(Photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) arrived in the United States on Monday, and he’ll be starting the 2nd part phase of his training at the Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles, California to get ready for his rematch against WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) for their fight on April 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Like always, Pacquiao will be assisted by his long-time trainer Freddie Roach and his assistant coach Buboy Fernandez.
The rematch will be televised on HBO pay-per-view, and it’s going to be really interesting to see how many fans are willing to purchase the fight. Pacquiao’s last PPV bout against Brandon Rios brought in disappointing PPV numbers with only 475,000 buys.
By Chris Williams: Career-wise, Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) will be limping into his April 12th rematch against WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) next month at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao has lost 2 out of his last 3 fights, and he hasn’t beaten a really good fighter since his catch-weight win over Miguel Cotto in 2009. Since that fight, Pacquiao’s wins have come against Joshua Clottey, Shane Mosley, Antonio Margarito, Juan Manuel Marquez and Brandon Rios. Like a lot of fans, I don’t count Pacquiao’s victory over Marquez in 2011 as being a win for Pacquiao, because Marquez clearly won that fight and deserved a decision with a four round cushion. 
By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach believes his fighter Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) will beat WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) next month because he’s in better condition for their fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roach has been working Pacquiao hard in training camp in the Philippines, and he’s had sparring partner Lydell Rhodes soaking up a lot of rounds against the 35-year-old Pacquiao.
By Chris Williams: 40-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (55-7-1, 40 KO’s) has one thing left that he wants to accomplish before he retires and that’s to win a 5th division world title. For Marquez to do that, he’s going to need to face the winner of the April 12th fight between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley. 
By Chris Williams: Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini is picking Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) to easily avenge his loss to WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) next month in their long-awaited rematch on April 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. For Mancini, picking Pacquiao is pretty easy because he felt that Pacquiao beat Bradley the last time they fought, so it’ll be just a simple matter of being a little bit better in the rematch so that he doesn’t wind up losing another controversial decision. 
By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach has finally arrived in the Philippines to join Manny Pacquiao’s training, which has already started without Roach. The plan is to possibly get the 35-year-old Pacquiao sparring this week with his sparring partner Lydell Rhodes. He’s got a fighting style similar to WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley, and he should do most of the sparring with Pacquiao unless something unforeseen happens, like Rhodes being dismissed from the camp for one reason or another. 
By Rocky Esposito: First, I would like to point out that I am a huge Boxing fan. Individually, I like and respect everyone of these fighters. With that being established, I honestly would not be surprised if “Bradley vs Pacquaio II” ends up with more PPV sales then ”Mayweather vs Maidana/Khan”. Many Mayweather fans would immediately disagree with me, but let me explain why.