By Dan Ambrose: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley’s trainer Teddy Atlas came firing back at Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach this week in response to Roach saying that he didn’t see any improvements that Atlas had made since he took over as the trainer for the 32-year-old Bradley.
Roach also said that Bradley is already a finished product, a made fighter in other words, and that there’s nothing that Atlas can add to his game.
By Chris Williams: After losing his last fight by a 12 round unanimous decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr. eight months ago in May 2015, Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) wants to make sure he gets a clear win over WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) in their fight on April 9th.
Pacquiao still is under the belief that he deserved the decision against Mayweather, even though many boxing fans believing that it was the correct decision the three judges handed down.
It’s kind of surprising that Pacquiao still believes he should have won that fight, because it seems to cut and dried that Mayweather was the better fighter through the 12 rounds of that fight.
By Chris Williams: It was thought by some fans that new trainer Teddy Atlas’s game plan for his fighter WBO welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) to use in his third fight against Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) will be one in which Bradley uses frequent circular movement around the ring in their bout on April 9 on HBO pay-per-view.
However, Bradley is saying that he’s not going to run from Pacquiao in the fight. He says he’s never run in any of his fights, and he’s not going to start now. Boxing fans would argue that Bradley ran much of the time in his win over Juan Manuel Marquez in 2013 in a fight in which Bradley was booed loudly much of the fight due to his movement, and in his first fght with Pacquiao in 2012.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum isn’t the only person connected to Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) who doesn’t see his April 9th fight against WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) being the last fight of his career. Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach also doesn’t believe that Pacquiao will retire after the Bradley fight on HBO PPV. Roach sees Pacquiao continuing his boxing career even after he’s elected into the senate in the Philippines in May.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) is saying that his opponent WBO 147lb belt holder Tim Bradley (33-1-1, 12 KOs) has improved since the last time the two of them fought each other two years ago in April 2014 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won that fight by a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores of 116-112, 118-110 and 116-112.
Pacquiao had little problems out-slugging Bradley to win an easy 12 round decision. The fight was so one-sided that it makes no sense for the two of them to face each other again. However, with Pacquiao’s 84-year promoter Bob Arum having a habit of making in house fights involving his own Top Rank fighters, a third fight between Pacquiao and Bradley was a predictable match-up.
Their last fight against each other brought 800,000 pay-per-view buys in 2014, and Arum doesn’t have anyone else in his Top Rank stable that he could put in with Pacquiao to bring in those kinds of numbers; not that the third fight will necessarily bring in those numbers. Arum is obviously hoping the fight will.
By Chris Williams: Despite former eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) making it perfectly clear to the media in interview after interview that his April 9th fight against Tim Bradley (33-1-1, 12 KOs) will be the last of his career before he retires from the sport, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum still refuses to believe that the 37-year-old fighter will be hanging up his gloves.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) says he’ll be retiring without any regrets after his fight against WBO 147lb champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) on April 9 in their fight on HBO PPV. Pacquiao still believes after eight months that he beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year in May in their “fight of the century” in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he says that many fans agree with him in thinking that he won that fight.
By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) doesn’t believe that he’s the same fighter now that he was in his first two fights against superstar Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs). Bradley, 32, is now trained by ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas and he believes that the smooth talking Atlas has improved him and changed his fighting style to make him a better fighter.
By Chris Williams: The soon to be retiring Manny Pacquiao arrived at LAX in Los Angeles, California on Monday to begin the short two-day media tour starting Tuesday in Beverly Hills, California before wrapping up in New York City this Thursday on January 21st. Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) will be fighting WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) in a third fight on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Pacquiao-Bradley fight will be televised on HBO pay-per-view.
Pacquiao says he selected Bradley because he’s improved a lot since the last time they fought in 2014. However, Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz said Bradley was chosen because it was the best financial package that was available for Pacquiao.
By Chris Williams: Former eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) will be starting a brief 2-city tour next week with WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (33-1-1, 12 KOs) to promote their April 9 fight on HBO pay-per-view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao and Bradley will be at the Beverly Hills Hotel in California on January 19th. The second and final city of the brief tour will take place on January 21st at Madison Square Garden in New York.
It goes without saying why the promotional tour for the Pacquiao vs. Bradley fight is only going to be just two cities rather than a longer 6 to 11 city tour.