By Chris Williams: Tim Bradley has come from a rough background where he didn’t have a lot of money in Palm Springs where he grew up. He’s risen far since his early years, but he’s still not made the huge money that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has been enjoying for many years now.

Bradley thinks that Pacquiao doesn’t love boxing anymore and is just going through the motions at this point.

Bradley told Bet.com “I don’t think he [Pacquiao] is as hungry as I am. He’s had his claim to fame. I think now, at this time in his life, he’s ready to move on…I think his mind is somewhere else. He doesn’t have the love he had for boxing anymore.”

I agree with Bradley. Pacquiao seems more interested in his religion, his singing and his political career than he does with his fighting. He just looks like he’s going through the motions at this point. He obviously doesn’t want to quit because he’s got all these fans in the Philippines looking up to him as a hero figure, but he doesn’t seem like he’s in love with the sport like Bradley is.

As such, I think Bradley is going to kick Pacquiao’s duff off the top of the hill on Saturday night and kick him aside so that he can take over at the WBO champion. That doesn’t mean that it’ll be the end for Pacquiao. He can always go after the IBF or the WBA straps. The WBA is held by the weak punching Paulie Malignaggi, who Pacquiao can probably beat in his sleep. And the IBF will soon be held by the winner of the Mike Jones vs. Randall Bailey fight this weekend. Pacquiao can possibly beat Jones. I give him a reasonable chance of beating that huge fighter.