FIVE DAYS FROM NOW - We see the REAL McCoy

[aquariusone]

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A few hours ago, facts were revealed by Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports. Kevin reports that Lovee Arum, Bob's wife, had arranged for a "wedding ceremony" on Nov 13 inside the wedding chapel at the Wynn Hotel to "renew Manny and Jinkee's wedding vows".

We knew a long time ago that Manny smashed his cell phone in a hotel table the night before his fight against JM Marquez. What we did not know is the extent of his marital problems and just how he was affected by it all before the fight. What we knew was that, after the lackluster performance, he did not make any excuses. He did not reveal any intimate details that influenced his demeanor before and during the fight.

Today, what we speculated are now known facts. His "spiritual awakening" made Manny Pacquiao accept accountability for all that took place in his life - that once threatened to destroy his marriage and his family. He was "weak in the flesh"; lived a double life; had many late nights away from his family; had many distractions. All of these contributed to Jinkee's threat to divorce him - at the worst possible time in his career - that of facing his nemesis - Marquez.

However, the 8 division champion's speed, agility, power, and amazing accomplishments can not be denied. They have been honed to perfection.

On Saturday, Tim Bradley will be facing the REAL McCOY, the menacing super dynamo the boxing world has admired over the last several years. It will be a super fight. On Sunday, there will be no doubt about his legacy.

[The Cobra]

Gonna be interesting if the "dynamo" shows or the kinder, gentler Pac shows up to fight.

[rokko]

manny by ko -i think bradley plays it safe for a few rounds then gets koed when he rushes manny--i hope manny can deal with that big billy goat head of bradleys

[The Cobra]

yeah, I agree rok......he`ll try to frustrate Manny early into making a mistake....but Pac has been around too long for that little ploy. Got Pac with a KO (stoppage) around the 9th rnd.

[aquariusone]

Gonna be interesting if the "dynamo" shows or the kinder, gentler Pac shows up to fight.

This time he will enter the arena with his "trademark" smile (not the frown he had during his JMM fight). Jinkee will be by his side all the way through.

Inside the ring, he would be in his "business as usual" mode - "just doing his job", he would say. And that is the danger inside the ring - the ultimate pugilist with non-stop machine-gun rapid fire from his two deadly fists. Bradley has never fought anything like this before.

[ICEMAN]

bradley is going to come in strong if he runs out of gas by the 6th round manny is going to step in and destroy him i think he just dont have what it takes to fight a soutpaw fighter like manny, it is going to be an interesting fight,





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[Fibroso]

Great promotional article written in Yahoo Sports right after the "Pacquiao needs to be impressive". As mention by my paisano Ramon, Bradley was chosen by Arum for his size. A smaller 140 pound undefeated fighter would make Pac look better in his religious comeback than a real welterweight. Well, have you seen Bradley's size and muscle development? Pacquiao is in for a surprise. This fight will be closer than many think and nobody will be knocked out.

[plastikman]

Great promotional article written in Yahoo Sports right after the "Pacquiao needs to be impressive". As mention by my paisano Ramon, Bradley was chosen by Arum for his size. A smaller 140 pound undefeated fighter would make Pac look better in his religious comeback than a real welterweight. Well, have you seen Bradley's size and muscle development? Pacquiao is in for a surprise. This fight will be closer than many think and nobody will be knocked out.

bradley looks hungry... manny may lose this fight.. I hope he comes prepaired... :grr:

[The Cobra]

This time he will enter the arena with his "trademark" smile (not the frown he had during his JMM fight). Jinkee will be by his side all the way through.

Inside the ring, he would be in his "business as usual" mode - "just doing his job", he would say. And that is the danger inside the ring - the ultimate pugilist with non-stop machine-gun rapid fire from his two deadly fists. Bradley has never fought anything like this before.

Jinkee weakens legs...............................LOL

[The Cobra]

Great promotional article written in Yahoo Sports right after the "Pacquiao needs to be impressive". As mention by my paisano Ramon, Bradley was chosen by Arum for his size. A smaller 140 pound undefeated fighter would make Pac look better in his religious comeback than a real welterweight. Well, have you seen Bradley's size and muscle development? Pacquiao is in for a surprise. This fight will be closer than many think and nobody will be knocked out.

