My Pacquiao-Bradley Preview & Prediction: Has Pac lost his "Killer Instinct"?

For those who care to read it and be enlightened by my almighty wisdom (and conveniently forget the fact I ever penned a piece called "De La Hoya will inevitably beat Pacquiao"), here it is.


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There are many things to consider when trying to determine a winner in Saturday night’s mega bout showdown between Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) and Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KOs). With so many questions surrounding Pacquiao following his controversial victory in his third bout against Juan Manuel Marquez last November, and Bradley being such a young, hungry, and determined fighter, this might well have the makings of a “perfect storm” scenario that could enable Bradley to score the upset. On the other hand, Pacquiao has always had difficulty with the future Hall of Fame Mexican. All three of their contests were extremely close and disputable. So this could also turn out to be the type of favorable match-up where Pacquiao once again comes across looking like Superman, as he has so many times before. So which will it be? In all likelihood, as is so often the case when viewing two polar extremes, the truth is probably lies somewhere in between.

Pacquiao’s struggles last time out against Marquez came as somewhat of a surprise. Despite the fact they had already had two razor-close battles in lower weight classes, the common perception was that Pacquiao had improved too much and become naturally too big for the 38 year old Mexican. The last time Marquez ventured north of lightweight was to face Floyd Mayweather Junior. In that fight he looked soft, slow, and lacked the power and speed to remotely compete with Floyd. Against Pacquiao, however, he appeared strong, bulky, muscular, and used impeccable timing and counterpunching technique that rocked Pacquiao throughout the contest. Indeed Marquez actually looked bigger than Pacquiao! It was almost ironic that after beating up one big guy after another, it would take a smaller man in the form of an old nemesis to finally make Pacquiao look human again.

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You more or less arrived at the same conclusion I did, albeit in about 1,700 words less.

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This went over like a lead balloon.

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Thanks for the kind words gentlemen. I am looking forward to the fight!

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