The fight between the two champion boxers is scheduled to happen on April 9 at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. “In addition to being a good fighter, Pacquiao is a responsible fighter, professional”.
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Just by aging at a slower pace than Pacquiao, Bradley might have enough to finally beat the Filipino fighter for the first time without controversy. “In the last two fights we saw that Manny Pacquiao should have been awarded two victories, but that’s in the opinion of others”, said Donaire. Pacquiao is bidding for a senatorial seat in the Philippines and a fellow candidate has claimed that his fight in April should be postponed until after the elections as it would garner the 37-year-old boxer to massive advantage in terms of exposure.
He also had some words for Bradley’s trainer Teddy Atlas.
Roach and Atlas, going into his second fight with Bradley, are among the most famous trainers in boxing but will be opposite corners for the first time. Even if Bradley were to fight Pacquiao like he did against Vargas past year, I still don’t think Pacquiao would be able to handle it. Bradley is too skilled and too young at this point for Pacquiao to handle him.
After watching tape of the first two fights, what were Bradley’s biggest mistakes against Pacquiao that he will need to address?
The question, now, though, is whether HBO starting to hype Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley III will make a difference.
Garcia is also no stranger to Pacquiao as he trained Antonio Margarito and Rios when both men fought the Pinoy southpaw in 2010 and 2013 respectively.
“I think Pacquiao’s gonna train hard and wants to look good and impress like he was doing 4 or 5 years ago”, Garcia said.
Bradley’s last opponent was Brandon Rios, who clearly wasn’t in the best of shape for the fight. He’s not the same guy who fought Ricky Hatton right now.
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Beristain is very familiar with Pacquiao, as he trained Juan Manuel Marquez in his four showdowns with the Filipino boxing icon.
