The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight last May 2015 will be in the record books for being the most lucrative fight ever, but the action promised before the fighter was never delivered.
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The 37-year-old is already a congressman in his home country and is aiming to secure a seat in the senate at the upcoming elections. You can’t keep on fighting all the time.
“I am so happy to be hanging my gloves up after this fight because of what I have done”, explained Pacquiao. “Knowing what I know and going 24 rounds with him, knowing Manny Pacquai, he’s not King Kong, I feel honestly that this is my time and I am going to win this fight on April 09”.
Pacquiao vs. Bradley III is promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, and the Pacquiao vs. Bradley event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 9th, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. “He says he’s going to retire and maybe he will. The truth is that you never know with any boxer but I haven’t known Manny to say things he doesn’t mean”. Now I’m ending my boxing career because I want to help my countrymen, the Filipino people. “This is a great opportunity and privilege to fight Bradley again”, he said. “It’s time, I think”, the former eight-division champion said in the report.
Pacquiao won the 2014 rematch with Bradley by unanimous decision, and most experts who watched their 2012 bout felt Bradley should not have been awarded a split decision victory.
He said: “Freddie is not only my coach, but my brother”. “I’m sure I will feel sad but that’s life”, Pacquiao said.
And Pacquiao believes that his opponent has improved since they last fought and says he is the ideal opponent for his final fight. Having “won two fights” in a row, Pacquiao is expected to win for the third time as there has been no significant improvements that Bradley can bring to the table except his successful dismantling of Brandon Rios last November. “I think it will be a great boxing match in the ring”.
Bradley meanwhile also warned fans to expect a different fight to the previous two bouts.
The Filipino fighter will take on Timothy Bradley to complete a trilogy with the American.
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“It’s not illegal here unlike in the Philippines where it is illegal for me to campaign being a foreigner”, said Arum. “I think this fight will be different than the first two altercations we had”.
