A Lot of Work to Do The Pacquiao-Bradley Fight

Though the fight between Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been cancelled, boxing promoters, including Manny himself, promises their boxing fans, particularly the Filipino people, that his fight against Timothy Bradley will prove to be just as exciting. 

A Lot of Work to Do 
Pacquiao and Bradley are getting an early start on the promotional circuit for their welterweight bout June 9 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. 

Even while the Filipino congressman and his unbeaten opponent posed for photos and praised each other in the peach-colored ballroom at the historic Hollywood hideaway, Pacquiao and his camp realized Mayweather’s absence looms over the proceedings. 

“I’m willing to fight Mayweather,” Pacquiao said. “But I have to fight the guys who are hungry to fight me. Timothy Bradley is strong, and he can punch. He’s a good boxer, so it’s a challenge to fight a guy like that.” 

Pacquiao, with his record of 54-3-2 and 38 Kos, realizes he’ll have to do plenty of promoting to get fans interested in a fight against Bradley, a 140-pound (63.5-kilogram) champion from Palm Springs, California, who has never been in a fraction of the spotlight that follows Pacquiao across the globe, not unlike Mayweather who have made quite a name in the boxing industry for all his talks and boasts. 

“It’s nice to be fighting a fighter who is undefeated and not worried about losing that zero on his record,” said Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s longtime trainer. Yet Roach repeatedly showed little interest in a bout with Bradley in recent years, citing Bradley’s near anonymity and limited knockout power. 

According to latest Philippines Boxing News, Although Bradley’s record makes him an eminently worthy opponent, he only pulled into prime position for the bout last year when he joined promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank alongside Pacquiao. 
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