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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - There are times when it’s really easy to hate boxing.
Case in point was Saturday night and the immediate aftermath, in which some tossed up roadblocks to the idea that Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao shouldn’t automatically be paired up in a few months time for a rematch of their ugly 2012 decision.
Yes, I know Manny still has a fight in November with an opponent – Brandon Rios – who’s shown some ability to defeat foes with a significant skill set. But let’s face reality; if even a post-apocalyptic-KO version of Pac Man can’t handle a guy like Rios, he’s through as a relevant discussion piece.
There, I said it. Sorry Manila. No hard feelings.
Anyway, assuming he indeed takes care of comeback matters and does dispatch the former lightweight champ back to the Carson, Calif. level from whence he came, it seems the follow-up diagram for Pacquiao should be as simple as a geometric equation.
If Pacquiao is A and WBO welter champ Timothy Bradley is B, then their paths should intersect precisely at point C – which, in this case, is sometime next spring in a tax bracket locale of Manny’s choice.
But lest we think I’m giving Bradley too much credit for his “win” over Pacquiao last spring, that’s not at all the case. In fact, it’d be no different for my purposes had that fight never occurred. [Click Here To Read More]
Case in point was Saturday night and the immediate aftermath, in which some tossed up roadblocks to the idea that Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao shouldn’t automatically be paired up in a few months time for a rematch of their ugly 2012 decision.
Yes, I know Manny still has a fight in November with an opponent – Brandon Rios – who’s shown some ability to defeat foes with a significant skill set. But let’s face reality; if even a post-apocalyptic-KO version of Pac Man can’t handle a guy like Rios, he’s through as a relevant discussion piece.
There, I said it. Sorry Manila. No hard feelings.
Anyway, assuming he indeed takes care of comeback matters and does dispatch the former lightweight champ back to the Carson, Calif. level from whence he came, it seems the follow-up diagram for Pacquiao should be as simple as a geometric equation.
If Pacquiao is A and WBO welter champ Timothy Bradley is B, then their paths should intersect precisely at point C – which, in this case, is sometime next spring in a tax bracket locale of Manny’s choice.
But lest we think I’m giving Bradley too much credit for his “win” over Pacquiao last spring, that’s not at all the case. In fact, it’d be no different for my purposes had that fight never occurred. [Click Here To Read More]
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