By Chris Williams: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) says he doesn’t see a bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao ever happening because of the different things that the two fighters want before they will agree to a fight. In an article at East Side Boxing’s On the Ropes program, Bradley says “That fight [Pacquiao-Mayweather] will never happen. I don’t think that will ever happen due to fact that Mayweather wants certain things a certain way. Manny wants things a certain way, both of these guys are at the top of their game. It’s going to be hard to negotiate a fight like that unless Floyd either takes 50-50 or Pacman agrees to the drug testing.”

Bradley is probably right. Mayweather, because of his better pay-per-view numbers recently and with some of his key fights, will continue to point to those better PPV numbers as a reason to get a bigger cut of the revenue. Pacquiao, in turn, will probably still consider himself as just as much of star as Mayweather and will insist on getting at least a 50-50 deal.

It may become harder and harder for Pacquiao to do that if he fights Miguel Cotto again and other less than appealing opponents. Pacquiao needs a big named fighter that he hasn’t already beaten the stuffing out of to get the big PPV numbers and it’s not looking Pacquiao will be matched up against anyone new for awhile.

Bradley sees Mayweather easily beating Pacquiao if and when they do fight, saying “I think Floyd will be able to isolate Pacman. He’s a smaller guy. Even though Pacman throws a lot of punches, I think Floyd would be able to isolate him with his movement, a good jab, stiff combinations, punching in between. At times, Manny can get a little wild. I think Floyd is smart enough to make him pay in between so I will take Floyd Mayweather all day.”

I agree with Bradley. I think Mayweather is just far supperior to Pacquiao and would likely give him a bad beating, even worse than Mayweather’s win over Juan Manuel Marquez last year. Pacquiao does get sloppy and wild at times. He’s good early in the fight when he’s following a strategic plan, but once the fight goes past a certain amount of rounds, Pacquiao often reverts back to his former wild style of fighting where he’s throwing shots as he’s running forward and just throwing for the sake of throwing. Pacquiao leaves himself open for almost anything and is susceptible to take a lot of hard shots. Mayweather would likely win every round if they were to fight.