(Photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) doesn’t quite understand where Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) is at mentally as they approach their rematch on April 12th. While Pacquiao has said that he wants to fight more aggressively and not be the kind and compassionate fighter who let his recent opponent Brandon Rios off the hook when he could have knocked him out last November, but Bradley still doubts whether Pacquiao still has the fire in him to fight hard.
Pacquiao spoke of wanting to fight will more of a killer instinct recently during their 2-city press tour, but it’s hard to believe Pacquiao will be able to change his basic nature given that he hasn’t shown the fire to really go after his opponents since his win over Miguel Cotto in 2009. After that year, Pacquiao seemed to change completely.
(Photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was pleased to announce earlier today that 70% of the tickets for the April 12th rematch between his two Top Rank stable fighters Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley have already been sold after one day of being on sale. The 82-year-old Arum believes that the remaining tickets will be scooped up in the next 2 weeks by fans who are excited about seeing Pacquiao and Bradley fight again. 
By DA: On April 12th Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KOs) will get a shot at redemption against Timothy Bradley (31-0, 12 KOs) who controversially defeated Pacquiao with a 12 round split decision and in the process taking his WBO Welterweight title. I’m gonna point out the facts, Pacquiao missed a lot of his punches and HBO’s biased commentary would applaud everything he threw when clearly he did not land. But for Tim he didn’t do much at all to Pacman but stay on the defensive.
(Photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) doesn’t think it’s possible for WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) to outbox him in their fight on April 12th. Pacquiao sees his superior hand speed is being too good for Bradley to be able to earn another 12 round decision against him like he got 2 years ago in their infamous fight in June of 2012. Pacquiao won’t let Bradley get escape with another win over him.
By Chris Williams: At today’s press conference with Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) and WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s), Pacquiao talked about coming into their April 12th rematch a younger fighter than he’s shown in his last handful of fights. Pacquiao plans on finding the fountain of youth by the time he faces Bradley in April, and he expects to look like a brand new Pacquiao. 
By Chris Williams: This week, Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) and WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) will be taking part in a 2-city media tour to attract interest in their April 12th rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao plans on immediately starting his training camp after he concludes the media tour. On Tuesday, Pacquiao and Bradley will be in Los Angeles, California in the first city of the tour. On February 5th, they’ll travel to New York to conclude the tour. 
By Chris Williams: It seems that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum won’t have to worry about trying to scratch up an opponent for Manny Pacquiao to fight next September, because Juan Manuel Marquez (55-7-1, 40 KO’s) has told Arum that he wants to fight the winner of the April 12th fight between Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley. 
By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) will be facing Filipino Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) in a rematch on April 12th. Bradley feels that Pacquiao’s career will be on the line in this fight. If he loses the fight then it’ll be all over for the 35-year-old Pacquiao.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum feels that boxing fans really don’t care about most of the undercard fights. Arum feels that fans mainly care about the main event fights on pay-per-view cards. I guess that explains why Pacquiao’s undercard for his rematch against Tim Bradley is so empty of big name fighters and interesting fights. It’s subjective, of course. Some fans might see the fighters that Arum has stacked the Pacquiao-Bradley II undercard with at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, as being great fights that they just can’t wait to see.