Preparing for the Big Fight - the Pacquiao-Bradley Bout

As Manny Pacquiao’s fight against the unbeaten American boxer, Timothy Bradley, looms closer, Manny’s training had stepped up by inviting Russian Provodnikov as his sparring partner.

Manny’s Boxing Prowess After five months since his last fight in the ring, Manny Pacquiao had never really lost his entire prowess in boxing as he breezed through Provodnikov. According to latest Philippines Boxing News, Pacquiao’s four-round performance proved enough to convince chief trainer Freddie Roach and keen observers that he’s on track as far as his preparations for Timothy Bradley are concerned.

“The sparring went well,” boxing promoter Wakee Salud told the Inquirer. “ Pacquiao moved well in spite of the fact that he’s been out of the ring for a long time. Apparently, he’s in great shape and the power is still there.”

Salud said Pacquiao controlled the tempo of the bout, though he got hit sometimes by Provodnikov, a relentless puncher in the mold and size of Bradley, who’s gunning for Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organization welterweight crown on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The Russian is huge, around 160 pounds, and he can definitely help Manny, who weighs around 145, with his style,” added Salud, an adviser of the Sarangani representative.

The Upcoming Fight Other than the fight between Pacquiao and Bradley in June 9, according to latest Latest News of Pacquiao, which will be the main event of the night, a number of other boxers will also play as undercard of the event.

Unbeaten Mike Jones and Guillermo Rigondeaux will fight for world titles on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao’s June 9 bout against undefeated Tim Bradley, promoters has announced.

Jones, 26-0 with 19 knockouts, will face US compatriot Randall Bailey, 41-7 with 36 knockouts, for the vacant International Boxing Federation welterweight crown.

Cuban southpaw Rigondeaux, 9-0 with seven knockouts, defends the World Boxing Association super-bantamweight title against American Teon Kennedy, 17-1 with two drawn and seven knockouts.

It will be the first world title fight for Jones, who at 29 is eight years younger than Bailey, who is 3-0 since losing to Colombia’s Juan Urango in 2009 in an IBF light-welterweight world title bout. Bailey also lost a world title fight to Miguel Cotto in 2004.

Rigondeaux, who at 31 gives up six years to Kennedy, is a two-time Olympic champion and seven-time Cuban national champion who only made his pro debut in 2009. He won the crown by stopping Puerto Rican Rico Ramos in the sixth round last January.

Pacquiao vs. Bradley Before their Upcomming Fight

Although many boxing fans, particularly Manny Pacquiao’s fans, have been dismayed that the long awaited Pacquiao-Mayweather fight had been put on hold again, boxing promoters have been pushing on with their promotions on the Pound-per-Pound King’s fight with Timothy Bradley, the undefeated boxer from America.

Early Promotions Although the fight is not yet until the end of summer, in June 9, promotions had already started since February. The reason why is because many boxing fans felt that Timothy Bradley, an uplifted boxer, is not a worthy opponent to the Pound-per-Pound King, even though Bradley boasts an undefeated boxing streak throughout his career.

However, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao had heavily supported his upcoming fight by stating his challenger’s unbeaten record. However, to make the fight more interesting for boxing fans, Freddie Roach have asked Manny to knock-out Bradley in their fight. This is after his inclination that Pacquiao had become softer after failing to win his last 4 fights with a knock-out.

Make the Fight more Entertaining Hall-of-fame trainer Freddie Roach longs for the day when Manny Pacquiao would make him look good again by proving his knockout predictions accurate. Of late, Roach’s crystal ball gazing had turned blurry with Pacquiao unable to stop his last four victims.

According to Latest on Manny Pacquiao, Roach hopes Pacquiao will finally return to his explosive, fiery attacking ways and knock unbeaten American Timothy Bradley out when they tangle on June 9 for the Filipino’s World Boxing Council welterweight crown.

“I think Manny will have a spectacular win. The fans want to see a knockout. I want to see a knockout,” Roach told Boxingtalk.com.” The reason for Roach’s optimism is the fighting style of Bradley, the WBC light welterweight champion.

“Bradley is aggressive; he comes to fight and will be fighting until the end but I think Manny will catch him coming in, and knock him out in the later rounds.” Pacquiao, of course, thrives against fighters in the mold of Bradley.

Plans for Retirement According to Philippines Boxing News, Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao said on Monday that he had been told by God in a dream to retire soon, potentially raising doubt over hopes of a fight with American Floyd Mayweather.

Mayweather and Pacquiao have never had a fight and boxing fans have long sought a matchup. The pair was in negotiations for a mega-fight to be held later this year but talks fell through.

“I will not stay long in boxing because He said: ‘You have done enough. You have made yourself famous but this is harmful,’” said a serious-