Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley 3 set for April 9 in Las Vegas

Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley 3 set for April 9 in Las Vegas
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In what is supposed to be the final fight of his distinguished career, Manny Pacquiao will fight one last time, but against an opponent with which he is very familiar: Timothy Bradley. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, Pacquiao and Bradley will face off on April 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will air on HBO pay-per-view.
The April 9 bout will mark the third time Pacquiao and Bradley have faced one another. The pair first faced off in 2012 when Pacquiao dropped a controversial split decision to Bradley. They rematched in 2014, this time Pacquiao taking a clear cut unanimous decision victory. All three fights will have taken place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.



Pacquiao, 37, last fought this past May against the sport's top pound-for-pound star, Floyd Mayweather, in the most lucrative fight in boxing history. Pacquiao lost that contest via unanimous decision. His boxing record stands at 57-6-2.
Bradley, 32, most recently fought Brandon Rios in November, where he won via ninth-round TKO. His record is 33-1-1 with 1 no contest.
This bout will be for the WBO welterweight belt.

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When Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley step into the ring across from one another on Saturday in Las Vegas for the third time, there are plenty of storylines to be covered.
Is Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 knockouts), at the age of 37, too far past his prime to outlast Bradley? Can the 32-year-old Bradley (33-3-1, 13 KOs) finally defeat Pacquiao definitively (he’s split his first two matches against Pacquiao, but most observers believe Bradley was easily beaten in both fights)? Can trainer Teddy Atlas lead Bradley, in just their second fight working together, to the most-satisfying victory of his career? Is this really the final fight of Pacquiao’s career, and can he go out on top after losing so badly to Floyd Mayweather last year?

Manny Pacquiao, left, is 1-1 in his career vs. Timothy Bradley (JOHN GURZINSKI/AFP/Getty Images).

We’ll know for sure when the two battle at the MGM Grand and on the HBO pay-per-view telecast. But before then, plenty of prognosticators have made their predictions. These are the people who should have solid educated guesses, and these are the people who know the two fighters’ tendencies better than most anybody else. Here are their thoughts.
Steve Cunningham: A two-time cruiserweight world titlist who will look to win another cruiserweight belt next week when he fights Krzysztof Glowacki, Cunningham thinks Atlas might be the difference for Bradley. But he also cites Bradley’s intelligence. “Bradley is smart,” Cunningham told Forbes recently. “You don’t want to fight guys like Bradley three or four times. Pacquiao is still a beast. But he knows what he did wrong in that second fight [where Pacquiao got the wide unanimous decision victory]. I think we’ll see a more effective Bradley.”

Juan Manuel Marquez: He knows both fighters well, having fought Pacquiao four times for an 1-2-1 record (with a spectacular knockout win in their final matchup in 2012) and having lost to Bradley by split decision in 2013. Instead of making a prediction, he offered advice. “Bradley has to move in the ring, stay in the comfort zone and in the combat zone, use side-to-side movement, and not allow Pacquiao to use speed against him,” Marquez told ESPN Deportes, via Boxing Scene. “… I think [Pacquiao] is still in a good moment as a boxer. After that knockout in 2012, he managed to regain his position, and that is something that a lot of fighters — after a knockout of this nature — were not able to do.”

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