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Top Rank promoter Bob Arum predicts the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley third encounter at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 9 will be an action-packed battle.
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Arum should just keep his trap shut like Haymon instead of making things worse by insulting our intelligence. -
Arum is out of his mind at this point.Comment
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wake me up when they are done selling the fight
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The last time Arum predicted this Pacquiao got knocked out cold.Comment
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They keep talking about Bradley-Rios, Rios was godawful in that fight, TB was basically doing a heavy bag workout. Stop referencing that fight as if it showed a new super dimension to Bradley, it just didn't.Comment
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Yeah all that did was show that Brandon Rios doesn't even have the heart to box anymore and just showed up for the paycheck. I don't think he trained even one day for that fight. Bradley did look real good against Vargas though. I think this is going to be a real good fight. I'm 50/50 on it. Don't know about PACs shoulder or his age if he slowed down???
Either way I hope Pac wins by stunning KO and then retires..Comment
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Based on what?
The "wars" from the first two fights.
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March 13, 2015:
“I don’t know,” Pacquiao said at a press conference. “at that time, God willing, I’ll be a senator in the Philippines and I’ll ask the people of the Philippines if they’ll allow it. My attention and focus is to serve the people. I’ll ask the people if they agree to that..”
In his last bout Manny was beaten conclusively by Floyd Mayweather. And in reality he wasn't even Floyd's toughest fight, but it must be noted that despite losing, he didn't absorb anything close to the type of punishment where one would consider him damaged goods. It just so happened that Mayweather had the style, reach and speed to neutralize Pacquiao's sporadic southpaw aggression. Mayweather will beat Pacquiao every day of the week, but that doesn't mean Pacquiao is finished and his days of being a world class fighter are in the rear view mirror. Granted, Manny isn't the same fighter he was five years ago but he can still beat and compete with other elite welterweights vying to emerge as the marque man at 147...
As you can see, based on who's out there for Crawford to fight, Manny Pacquiao is the only one who can put him in front of a worldwide audience to showcase his skills. As for Pacquiao, aside from Crawford, he could fight Keith Thurman or Danny Garcia who are both undefeated, and they also would be PPV attractions. But not for the same money he'd earn fighting Crawford because Terence is seen as the most skilled and gifted boxer in the sport. Pacquiao would like to make the Mayweather outing a distant memory to boxing observers, and the best way he can do that is to take on the next Mayweather-esque opponent on the rise and administer him his first defeat.
I think the reality is, and it's starting to slip out, Pacquiao knows if he beats Bradley in a way in which there's no doubt as to who the better man was, he'll still be a draw and in line for a few more multi-million dollar bouts. Call it a hunch, but I believe Manny likes and needs the money and walking away from piles of it still on the table is something he can't and won't do -- assuming he defeats Bradley next month, which certainly isn't a foregone conclusion.
Let me add one small caveat in closing - If Pacquiao looks sensational in beating Bradley, and then indicates he wants to fight further, his promoter Bob Arum might back off on pushing for the Crawford bout right away. If there are two PPV wins available to Manny (Garcia and Thurman) before having to deal with Crawford, Arum will promote those instead, meanwhile continuing to build Crawford up, moving the two fighters on a collision course for mid-2017.
http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/...-after-bradleyComment
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Oh....Ok....Comment
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