Comments Thread For: Pacquiao Stands Firm on Retirement After Bradley Trilogy

[Manic Shot]

Hope he looses for picking a **** fight that nobody wants to see!!!

He already loss to Bradley ,so they're paying for a REPLAY fight!!!

[nveleven]

When Arum sends him another $3M advance in november, he would be talking about how God wants him to fight on.

Yup, anyone who can't see him pulling the "god spoke to me" card to justify a ring return after the Bradley fight is a moron.

[WesternChamp]

If it really is your last fight, then why are you wasting it with this match-up?

I need the media to ask the tough questions. Where is Jim Gray when you need him?

He's just trying to be like the guy he lost too (Floyd).

[WesternChamp]

Manny: this will be my last fight, no ifs and buts, but i'll hold off retirement if i get a rematch with floyd.

Manny: this fight right here with Tim Bradley will be my last fight and the end to my career, but i'll come back for a rematch with floyd.

Manny: this is my last fight and i mean it. I will not fight after this one, but i'll come out of retirement for a rematch with floyd.

Manny: this is my last and final fight, i will concentrate on my political career now but i'll put that on hold if i get a rematch with floyd.

[Bronx2245]

January 4, 2016:

Every now and then, in a sport notorious for deception, we get moments of brutal honesty. Well, this is one of those rare moments when a promoter isn't just going to just talk-up a fight that all makes us roll our collective eyes -- Bob Arum is fully aware that he has an uphill battle to successfully promote a third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley.

"Will we do the same numbers for the first two Bradley fights? Probably not. We're going to try to come as close as we can, and hopefully exceed it, but I understand what we're up against. I've run my numbers and I have done my math. I'm not out here with my head up my [expletive]," Arum said...

Unfortunately, Arum said that Top Rank President Todd duBoef spoke to cable/satellite providers and MGM officials about Pacquiao's options, and everyone involved unanimously said that Pacquiao-Bradley III would be the best-selling fight on the table. It's a little hard to question Pacquiao as a star in this sport, but if a third fight with Bradley is Pacquiao's most lucrative option while his own promoter says it'll be a tough sell, well then, it sort of makes you wonder...

The first Pacquaio-Bradley installment reportedly did 890,000 PPV buys. Then the rematch did roughly around 750,000 buys, something Arum himself described as a "disappointment." Now, with even less fanfare than the first two outings, I strongly believe that Pacquiao-Bradley III would be lucky to do half of what the rematch did. If this in fact is Pacquiao's most lucrative option, well then, his star is indeed fading fast.

http://www.badlefthook.com/2016/1/4/...e-a-tough-sell

[Bring It On]

It's impossible to have a farewell fight as bad as Mayweather picking Berto, but this is pretty damn close...

Not because Bradley is all that bad, just because it's completely pointless.

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

arum and his top rank shenanigans again

[AllEyesOpen]

I'm in shock that Arum doesn't want to boost ppv sales for what should already be a train wreck of a promotion by just taking Pacquiao's word on his retirement and promoting as such. It's not as if the world would demand a refund if Pac decides to unretire.

[Ernie Mavers]

If he retires, good for him. People on here like to call him old, but it's easy to forget that at 37, the guys is worth 10's of millions and never has to work another day in his life.
I can not even imagine how great of a feeling it must be to be in the prime of life and be set for life.
But let's be real:
1) bob will make sure that pac loses if this goes to a decision
2) he only has an elementary school education, is too ****** to know he's a puppet (as a boxer & a politician), has a house full of kids, and is married to a woman who will divorce him when his star fades and take half his loot.

They say hindsight is 20/20. Foresight is often the same.
Pac will be fighting into his 40's in all likelihood

Do you follow boxing? Manny is going to be broke by the time is he 40, Bob Arum is going to take 30% of everything on top of whatever money manny owes him. Tax issues, extravagant spending,MC Hammer like generosity. Manny is going to be flat broke less than a year after his career is over.

[Mr. Punch-Out!!]

Good for you, I'm pretty sure you notice that the majority of fans are disappointed in this fight... Don't get me wrong I like Bradley I just don't want to see him vs Pacquiao for the 3rd time... Bradley vs cotto would of been good.

I'm not saying this was a match I desired to see or something but when you narrow down the possibilities, combine with the fact this is Pacquiao's last match, I can't think of a better choice than Bradley. The fact that nobody has been able to come up with any other possible opponents proves that.

I got a feeling no matter who he would pick, people are going to complain anyway.