By Ryan Burton
Last May, the world finally got the fight they wanted when welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao faced each other in the most lucrative fight in boxing history. Mayweather won the fight via unanimous decision at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in a bout that crushed all gate and pay-per-view numbers.
Pacquiao will return to the ring for the first time since that loss on Saturday in a rubber-match Tim Bradley. The series is officially tied at 1-1 but most insiders and fans alike feel that Pacquiao should have gotten the nod in both fights.
Bradley retained the services of veteran trainer Teddy Atlas for his last fight. The change paid immediate dividends as the Palm Springs, CA native scored his first stoppage in years when he knocked out Brandon Rios on November 7th.
Mayweather's father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., feels the Bradley that everyone saw last November has the right formula to defeat Pacquiao without controversy. He expects Bradley to pull out the victory on April 9th when he collides with Pacquiao on HBO pay-per-view.
"Overall I think that if Bradley does what he did the other day versus (Rios) - if Bradley fights that way right there, Pacquiao doesn't have a chance. That is what my son did. He hit him when he wanted to and then went and moved. Moved and hit him. That is it and Bradley can do the same thing," Mayweather told BoxingScene.com.
Bradley won a controversial twelve round split decision in the first bout in 2012. Pacquiao evened things up with dominant twelve round unanimous decision in the 2014 rematch. Both fights took place at the MGM Grand.
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