Pacquiao's Choice is Bradley

[bojangles1987]

Pac already beat Tim. About the only thing is that Bradley has two good wins in a row so he is has some momentum going into this fight.

If they don't have a good undercard I am not buying, why pay again for a something that was so clear the first time?

Because the fight could be very different this time. Both guys will have motivation to prove something and lots of confidence.

Besides, are people really remembering the first fight and not thinking a rematch could be interesting? Those championship rounds, and Bradley's success, make a rematch very interesting. Did Bradley come on at the end because Pac took it easy, or because he figured something out? And if he figured something out, could he have that success over 12? The hardest obstacle to beating Pacquiao is adjusting to his speed and awkwardness. Did Bradley do so at the end of the first fight?

[Jam Jars]

Most articles like this have no "source" they're just written to gain large amounts of hits.

[The Big Dunn]

I myself would also prefer to see a fight I haven't seen, but avenging a prior technical loss seems more Important then a fight with a former sparring partner who hasn't as of yet had any major ring accomplishments.

OK, if you want to see tim 2 fine with me.

Come on bro, ruslan and manny is a glorified sparring match. 2 friends and stable mates fighting each other. Manny will carry ruslan all 12 rounds he'll pull his punches probably ask ruslan if hes ok and if its alright to start punching him again. Both of the fights suck IMO i'm getting sick of top recycle.

You could be right, but I don't know. The arguement could be made that Ruslan knows manny very well (as does Manny know him) and could use that knowledge to his advantage.

If I have to choose between Manny/ruslan and manny/tim 2 I'm choosing Ruslan because its freash and new. I don't like and almost never purchase rematches that are not warranted.

[The Big Dunn]

Because the fight could be very different this time. Both guys will have motivation to prove something and lots of confidence.

Besides, are people really remembering the first fight and not thinking a rematch could be interesting? Those championship rounds, and Bradley's success, make a rematch very interesting. Did Bradley come on at the end because Pac took it easy, or because he figured something out? And if he figured something out, could he have that success over 12? The hardest obstacle to beating Pacquiao is adjusting to his speed and awkwardness. Did Bradley do so at the end of the first fight?

you're right but the problem is the 3 championship rounds don't overshadow rounds 1-8 where Manny won clearly and without much difficulty.

Manny was never behind on the cards or in danger of losing this fight at any point during the fight.

[NEETzsche]

good decision. bradley is once again a live dog.

[TOBYLEE1]

Because the fight could be very different this time. Both guys will have motivation to prove something and lots of confidence.

Besides, are people really remembering the first fight and not thinking a rematch could be interesting? Those championship rounds, and Bradley's success, make a rematch very interesting. Did Bradley come on at the end because Pac took it easy, or because he figured something out? And if he figured something out, could he have that success over 12? The hardest obstacle to beating Pacquiao is adjusting to his speed and awkwardness. Did Bradley do so at the end of the first fight?

I know that boxing is the teather of the unknown and anything can happen in any given fight.

Tired of seeing the recycled products from TR, some of them are good but some of them is just milking the fans. I still have a bad taste in that decision and I was going for Bradley in that fight. This is a big high profile fight that is going to generate a lot of attention and money because of who Pac is. I like Tim and I'm in for him in getting paid but I rather see something else.

Pac slowed down in the end of that fight and Tim is a mentally strong person that was able to continue his plan. I won't say that I won't watch but I'm not paying $70 for just one fight if the undercard is crappy. Tim took a lot of damage from Provo so I don't know if he can resist Pac's punches the same.

[solo20]

I got Timmy in this one wining

[ironmt]

I know that boxing is the teather of the unknown and anything can happen in any given fight.

Tired of seeing the recycled products from TR, some of them are good but some of them is just milking the fans. I still have a bad taste in that decision and I was going for Bradley in that fight. This is a big high profile fight that is going to generate a lot of attention and money because of who Pac is. I like Tim and I'm in for him in getting paid but I rather see something else.

Pac slowed down in the end of that fight and Tim is a mentally strong person that was able to continue his plan. I won't say that I won't watch but I'm not paying $70 for just one fight if the undercard is crappy. Tim took a lot of damage from Provo so I don't know if he can resist Pac's punches the same.

Good point, Provodnikov without a doubt, did significant damage to Bradley over a prolonged period of time. With the one shot KO Pacquiao took from Marquez, neither fighter may ever be the same. It should set up an Interesting rematch. Unfortunately for Bradley, his lack of punching power may be his down fall. It's going to be hard to keep Pacquiao off of him.

[QballLobo]

Wouldn't be surprised to see Arum rob Pac again with all the talk of him leaving TR to make the Floyd fight next year....

[samouraļ]

Pacquiao didn't take Bradley seriously the first time and still beat him.

There's no danger of pac taking it easy this time.

My thoughts as well, though I do expect to see a more determined Bradley this time as well. I just don't think Pacquiao is a good matchup for him.