Pacquiaos next fight...

[ColdBloodedAssassin]

Ok well,now we know that Mayweather is fighting Miguel Cotto for his next fight

Now next up is Manny Pacquiao word on the street is it is vs. Timothy Bradley. The fight i would like to see though is Pacquiao vs Ortiz. Why has this never been proposed or brought up.. I think this would be a compelling and interesting fight. Im just kinda shocked that this wouldnt be on the burner or much less talked about.

[Money99]

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Ok well,now we know that Mayweather is fighting Miguel Cotto for his next fight

Now next up is Manny Pacquiao word on the street is it is vs. Timothy Bradley. The fight i would like to see though is Pacquiao vs Ortiz. Why has this never been proposed or brought up.. I think this would be a compelling and interesting fight. Im just kinda shocked that this wouldnt be on the burner or much less talked about.

Pacquiao-Ortiz would be a colossal public relations nightmare for Pac.
He's already fought a handful of Mayweather's left-overs so this wouldn't help. And Ortiz is tailor-made for Pac.

Argh, no wonder people are down on this sport.

[ColdBloodedAssassin]

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Pacquiao-Ortiz would be a colossal public relations nightmare for Pac.
He's already fought a handful of Mayweather's left-overs so this wouldn't help. And Ortiz is tailor-made for Pac.

Argh, no wonder people are down on this sport.

I think you might have it twisted.. if a fight can be made and makes sense then it should happen. especially if its the best available fight... Manny has never been out of favor with the media.. I dont think he wants any part of Ortiz.I actually think Ortiz has a great chance of knocking him out.. This would be a very compelling fight

[steelcityjames]

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Ortiz had already committed to the Berto rematch. bummer that Berto got injured. i was looking forward to that fight...... Pac vs Bradley - probably in june

[Control-X]

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Tim can knock The Pac-Man out but only he can't do it.
And Pac will have a hard time against Bradley but he will win Convincingly, with a capital "C". Wanna bet?

[game20ver]

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It's been Pacquiao vs Bradley the day Timothy Bradley signed with Top Rank. Sure Marquez, Mayweather threw in a few roadblocks but Top Rank keeps on trucking..

[ColdBloodedAssassin]

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Listen, i like Bradleys.. toughness, will, physical presence, and run through a brick wall attitude but at some point it comes to boxing.. Pacquiao will kill bradley. I like Tim but he is an unproven commodity moving up in weight..He has no chance.. not enough skills. nor power

[Money99]

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Outside of Mayweather, Khan is the only guy I want to see Pac fight.
If not him, then I think Marquez deserves a rematch.

Other than that, I have no interest in watching Pac-Bradley, Pac-Ortiz or Pac-anyone else.

[ColdBloodedAssassin]

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Outside of Mayweather, Khan is the only guy I want to see Pac fight.
If not him, then I think Marquez deserves a rematch.

Other than that, I have no interest in watching Pac-Bradley, Pac-Ortiz or Pac-anyone else.

He'll never fight Khan, unless Khan goes AWOL

I would love Ortiz vs Pac... it will never happen Marquez has no chance.. they wont let him win.. but i suppose hell fight Manny after Tim.. and the public will eat up the merit of the fight happening.. not to say i wont watch it.. but i wont be hoodwinked

[ColdBloodedAssassin]

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Monday, February 6, 2012
Manny Pacquiao agrees to June 9 fight


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Manny Pacquiao has agreed to terms to defend his welterweight title against junior welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr. on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Michael Koncz, Pacquiao's adviser, told ESPN.com on Monday.

The Bradley side still needs to finalize its deal with promoter Top Rank.

"From our end, the fight is done," Koncz said. "I just got off the phone with (Top Rank's) Bob Arum and Manny, so we're done. I don't assume there will be a problem from the Bradley side. We came to terms with Top Rank on the fight and Manny has approved everything. This morning I had a number of conversations with Bob negotiating the June 9 fight and I relayed everything to Manny."

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Top Rank president Todd duBoef told ESPN.com that he is still working to finalize Bradley's end of the deal.

"We are going to be having further conversations with Bradley and his management early this week and hopefully finalize the deal," duBoef said. "But the truth is my (promotional) agreement with Bradley lays out certain parameters for a Pacquiao fight, so there is a framework already."

The hopes for a long-anticipated Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight ended last week when, after the sides once again did not come to terms, Mayweather announced he would challenge junior middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto on May 5. Cotto had also been in the running to face Pacquiao in a rematch, but Pacquiao and Cotto could not agree on the weight for the fight. Pacquiao wanted the 147-pound welterweight limit, which Cotto said was too low for him, and he accepted a deal from Mayweather.

The other names in the running to face Pacquiao in the pay-per-view fight were junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson and Juan Manuel Marquez, who is 0-2-1 in three incredibly close and exciting fights with Pacquiao, including a majority decision loss to him in November.

Bradley would move up in weight to challenge Pacquiao for his title.

"We've been talking about this for over a month and we always had a Plan B in case Mayweather didn't happen," Koncz said. "Last time I went to the Philippines, I took Manny tapes of all of the opponents we were talking about and he watched them with his wife, Jinkee. Bradley was one of them, as everybody knows."