I went with KO after 6 but I`m thinking more stoppage than KO....giving it to Pac although as I`ve mentioned before Bradley does have surprising power at times and anything can happen early especially with Bradley pressing as he`ll have to.

[Fibroso]

Jinkee weakens legs...............................LOL
If they'll be a wedding they'll be a honeymoon, God knows what else will happen.

I went with KO after 6 but I`m thinking more stoppage than KO....giving it to Pac although as I`ve mentioned before Bradley does have surprising power at times and anything can happen early especially with Bradley pressing as he`ll have to.
Bradley will come in bigger than Pac and slugging it out. It's his only chance to win this event. He must press the in fight to get one and give another and see who is stronger. We will soon see how weak Pac's legs will be after the wedding. hehehehe

[Fibroso]

Pacquiao has the strongest legs I've seen in boxing but they buckled a few times in his last outing against JMM. Bradley hits much harder than JMM, the way he looks for this fight has many experts betting on him.

Tomas Hearns

If Bradley can make Pacquiao respect his power, it would go a long way toward an upset. Hearns wasn't about to predict the outcome, but he said Bradley hits harder than many believe.

"He has a good jab and he needs to use it more," Hearns said. "When he uses it, he makes things much easier for him. When I was working with him that day, after I showed him a few things, he got in there with that right hand behind the jab and, believe me, it was a good punch.
"This guy is in great shape – great, great shape – and you can see he's the kind of guy who wants to get better. He works at it and I'm sure he's hitting harder now than he was before."

[The Cobra]

If they'll be a wedding they'll be a honeymoon, God knows what else will happen.

Bradley will come in bigger than Pac and slugging it out. It's his only chance to win this event. He must press the in fight to get one and give another and see who is stronger. We will soon see how weak Pac's legs will be after the wedding. hehehehe

We`re seeing the same fight bud but Bradley will wear down faster than Pac I`m thinking and Pac`s punch count will skyrocket as Bradley tires. But CAN Bradley catch Pac and KO him??? Of course he can..........it`ll be an interesting fight with a lot more strategy than people think.

[aquariusone]

We`re seeing the same fight bud but Bradley will wear down faster than Pac I`m thinking and Pac`s punch count will skyrocket as Bradley tires. But CAN Bradley catch Pac and KO him??? Of course he can..........it`ll be an interesting fight with a lot more strategy than people think.

Finally, I find something where we can disagree!

Bradley has two chances of "catching Pacman to KO him": slim and none. And I would not compare Bradley with Juan Manuel Marquez either. They are not in the same class at all. Based on pure percentages and KO ratio, Bradley's statistics are not impressive. Tim has not been in a fight throughout his career at this calibre. He would have to raise his performance several levels up to have any chance at all - and that is asking for the impossible.

Enthusiasm and dog headedness alone won't cut it. When he tastes Pacman's pulverizing power punches, it will confuse and demoralize him in the same way as David Diaz, Oscar Dela Hoya, Eric Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera all did.

Pacman will spar with him for the first two rounds and then intensify his attack. It would be interesting just how far Bradley could stay on his feet.

[aquariusone]

Pacquiao has the strongest legs I've seen in boxing but they buckled a few times in his last outing against JMM. Bradley hits much harder than JMM, the way he looks for this fight has many experts betting on him.

Tomas Hearns

I do not agree with Thomas Hearns!!!

[Fibroso]

Finally, I find something where we can disagree!

Bradley has two chances of "catching Pacman to KO him": slim and none. And I would not compare Bradley with Juan Manuel Marquez either. They are not in the same class at all. Based on pure percentages and KO ratio, Bradley's statistics are not impressive. Tim has not been in a fight throughout his career at this calibre. He would have to raise his performance several levels up to have any chance at all - and that is asking for the impossible.

Enthusiasm and dog headedness alone won't cut it. When he tastes Pacman's pulverizing power punches, it will confuse and demoralize him in the same way as David Diaz, Oscar Dela Hoya, Eric Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera all did.

