So the biggest fight of the year is happening tonight and i'm sure plenty of British boxing fans will be staying up and watching it live. There's a lot riding on this fight for both guys especially in Pac's case as if he loses, that will pretty much be the end of his amazing career. As for Bradley, not only will he lose his unbeaten record but also any chance to fight the likes of Mayweather in the future. I personally had their first fight a comfortable win for Manny, something like 116-112(8rds to 4) so i was as shocked as most fans were when the official scorecards were read out. A lot has happened since then, Pac was knocked out by Marquez and Bradley has enhanced his reputation by beating Provodnikov in the FOTY of 2013 and then outboxing and beating Marquez. I suspect this fight will be much more entertaining and dramatic then the first fight, i don't think Manny will be going through the motions or holding back this time as he's been doing for a few years now and that will also force Bradley to have to fight back as he won't be able to run from Manny as he did against Marquez. My Prediction. Manny Pacquiao WINS by 10th round TKO. Who do you think will win tonight and why?
Pac UD. Probably deserved, but also if he doesn't deserve it he will win if the fight is remotely close.
Agreed. It kind of reminds me of the two Lewis-Holyfield fights, judges gave Lewis too much credit in the second fight to make up for the bad scoring in their first fight. I personally thought over the two fights they had the right results but in reverse order as i scored the second fight 7-5 to Lewis but a Draw would have been fair too. Unless Bradley clearly wins 7 or 8 rounds, i doubt he'll get a decision if it's close and i'll be shocked if he scores a TKO over Manny. As for Pac, he can get the KO if he keeps the pressure on Bradley but i'm not sure if he still has the fire left to do that, we'll see if he still does tonight.
my only concern is the fire doesn't quite seem the same for manny, the aggressive puncher seems to have gone away. he needs to push on for the stoppage and get over not wanting to hurt his opponent's. I still go for manny in what I think will be an exciting fight. manny late stoppage, I know tim has not been stopped yet and is one tuff guy
True. Pac needs to bring that fire tonight that made him the force he was years ago especially in 2009/10 when he destroyed Hatton, Cotto, Clottey and Margarito. I actually thought Pac looked good against Rios, he boxed more and used his superior footwork to outbox and outspeed Rios and if he does that tonight i can see him winning a fairly comfortable decision or even late stoppage.
Good post :good I have voted Pacquiao and think he will get the nod if the fight is anywhere near close, Bob Arums eyes have those dollar signs in them just thinking about a 3rd and deciding fight. I would like Bradley to win though.