Pacquiao VS Provodnikov 4/12?

[imp]

Pac ducking bradley.
Wont risk an injury free bradley.
Get another tougher punchbag.
What a joke.

[Beanflicker]

Provod is obviously well known to Roach and Pac, and at this juncture where they're trying to build Pac some momentum so he can try to hook a fight with Mayweather, there's no way they'd put him in with Provod unless they really knew that they had his number in a big way.

[p4pking]

That's what I was thinking, they must have sparred enough to have a good idea of how it would go. If it were a really dangerous fight for Pac there's no reason for him to take it, Provo isn't a big name and he'd no doubt move up to welter again to fight Pac, so there wouldn't even be a belt on the line. I'd much rather see Pac or Provo get a rematch with Bradley than fight each other, those are a lot more interesting.

[Abelardus]

Pac ducking bradley.
Wont risk an injury free bradley.
Get another tougher punchbag.
What a joke.

Pac and floyd ducking each other is probably true. But I doubt anyone would duck bradley specially not manny. Like 99% of the boxing world had him winning the fight he doesn't have anything to duck in my opinion.

[imp]

Pac ducking bradley.
Wont risk an injury free bradley.
Get another tougher punchbag.
What a joke.

Pac and floyd ducking each other is probably true. But I doubt anyone would duck bradley specially not manny. Like 99% of the boxing world had him winning the fight he doesn't have anything to duck in my opinion.

He wont risk it then. Another word for duck. Its hard to believe but something has them startled.
Bradley and pac would make most money so why not?!
Marquez has knocked all the bite out of pac and he needs a couple of tune ups to get back into it.
Prob might be pac vs bradley end of 2014...but who does bradley fight now?!

[Violent Demise]

I saw Mauricio Herrera handle Povodnikov pretty fucking easily. Unless Pac brawls with him, Pov doesn't have a chance

[armin]

Pac ducking bradley.
Wont risk an injury free bradley.
Get another tougher punchbag.
What a joke.

Pac and floyd ducking each other is probably true. But I doubt anyone would duck bradley specially not manny. Like 99% of the boxing world had him winning the fight he doesn't have anything to duck in my opinion.

He wont risk it then. Another word for duck. Its hard to believe but something has them startled.
Bradley and pac would make most money so why not?!
Marquez has knocked all the bite out of pac and he needs a couple of tune ups to get back into it.
Prob might be pac vs bradley end of 2014...but who does bradley fight now?!

Dude I like bradley only time I rooted against him was against marquez but doubt him n manny make the most money, just two or three years ago he was fighting for the undisputed light welter title in front of two or three k people

[FinitoElDinamita]

Bradley made some good money but he wont see anymore big paydays unless he fights a superstar..

People in his own hometown dont even know him and palm springs is a very small town.

[Hulk]

Bradley made some good money but he wont see anymore big paydays unless he fights a superstar..

People in his own hometown dont even know him and palm springs is a very small town.

It surprisingly is. Stayed there once in a motel. It wasn't what I pictured it to be.

[Abelardus]

Pac ducking bradley.
Wont risk an injury free bradley.
Get another tougher punchbag.
What a joke.

Pac and floyd ducking each other is probably true. But I doubt anyone would duck bradley specially not manny. Like 99% of the boxing world had him winning the fight he doesn't have anything to duck in my opinion.

He wont risk it then. Another word for duck. Its hard to believe but something has them startled.
Bradley and pac would make most money so why not?!
Marquez has knocked all the bite out of pac and he needs a couple of tune ups to get back into it.
Prob might be pac vs bradley end of 2014...but who does bradley fight now?!

I don't think there is anything to risk fighting bradley it can only help him he probably hasn't rematched cuz he feels that everyone already knows he won. The most money fight for manny is either mayweather or a Marquez rematch then it's probably bradley. As for Bradley he has to fight khan and get the rumors of him ducking him out of the way unless he really was ducking. Or start fighting with golden boy fighters. There's nothing for him in top rank.

[El Kabong]

The 1 word I have for this fight....


WHY?

[Rantcatrat]

Pac ducking bradley.
Wont risk an injury free bradley.
Get another tougher punchbag.
What a joke.

Pac and floyd ducking each other is probably true. But I doubt anyone would duck bradley specially not manny. Like 99% of the boxing world had him winning the fight he doesn't have anything to duck in my opinion.

He wont risk it then. Another word for duck. Its hard to believe but something has them startled.
Bradley and pac would make most money so why not?!
Marquez has knocked all the bite out of pac and he needs a couple of tune ups to get back into it.
Prob might be pac vs bradley end of 2014...but who does bradley fight now?!

Bradley fights Marquez and beats him again. Pacquiao fights Provo, and if he wins, he faces Bradley. It works out perfectly for both parties.

I don't agree that a fight between Provodnikov and Pacquiao is one-sided on paper. Provo has improved tremendously over his last few fights. Heck, many boxing writers picked him in their top three for fighter of the year this past year with his win over Alvarado, where he went into the fight an underdog, and his close fight with Bradley, where many thought he was a tune-up fight. Think about that. He's consistently out-performed. Compare that with Pacquiao's last two fights, where he looked sensational against Rios, and was knocked out by Marquez.

How will Pacquiao fare when Provo connects? Rios couldn't get off, but Provo won't have that problem. He will land at some point.

How can Pacquiao be accused of ducking Bradley? It makes no sense because Pacquiao already faced him!

[Rantcatrat]

I saw Mauricio Herrera handle Povodnikov pretty fucking easily. Unless Pac brawls with him, Pov doesn't have a chance

I wouldn't have disagreed if this was one year ago, but over the last year I've seen Provo somehow get Bradley to stop boxing and engage in a fight and then do the same for Alvarado. Maybe his footwork has got better under Roach's tutelage and now he's better able to cut off the ring?

[Ron Swanson]

Could someone please link the first round of the Bradley/Provodnikov fight? I'm on my phone so I can't do it. This rumor that Provodnikov made Bradley stop and fight needs to stop. Bradley chose. Watch the round. There seems to be this thing in boxing fandom where if you say something that isn't true enough it becomes popular opinion. Watch the round! Bradley is moving and Bradley stops, it has nothing to do with Provodnikov. Provo deserves all the credit in the world for his success he created when Bradley stopped. But tell the truth, Bradley stopped.

[uptoscratch]

Could someone please link the first round of the Bradley/Provodnikov fight? I'm on my phone so I can't do it. This rumor that Provodnikov made Bradley stop and fight needs to stop. Bradley chose. Watch the round. There seems to be this thing in boxing fandom where if you say something that isn't true enough it becomes popular opinion. Watch the round! Bradley is moving and Bradley stops, it has nothing to do with Provodnikov. Provo deserves all the credit in the world for his success he created when Bradley stopped. But tell the truth, Bradley stopped.

As you say, Bradley boxes for the first half of round one, but right around 1:30 they come out of a clinch in the middle of the ring, and Bradley suddenly decides to stay there and try to wallop Provodnikov with combinations.

If anything, the way Provodnikov got Bradley to stop boxing was by being almost impossible to miss with a punch. Provo showed great toughness to be able to keep throwing back, but it was nothing to do with him foiling Bradley's movement.

A Pac-Provo fight probably ends with Provo being stopped on cuts.