Pacman will spar with him for the first two rounds and then intensify his attack. It would be interesting just how far Bradley could stay on his feet.
This is why he was chosen, not impressive. The same reason JMM was chosen at 147 pounds, to get a knockout that never showed up. His pulverizing punching power wasn't there and the super stamina was a no show. If the same boxer that fought JMM steps in the ring saturday, we are in for an upset. Ask Manny, the bible says "Everything is POSSIBLE if you can believe". Now we all know that, the Manny Pacquiao that beat all those great fighters was "pedfull" till the wake up call from the undefeated. Ever since, we've been watching "The Real McCoy". Even Tomas Hearns knows that!!!!!!!!!!

[Yogi]

I have Pac by KO/Stoppage after 6. I think Bradley will play it somewhat safe in the first half so he doesn't get Hattoned right a way.

I don't see weight being an issue here. Weather they fight at 140 or 147, their weight on fight night will be the same. Pac will come in at 146 to 147 on fight night. Bradley will come in at 154+. If anything it will help Bradley, because he won't have to strain his body so much to make 140.

On a side note, this is Bradley's big chance to gain some fans or even eventually becoming a PPV star. If Bradley goes out there and plays it safe the whole fight, his stock is going to drop. If Bradley goes out there and gives it his all (win, lose, or draw) his stock is going to go up.

[pax1]

Bradly need to ''accidently'' headbut pacman head so it can start bleeding then punish the cut so he will only fight with one eye than try to wait when pacman gets of balance (he gets of balance alot) then easy 10-8 round and apply pressure ...this is gonna be closer than u think.....bradley is hungry while pacman just came of the buffet line !!!!!!1

[plastikman]

heat butts are the key,, i hope he opens manny up like a can of soup...

[Fibroso]

Guillermo will be fighting in this one also. To bad he singed with Top Rank, Arum will keep him away from Nonito as long as he can. Besides Hearns, Dan Rafael is betting on Bradley.



Joel Diaz, Bradley's trainer, concurred with Pacquiao on that. Diaz said he's rarely come to the gym in his nearly eight years of training Bradley and seen him give anything less than an all-out effort. But he said there's been a spark to Bradley this time around that he believes is indicative of something special.

Diaz predicted that Bradley will hand Pacquiao his first defeat since a loss to Erik Morales on March 19, 2005.

"You don't see (major upsets) come around that often," Diaz said. "But I think we're up for one. I think Saturday night is going to be the upset of the decade."

[The Cobra]

Finally, I find something where we can disagree!

Bradley has two chances of "catching Pacman to KO him": slim and none. And I would not compare Bradley with Juan Manuel Marquez either. They are not in the same class at all. Based on pure percentages and KO ratio, Bradley's statistics are not impressive. Tim has not been in a fight throughout his career at this calibre. He would have to raise his performance several levels up to have any chance at all - and that is asking for the impossible.


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Enthusiasm and dog headedness alone won't cut it. When he tastes Pacman's pulverizing power punches, it will confuse and demoralize him in the same way as David Diaz, Oscar Dela Hoya, Eric Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera all did.

Pacman will spar with him for the first two rounds and then intensify his attack. It would be interesting just how far Bradley could stay on his feet.

Don`t be too quick looking for our "finally something to disagree" aqua LOL....I didn`t say I gave Bradley much of a chance, actually "slim" would about cover it. CAN he KO Pac? of course he can if Pac is crazy enough to waltz into him in the first couple rnds...after that, the whirlwind of Pac would take over the fight. Bradley is no KO artist, but he`ll have to be one and he`ll have to catch Pac early....won`t happen. Therefore we don`t disagree LMAO...sorry aqua.

[aquariusone]

Don`t be too quick looking for our "finally something to disagree" aqua LOL....I didn`t say I gave Bradley much of a chance, actually "slim" would about cover it. CAN he KO Pac? of course he can if Pac is crazy enough to waltz into him in the first couple rnds...after that, the whirlwind of Pac would take over the fight. Bradley is no KO artist, but he`ll have to be one and he`ll have to catch Pac early....won`t happen. Therefore we don`t disagree LMAO...sorry aqua.

Shucks, not again!!! :)

Would a Swan ever forget how to swim? The 2011 Pacman was dazed with anger over his spousal predicament and caused a bad boxing night. But forget about that. Is is in the past. The 2012 Pacman will resurrect the 2009 Pacman. Danger lurks for anyone who enters the Swan's pond. Never underestimate the grace and beauty of bird! In his pond, he is ruler and king, a very dangerous adversary who possesses all his natural skills.