There is a chance Marquez will fight Peterson next, with the winner of that bout getting a fall match against Pacquiao if a Mayweather fight still is not made.

Koncz flew to San Antonio last weekend to meet with Arum, who was there promoting Saturday night's Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Marco Antonio Rubio middleweight title fight at the Alamodome, about the Bradley fight. Cameron Dunkin, Bradley's co-manager, was also in San Antonio and met with Arum.

Bradley (28-0, 12 KOs), 28, of Palm Springs, Calif., does not have the kind of profile as the other opponents who were in the running, although he is widely considered one of the top 10 fighters in the world even though his most recent fights have not been hits.

Thirteen months ago, he won a sloppy, head butt-induced 10th-round technical decision in a heavily hyped junior welterweight unification fight against Devon Alexander. It did poorly at the gate and did not come close to the ratings expectations HBO had hoped it would achieve, despite spending millions on the fight and its marketing.

Then Bradley rejected a July fight he had called for with Amir Khan to further unify the 140-pound division, even though Khan, who brought far more economic muscle to the fight, offered him a 50-50 deal.

Bradley then split with co-promoters Gary Shaw and Ken Thompson and, despite litigation, signed with Top Rank, knowing a Pacquiao fight was possible.

Top Rank gave Bradley the high-profile co-feature slot on the Pacquiao-Marquez III pay-per-view card in November. Bradley stopped faded former lightweight champion Joel Casamayor in the eighth round of an uncompetitive, foul-filled fight.

But Bradley is in his prime, fast and experienced against good opponents, and he could give 33-year-old Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) a competitive fight.

"Bradley is a young, undefeated fighter who deserves a chance," Koncz said. "Manny is excited. Until we name an opponent, boxing is out of Manny's mind. He's busy working in (the Filipino) congress. But he gets interested in boxing again when he has an opponent and a fight. Now we know we have a date (and) an opponent and he's excited."

Koncz, who lives in Southern California, said he is flying to the Philippines on Tuesday night to meet with Pacquiao and go over logistics for the media tour for the fight.

Dan Rafael is a boxing writer for ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter @danrafaelespn.



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Welp, its all but official.. thoughts...

Here is mine in short..

So this is their version of fighting an African American fighter in his prime who his slick..


Wrong he's just black and greasy. as i said before at some point you have to bring skill into the ring.. not only has he not done anything to write home about at 140 as far as his resume, but hes moving up to fight an Elite in Pacquiao.. Youll here them trumpet.. the see he's fought Someone in his prime..

Bradley is chock fullof intangibles.. but he lacks in making a compelling fight because of the aforementioned and he isnt an elite fighter/boxer ... but he is.. TOP RANK...

[edaddy]

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Welp, its all but official.. thoughts...

Here is mine in short..

So this is their version of fighting an African American fighter in his prime who his slick..


Wrong he's just black and greasy. as i said before at some point you have to bring skill into the ring.. not only has he not done anything to write home about at 140 as far as his resume, but hes moving up to fight an Elite in Pacquiao.. Youll here them trumpet.. the see he's fought Someone in his prime..

Bradley is chock fullof intangibles.. but he lacks in making a compelling fight because of the aforementioned and he isnt an elite fighter/boxer ... but he is.. TOP RANK...

Hold up did u just say black and greasy? uhh ohhh

[game20ver]

Re: Pacquiaos next fight...

Welp, its all but official.. thoughts...

Here is mine in short..

So this is their version of fighting an African American fighter in his prime who his slick..


Wrong he's just black and greasy. as i said before at some point you have to bring skill into the ring.. not only has he not done anything to write home about at 140 as far as his resume, but hes moving up to fight an Elite in Pacquiao.. Youll here them trumpet.. the see he's fought Someone in his prime..

Bradley is chock fullof intangibles.. but he lacks in making a compelling fight because of the aforementioned and he isnt an elite fighter/boxer ... but he is.. TOP RANK...

What had Sugar Shane Mosley done before moving up to 140 and beat an elite Oscar De La hoya? This is the same thing Bradley will beat Pacquiao, people are underestimating him because they don't know who he is but you'll find out June 9th.

[steelcityjames]

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i like bradley , but imo he has no chance of beating pac.

[Money99]

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i like bradley , but imo he has no chance of beating pac.

I agree. I think this fight is going to be more competitive than some think, but Bradley doesn't have the power to stop Pac from walking in and throwing his 1000 punches.
Look for another UD12 by Pac.

There's also no way in hell Arum is going to put his meal-ticket in the same ring with a guy that could possibly beat him and end any chance of a Mayweather fight.
Arum's not dumb. He's a liar, a crook and a cancer on the sport, but he's not dumb.

Boxing barely ever gives the fans a competitive fight. 99% of bouts are lopsided.
Rarely do you get fighters or promoters willing to take a chance. Arum is not one of these people.

[steelcityjames]

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times have changed. i remember back in the 80s and early 90s when alot of fans hated don king and wished arum would overtake him as boxing's big time promoter. haha, be careful what ya wish for!