I agree that Bradley is probably telling the truth. He became very flat footed after the 4th round probably from a combination of the injury and Pacquiao ringing his bell a few times. I think he was clowning to buy time. I respect Bradley for not using the injury as an excuse though (not like he could as that was his excuse after the first fight). Either way I felt they both looked pretty bad this fight. They seemed gassed half way through the fight and there were long stretches were they were both inactive. Pacquiao rarely bounced on his feet as he used to and the work rate/speed just isn't what it used to be (and therefore much of his explosive power). The two versions of these fighters would lose easily to Mayweather. Pacquiao is too susceptible to counter rights (Bradley landed a few) which is Mayweather's bread and butter and Bradley would even lose an inside fight to Mayweather (which is where he had some success against Pacquiao and Alexander for example). I would still like to see both of them fight Mayweather. It's just too bad we likely won't see them at their best.
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