oscar's Ring magazine. Many fans including myself want to see how these two fighters compare with each other today. A clear winner of the Pacquiao-Bradley fight will be considered by most to be the 2nd best welterweight in the world and also one of the three best fighters pfp in the world. This should be a very good fight. Both fighters have something to prove and really want to win this fight. Both fighters average throwing about 1000 punches in a 12 round fight. We could see 2000 punches thrown in this fight if goes 12 rounds.
Its the second best fight for one of the most exciting and legendary fighters of the era outside fighting a guy who doesn't want to fight him. If you don't care about this fight, you're not a boxing fan.
^It was a decisive win for Pacquiao. Bradley got outclassed but his earned the respect and went through hell with his last 2 great fights coming out victorious, guy deserves his p4p ranking and rematch.
Why must you not want this fight? The first fight is a controversial one. Don't you want to see a decisive win by either one? Sometimes I'm wondering if people here are really fans or just here to express hate.
Do you think this is a mismatch? Why do you think so? You think it will be boring and you're the same guy who gets offended when they criticize Rigondeaux for being boring?
After a horrific knock out, Manny actually wanted to fight marquez and bradley instead of rios but they declined his offer. Haters saying Pacquiao was a ducker/cherry picker because of this. Truth is Top Rank's stable is out of options.
Awesome top p4p matchup, wheres Khan at?
Given what happened in their first fight, and given Bradley's accomplishments, I think it is a pretty good fight. While I think Pacquiao is in a class above Bradley, I also think Bradley has proven himself the third best welterweight in the world.
If not for the controversial scoring the fight didn't warrant rematch. The fight wasn't all that exciting and Pacquiao should have won decisively.
However, it is the BEST POSSIBLE matchup for both fighters and a fight between 2 Top P4P fighters and for that reason I am definitely looking forward to it.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Hasn't been mentioned so I am just wondering if anyone else knew or gave a damn.
I'm not Pac's biggest fan obviously but its a way better match-up than Mayweather-Khan. Manny has a lot to prove and it isn't like he's going up against a slouch, Bradley's had some good wins. Simple.....
Khan = Khunt
If not for the controversial scoring the fight didn't warrant a rematch. The fight wasn't all that exciting and Pacquiao should have won decisively.
However, it is the BEST POSSIBLE matchup for both fighters and a fight between 2 Top P4P fighters and for that reason I am definitely looking forward to it.
I'm excited for the fight. To me it says a lot that Pac is ready and willing to jump back in with someone of Bradley's caliber. Granted, you don't really have to worry about every punch he throws, but he isn't an opponent you can take lightly by any means either.
Not too long ago, I was getting responses from Floyd fans that Manny was going to duck Bradley and wanted my opinion on that ....... I said it's just a rumor and you will have to wait until it's official.
Well, it's still not official but it looks like it's going to happen now.
Probably one of the few meaningful fights we'll have this year. The rest of the "big" fights according to NSB will just be cherry picked title defenses.