Comments Thread For: Merchant: Pacquiao Has To Outfight Bradley To Win

[turnedup]

He better start sparring with guys that force him to cut off the ring..take a look at how provodnikov was setting up his punches. Prov did a good job of luring Bradley into a fight and the kid historically has that Lamont Peterson mentality of oh you just hit me I gotta get that back. If Pacquaio can force Bradley into a firefight it's to his advantage if he's gotta chase all night he will take a loss. I think Bradley had a great great year. I'm not sure Marquez had the hand speed to stop a moving Bradley so we really don't know where Bradley or Pacquaio both are when it comes to taking a good punch at the moment. Fight is really a toss up right now though.

[Stl_Buay]

I hope Bradley comes in healthy, he made Pacquiao miss like crazy all while fighting with a broken ankle. I think hell put up a better fight if hes 100%

Hope this isn't just another boring fight from Top Rank.

Pacquiao ain't outboxing Tim, so he better bring it to him and try to take his head off!

Making people miss badly does not score points... Any fighter concentrating more on D than O is harder to hit... If not so why was Prov able to hit Bradley so often while he is slower of foot and hand than Pac. Because in that fight Bradley wanted to be more O conscious. Pac is not a brawler but yet a boxer puncher with great footwork... He out boxed Bradley in the first fight and out boxed his opponents in his career. Guys like Rios and Prov are Brawlers... Guys like Pacquiao and Trinidad are boxer punchers... Pac uses foot work and speed to land power shots that's boxing not brawling... If Pac cuts the ring off and hooks off the jab he should win again 118 - 110 like in the first fight...

[LouIE G]

Making people miss badly does not score points... Any fighter concentrating more on D than O is harder to hit... If not so why was Prov able to hit Bradley so often while he is slower of foot and hand than Pac. Because in that fight Bradley wanted to be more O conscious. Pac is not a brawler but yet a boxer puncher with great footwork... He out boxed Bradley in the first fight and out boxed his opponents in his career. Guys like Rios and Prov are Brawlers... Guys like Pacquiao and Trinidad are boxer punchers... Pac uses foot work and speed to land power shots that's boxing not brawling... If Pac cuts the ring off and hooks off the jab he should win again 118 - 110 like in the first fight...

Trinidad was not a very good boxer,he was more of a puncher with descent boxing skills,look at his fights wit de lahoya,david reid,vargas,hopkins,wright,jones,oba carr,all these guys outboxed him or were outboxing him until he landed that left hook,cotto is a boxer puncher.

[sapo13]

I guess you missed the video years ago that was taken of Ariza in front of Roach saying "Everything I do goes through freddie". Please control your deep desire to troll. Guys like you kill any respectable boxing discussion that can take place here. You have an opinion whether pacquaio took something or not..express that and provide your belief why. What you just did is flat out trolling for reactions. Pretty sad I must say.

Guess you missed the recent interview where FREDDIE ROACH said alez ariza would not tell him.....THIS COMES STRAIGHT FROM FREDDIE ROACH'S MOUTH!!! you want me to post it look it up yourself!!!


are you in denial!!! we all seen the video!!!! or you only hear what you want?

[sapo13]

I guess you missed the video years ago that was taken of Ariza in front of Roach saying "Everything I do goes through freddie". Please control your deep desire to troll. Guys like you kill any respectable boxing discussion that can take place here. You have an opinion whether pacquaio took something or not..express that and provide your belief why. What you just did is flat out trolling for reactions. Pretty sad I must say.

Roach says he was su****ious of drinks Ariza would give Pacquiao before workouts
January 10th, 2014


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BY Michael Woods ON January 10, 2014


here is the link turn your speakers up, clean your ears and hear it from Freddie roach himself!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWw-FUSMy6E

[Adrien Boner]

It will be a good fight. Manny has his work cut out for him. Pac fans have to give it up for him if Bradley pulls it off, the "robbery" will not be relevant anymore. Bradley better win or else that gift decesion becomes nothing in the grand scheme of his career timeline

[aces725]

This wasn't an even fight then and still isn't now .. Ya can't just say Bradley will be tougher just because he sneaked by ruslan and Marquez .. The fact still remains , pacquaio is a much better fighter , .. I thought PAC was clearly bored in the first fight .. I think he will be completely motivated this time around .. I expect PAC to destroy Bradley , no question

[moonshineman]

Merchant

Poor ole Merchant is senile. He stated that Pacquiao may not want to go into a fight instead of a boxing match. Pacquiao likes a brawl. Always has. Also, Bradley doesn't have the power to knock Pacquiao out.

[KingTito]

It kind of sucks that they "have" to have a rematch, but this could be a good, competitive fight. One could assume that Bradley has improved since they last fought. I've seen and heard some people mention Bradley's toughness and will like that will be the huge difference though. I don't know if people forgot, but Pacquiao can certainly dig deep and fight his ass off too.

[ThatDude44]

So after chasing Bradley's tail and having his own chased by Pac I wonder where Marquez goes from here. If Martinez doesn't meet Cottos response time maybe Marquez can slide in.