Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao vs. Timothy Ray Bradley, Jr. III

Not been the most entertaining fights up to this point - think Bradley has a way of making Pac more boring.

Hope we see more from this one though.

 

I'm going w/ Pacquiao by stoppage because that's what I want to see.

:bart

 

Pac isn't shot (as many on here for some reason claim). Bradley has made improvements, but not enough to beat even this Pacquiao. I expect he'll go back to being the same fighter that we all know when Pacquiao puts the heat on him... which will lead to another UD victory for Pac.

Combining their last three fights:
- Pacquiao- Bradley W, Algieri W with 6 knockdowns, and Mayweather L
- Bradley- Chaves D, Vargas W, and Rios KO

Besides the Rios fight (even though it was probably more Rios than Bradley), I actually feel like Bradley hasn't look that great. His chin seems it may be degrading, and his stamina seems it's gotten worse as well. Remember how badly he was gassing out in the Chaves and Vargas fights? Which allowed Chaves to get the draw (controversially) and sloppy to where Vargas almost knocked him out?

While Pacquiao has been steady rolling. He looked unpacquiao-like against Mayweather but I think the torn cuff injury and who he was fighting has been overlooked a bit *cough a lot* in determining where Pac's at physically.

 

shoulder injury + lay off + age + Bradley looking better w atlas = Bradley close points decision.

 

Draw.

Round 4 coming summer '16 :happy

 

I didn't score it that way though, lol. I thought the first fight Pacquiao won at least 8 rounds, and the second fight he won all of them besides maybe 2 of the first four and the last round.

But yeah, it's definitely possible with that your saying, but again, it's Manny Pacquiao and I think even this Manny Pacquiao has too much skill, experience, and enough left in the tank to handle this Bradley.

Also, the only shot that "rattled" Pacquiao was the right hand in the 4th (?) round where Bradley caught Pacquiao bouncing out from an angle which was more a loss of balance than "rattling", imo. While, Bradley has admitted that Pacquiao almost knocked him out with the 10 punch combo in the 9th (?).

Dude, I love how competitive people are seeing this and how people are debating the outcome. It's making me hype!!!!

 

Snore

 

I agree that most of the rounds were very competitive! But Pacquiao steals almost all of them by landing the better punches that actually "move" Bradley and being more "flashy". So, I'm guessing you're saying Bradley may be catching Pac at the right time where HE'LL now steal them. Definitely a possibility and makes the fight more interesting.

Seems this is a fight of assumptions: Pacquiao is shot, Pacquiao isn't shot, Bradley is a new fighter, Bradley isn't as improved as we think, etc, etc. And the outcome will determine on these factors right here, and we will only find out which ones are right come fight night.