Manny Pacquiao believes it is about time to put on an impressive performance – Boxing News
Manny Pacquiao, the current WBO welterweight titleholder, believes his bout against Timothy Bradley is an important one. According to the Pac-man, this time he needs to put on an impressive performance since his last fight was a very close one. Pacquiao’s
last fight was against Juan Manuel Marquez, when he won with a close majority decision with the scorecards being 116-112, 115-113 and 114-114 draw.
Pacquiao said, “It's really important because, of course, everybody knows my last fight was very close.” After the fight, Pacquiao was criticised for his performance widely. Many analysts believe that Pacquiao is no longer a great fighter and that his end
is near. However, Pacquiao and Freddie Roach, his trainer, believe that he still is the number one pound for pound champion. Pacquiao wants to prove his mettle to the world by either knocking out Timothy Bradley or at least giving out a better performance
than last time.
When asked about his opinion regarding Bradley, Pacquiao said that Bradley is a young and hungry fighter who will be tough to deal with. Pacquiao added, “He's a hungry fighter . I'm still thinking I am 25, 26 years old.” On the other hand, when Bradley was
asked about the importance of this fight, he said, “This is like my first fight all over again. In order to beat the champion you've got to take it to the champion. We are setting out to win this fight and not sit around and look pretty. I am going to take
it to Pacquiao.”
In his previous interviews, the Filipino fighter has sounded confident. Pacquiao has said that he retains the speed and power he had against his major opponents. Last month, when Pacquiao was asked about Bradley’s head butts, his questionable techniques,
Pacquiao said that he would counter Bradley’s head butts with his ferocious punches.
For now, Pacquiao is confident that he can take on the unbeaten American on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Even Roach believes that Pacquiao can easily knock out Bradley if things go the way they have planned.
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