By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is reportedly very concerned about getting hit by challenger Tim Bradley’s head-butts in their upcoming fight next month on June 9th.

Why Pacquiao is so concerned with head-butts is the big question, because he’s gotten a lot bigger problems to worry about in that fight than an occasional head-butt from Bradley.

Pacquiao has got to be worried about getting out-worked on the inside, and taken deep into the fight and drowned by Bradley. Pacquiao’s stamina isn’t the greatest, and he’s facing a young lion in the 28-year-old Bradley.

What gets me is Pacquiao is going to make from $6 million to possibly $20 million for the Bradley fight, and yet’s worried about getting head-butted. I think Pacquiao needs to toughen up. Look at all these people working back breaking jobs or needing to work two or even three jobs just to try and make ends meet. And Pacquiao is worried about a few head-butts. For the millions that he’s getting, he needs to realize that it goes with the territory.

The ring isn’t supposed to be a pleasant place, but he’s making a ton of money so why worry? If it happens it happens. Pacquiao just needs to toughen up and keep fighting through the pain or blood. Worrying and complaining won’t help. Besides, Bradley’s reputation for accidentally head-butting his opponents has really been blown out of proportion by some people.

Sure, he can ram heads with you sometimes, but it’s not like he’s teeing off with his head or anything like that. Pacquiao is just going to have to take the pain and live with it. He’s making millions and there’s got to be some kind of pain involved with making that kind of money.

He’s not a trust fund brat, he’s a fighter and that means he’s got to have to feel pain. Pacquiao should be worrying more about what he’s going to do if his legs start cramping up on him. Bradley will be all over him if all Pacquiao can do is shuffle around the ring like an 80-year-old. If I’m Pacquiao’s trainer, that’s my biggest worry.