Re: Pacquiao to fight Bradley
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Originally Posted by
Gandalf
Bradley will nullify Pac, and murder each of the brows with attacks. Then all the punching too.
It's not such a bad fight. Bradley can beat Manny.
I agree he can.. but given that Manny is with Top Rank and Tim Bradley signed with Top Rank basically to fight Manny. I can count on him having an "off night" against Pacquiao.
We seen how Zahir Raheem was blackballed by top rank after beating Morales which ruined hype for a third Pacquiao fight but we'll see.
bradley seems to have flipped flop in opinion and personality since signing with Top Rank and saying all the "top rank stuff" since, so I don't know. If he shows up and truly tries to win it will be a good fight. But I don't like his flip flopping since signing Top Rank. before he signed with Top rank he said he wanted steroid testing in boxing, afterwards he doesn't support it. Before he signed with Top Rank he was a huge fan of Mayweather, since signing with Top Rank he "doesn't like" Mayweather.
Something tells me he was ALWAYS going to be Pacquiao's next fight ever since he signed with Top Rank. Idk but something tells me he isn't his own man anymore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvYhNF5GWPg
Re: Pacquiao to fight Bradley
Then if Pacquiao beats Bradley it will be said that he cherry picked a smaller man that had no chance in winning. When it looks like quite a few people say Bradley can win this fight. That's boxing fans for you.:rolleyes:
Re: Pacquiao to fight Bradley
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Originally Posted by
generalbulldog
Then if Pacquiao beats Bradley it will be said that he cherry picked a smaller man that had no chance in winning. When it looks like quite a few people say Bradley can win this fight. That's boxing fans for you.:rolleyes:
So everyone should just say that Manny wins? Wouldn't that be boxing fans too?
Re: Pacquiao to fight Bradley
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Originally Posted by
Gandalf
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Originally Posted by
generalbulldog
Then if Pacquiao beats Bradley it will be said that he cherry picked a smaller man that had no chance in winning. When it looks like quite a few people say Bradley can win this fight. That's boxing fans for you.:rolleyes:
So everyone should just say that Manny wins? Wouldn't that be boxing fans too?
I should have made myself clear. You have people saying that Bradley has a good chance of beating Pac. But if it becomes a clear one sided victory for Pac it will be said that he cherry picked Bradley and excuses will come out. I saw it with Hatton, Cotto, MAB, etc.
Of course the same also applies to Floyd and his opponents.
Re: Pacquiao to fight Bradley
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Originally Posted by
generalbulldog
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Originally Posted by
Gandalf
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Originally Posted by
generalbulldog
Then if Pacquiao beats Bradley it will be said that he cherry picked a smaller man that had no chance in winning. When it looks like quite a few people say Bradley can win this fight. That's boxing fans for you.:rolleyes:
So everyone should just say that Manny wins? Wouldn't that be boxing fans too?
I should have made myself clear. You have people saying that Bradley has a good chance of beating Pac. But if it becomes a clear one sided victory for Pac it will be said that he cherry picked Bradley and excuses will come out. I saw it with Hatton, Cotto, MAB, etc.
Of course the same also applies to Floyd and his opponents.
Boxing is largely guesswork and hope. There is no doubt that Manny would be favourite, but many would be hoping for a Bradley win and wouldn't hedge their words with subtleties. 'Manny will definitely win, but I cling to the small chance of a Bradley surprise'....it would be a dull and empty world if everyone was speaking like that.
One day they will lose and in fact in the eyes of many Manny did indeed just lose. Floyd would lose too if he actually fought more than once every two years and against young hungry fighters.
Re: Pacquiao to fight Bradley
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Originally Posted by
Majesty
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Originally Posted by
Gandalf
Bradley will nullify Pac, and murder each of the brows with attacks. Then all the punching too.
It's not such a bad fight. Bradley can beat Manny.
I agree he can.. but given that Manny is with Top Rank and Tim Bradley signed with Top Rank basically to fight Manny. I can count on him having an "off night" against Pacquiao.
We seen how Zahir Raheem was blackballed by top rank after beating Morales which ruined hype for a third Pacquiao fight but we'll see.
bradley seems to have flipped flop in opinion and personality since signing with Top Rank and saying all the "top rank stuff" since, so I don't know. If he shows up and truly tries to win it will be a good fight. But I don't like his flip flopping since signing Top Rank. before he signed with Top rank he said he wanted steroid testing in boxing, afterwards he doesn't support it. Before he signed with Top Rank he was a huge fan of Mayweather, since signing with Top Rank he "doesn't like" Mayweather.
Something tells me he was ALWAYS going to be Pacquiao's next fight ever since he signed with Top Rank. Idk but something tells me he isn't his own man anymore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvYhNF5GWPg
That's a helluva conspiracy theory you're suggesting. If I follow your train of thought, you are implying that Bradley would throw the Pacquiao fight in order to maintain good relations with Top Rank?
That's a little far-fetched, my man. First, I guarantee there will be a rematch clause. So, even if Bradley won, Pacquiao would get a second crack at him. Second, if Bradley defeats Pacquiao, he gets a fight with the JMM/Peterson winner, which if JMM, would be another ppv and more money, and eventually he may get a fight with Mayweather if he beat JMM. If he loses against Pacquiao, he faces Khan? A guy who he didn't want to face before? Maybe Rios? I don't see it.
Re: Pacquiao to fight Bradley
Credible or not, Manny has got grief in the past for not fighting prime fighters and for not fighting black american fighters. Bradley is in his prime, he's black, he's undefeated, and he's p4p ranked. I don't really know what there is not to like.
It might have been mentioned here before, but Pacquiao faced a similar type of style challenge when he fought Agapito Sanchez in 2001. Similar to Bradley, Sanchez had a reputation as a dirty fighter who was alleged to use his head and low blows to win. In their fight he hit Pacquiao with two "accidental" headbutts" and 2 low blows. Pacquiao only managed to get a draw with Sanchez before the fight was stopped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubXGbm9VJc
Re: Pacquiao to fight Bradley
Pacquiao gets a stoppage here I think.
Bradley will try to get inside and Pac will catch him.
Something tells me Bradleys gonna try and make this an ugly fight and try to rough Pac up and not give him any space.