Question is HOW WILL BRADLEY START THE FIGHT? Will he try to go forward and catch Pac cold? Or will he play cautious? I for one believe has slowed down just a bit. Though I think it is more due to overwhelming schedule (not just doing boxing) than it is physical aging. BUT when is the last time Pac HAD to go full out for more than 1-3 rounds? Besides the Rios/ Gamboa fight (to bad that didnt happen) this is the fight of the year? Even if your a PAC fan - do you not give Bradley a chance? Remember he is the naturally bigger man.
Bradley cautious. He does not want to start a gun slinging battle with Manny early, that could probably only do him bad.
thats what i think he will do. if he is as cocky as he is portraying himself to be, this will end early :smoke
Bradley NEEDS to begin the fight very cautiously and box for the 1st round. In the 2nd round he needs to clock Pacquiao with a hard shot to the head or body (the best place to go is to the body) and get Manny into killer mode. Once he gets Pacquiao into killer mode, if he is able to keep his composure and remain focused during a firestorm, he will be able to have Pacquiao chasing him around the ring while he potshoots and outboxes him. Manny's mental makeup is flawed. He gets frustrated and we've seen him frustrated in the past so Bradley's best chance of winning will not come from his physical abilities (which his physical abilities WILL play a major part of securing the win) more so than it would come from his intelligence. Bradley needs to use his head (no pun intended) in this fight. Use the body shots on the back end of exchanges, don't get reckless in there, work the jab with furious intent, and try to break Pacquiao down mentally before you look to really hurt him. The body shots early in the fight will pay off when it comes to the later rounds. Bradley has to remember that this will be Manny's 60th pro fight. The advantage that Bradley has in my eyes comes from the time he spent with Marquez during the open workout in Mexico last year. It comes from intense film review as well. He has watched and studied this man that I think he will take pieces of each of the tapes he's studied. He studies film the way I study film and he could've devised a strategy based on the films from the 3 Marquez fights and the decision that Pacquiao dropped to Morales. I fully expect Timothy Bradley to give it his all, even if he loses. Good luck brother. Let me get this straight right now. I don't like Bradley that much because he flaked on the Jr. Welterweight finale. However, I am looking for Manny Pacquiao to be soundly defeated and knocked out. Maybe Bradley can be my hero the way Mosley became my hero when he brutally beat Cotto with the plaster. The hero that I found in Cotto when he gave Judah a taste of his own medicine with hard lowblows. Bradley can become my hero if he destroys Manny Pacquiao.
Convict - Bradley can in no way fight Pac like Marquez or Morales. Doesn't have the technical ability nor the physical make up to do so. We all have thought he will be cautious. I dont see him coming in with his head per normal as Manny is to fast on his feet and hands. IE it just leaves him (Bradley) open for an upper cut or that over hand hook (what ever you want to call it) that punch Pac can throw as he moves out of the way. Bradley HAS to have a jab in order to be effective in this fight. A fast and deliberate jab. Unfortunately I will be working so I am unable to watch the fight live. Will have to settle for a replay when I can find one. I just hope it is a good match.
