By Steve Kim
While the record books say that Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley - who fight once again on April 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - have split their prior two meetings, most observers believed that Pacquiao should have gotten his hands raised in victory when they first clashed in June of 2012. Pacquiao was ruled the winner in their rematch in April of 2014.
Now, they meet for a third time, on HBO Pay-Per-View, in a fight that isn't all that anticipated by the masses.
Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach told BoxingScene.com on Saturday afternoon - ''I think we beat him twice already. We got one bad decision but Manny's been off for awhile. He's coming off shoulder surgery so it's probably not a bad choice at this point."
Pacquiao suffered a right shoulder injury in camp for last May's mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr., who won a twelve round unanimous decision in their long-awaited showdown.
As for how motivated 'the Pac Man' might be coming off his loss to Mayweather and facing a guy that many believe he's beaten twice already, Roach stated - "Well, Manny might be more patient and make sure his shoulder is OK. Maybe we can fight Floyd one more time."
And yeah, don't count on this being Pacquiao's swan song.
"I don't think this will be the last fight, no," said Roach.
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.
