BAGUIO CITY—Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao concluded his two-week Baguio City training camp and pronounced himself 50 to 60 percent ready. Pacquiao defends his World Boxing Organization welterweight title against undefeated light welterweight world champion Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 9.
World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman has cautioned pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao to be war of undefeated light welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley when Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in June 9.
The only man on Tim Bradley’s mind these days in Manny Pacquiao, who he challenges on June 9th in Las Vegas in a welterweight title bout on HBO pay-per-view. Deep into training in his camp in Indio, California, Bradley has a fixation with Pacquiao, one of the sport’s top two fighters, these days because he realizes exactly what an upset victory over the dangerous southpaw would mean to his career and his family.
Despite his upcoming bout with Manny Pacquiao being well over a month away, junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is looking extremely sharp in his training camp down in Indio, California. Bradley challenges Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight championship on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he has anything but an opponent’s mindset heading into the biggest fight of his career.
One key thing I was able to take away from my time in Timothy Bradley’s camp down in Indio, California was the reality that the high-level of confidence he has been exuding is no mirage. A 3-1 underdog heading into his June 9th challenge of Manny Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight belt, Bradley is the epitome of an athlete coming into his prime physically and mentally.
During his 11 AM training session in Indio, California, his second workout of the day, undefeated junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley’s energy and bravado were at a full tilt. Of course, that would be expected given the importance Bradley’s latest challenge, an upcoming June 9th date with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tim Bradley may find himself playing the role of a heavy underdog heading into his June 9th challenge for Manny Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight crown, yet the Palm Springs, California native seems to be relishing the moment.
LAS VEGAS, NEV. – If the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley, Jr. World Welterweight Championship pay-per-view undercard was a poker hand it would be two pairs of world title fighters, Arce High! Six gladiators will be going mano a mano in two world championship rumbles and a 10-round junior featherweight brawl.
Baguio City, Philippines - I caught up with Hall of Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach who is in Baguio for the first leg of Manny Pacquiao's training camp against Timothy Bradley on June 9. Roach shared his thoughts on Bradley, his power, and what they are going to watch out for on fight night.
It seems, at least on the surface, that strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza’s decision to leave pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao in the middle of his training camp in Baguio City isn’t hurting Pacquiao’s preparation for his showdown with undefeated junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 9.