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Pacquiao, 274; Bradley 346: power punches thrown in previous fights

Power punches thrown in previous

fights: Pacquiao, 274; Bradley 346

By Alex P. Vidal

HOLLYWOOD, California – When Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. declared recently he is “going to be all over” Manny Pacquiao when they clash for the WBO welterweight 12-round championship at the MGM Grand, he must have been reviewing the chart of their previous fights where they both bundled out their respective foes in contrasting fashions.

Both champion Pacquiao, 33, and challenger Bradley, 28, last fought on November 12, 2011 in a pair of world title fights and logged punch statistics that could serve as guide for oddsmakers and experts to assess the outcome of their showdown on June 9.

Pacquiao (54-3, 38 KOs) escaped with a disputed 12-round majority decision win in a trilogy against Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6, 39 KOs) to grab the WBO 147-lb diadem, while Bradley (28-0, 12 KOs) stopped Joel Casamayor (38-6, 22 KOs) in the 8^th round to keep his WBO 140-lb belt.

Although Pacquiao outpunched Marquez (14-11 in average per round), Bradley released the most number of power punches (346) against Casamayor (136) and connected 177 against Casamayor’s 136. Pacquiao was able to connect 117 of his total 274 power punches.

BUSY

Floyd Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs) was busier than Pacquiao and Bradley. The popular black American ring superstar connected 128 of the 382 power punches thrown en route to trouncing by unanimous decision defending WBA junior middleweight ruler Miguel Angel Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs) on May 5, 2012 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bradley cautioned Pacquiao not to underestimate him. “I have been an underdog my whole career. You think Marquez gave him a tough time? I'm going to be all over him," vowed the unbeaten challenger nicknamed “The Desert Storm.”

FOUR FIGHTS

Bradley said he is unfazed by Pacquiao’s winning streak in world title fights saying the most feared fighter outside the heavyweight division from Saranggani Province in the Philippines has failed to score a knockout against fancied but "old, straight-forward fighters" in his last four performances.

He belittled Pacquiao’s wins against Joshua Clottey (34), Antonio Margarito (34), Shane Mosley (40), and Marquez (38) saying they were “lackadaisical.”

“He’ll have to dig down deep to beat me,” Bradley warned the Filipino congressman.

"I slip, slide, bob and weave," Bradley added. "I have good footwork. For Manny, he'll be looking at himself when he sees me. The only advantage he has on me is his power. But I can go to the body if he gets reckless. I'm young, in my prime, and I have a lot of confidence and swagger. I don't fear this guy. He's just a guy to me. He hasn't proved he's better."

‘Pacquiao fans should boycott the Grove’

‘Pacquiao fans should boycott the Grove’

By Alex P. Vidal

HOLLYWOOD, California – Even if the Grove, Jinky Pacquiao’s most favorite shopping center in Los Angeles, will lift the ban on Manny Pacquiao, the damage on the Filipino world champion’s name has been done.

The mall management issued a terse statement May 15 evening that the 33-year-old lawmaker from Saranggani Province in the Philippines was persona non grata at the popular outdoor shopping center a day before Pacquiao’s scheduled interview with “Extra,” which regularly films at the mall next to the Original Farmer’s Market at Third Street and Fairfax Avenue.

The mall, the report said, was reacting to Pacquiao’s statement where he disagreed with President Obama’s stand in favor of gay marriage.

“Based on news reports of statements made by Mr. Pacquiao, we have made it be known that he is not welcome at the Grove and will not be interviewed here now or in the future,” said the mall management quoted by the Los Angeles Times. “The Grove is a gathering place for all Angelenos and not a place for intolerance.”

INTERVIEW

Quoting the same source, the LA Times reported that “Grove officials feared that allowing Pacquiao’s interview to go forward at the mall could have proved disruptive.”

The article, where the Grove management based its ban on Pacquiao, stated that “Pacquiao’s directive for Obama calls societies to fear God and not promote sin, inclusive of same-sex marriage and cohabitation.”

Stoking further controversy, the LA Times said, the story quoted Leviticus 20:13, saying: “If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”

Pacquiao has denied quoting that biblical reference saying he had nothing against gay people and that hateful comments attributed to him were untrue. Writer Granville Ampong also confirmed he did not attribute the statement to the boxing champion saying the Leviticus verse was his own version. Some American newsmen who picked the story may have wrongly attributed the Leviticus statement on Pacquiao, it was reported.

“To the gay community, I apologize,” Pacquiao declared during the “Extra” taping held in his L.A. house as reported by L.A. Times.  “I’m against same-sex marriage, but I’m not condemning you. My favorite verse is ‘Love one another as you love yourself. Love your neighbors. So I love everybody!”

DISPLEASURE

Many boxing fans and shoppers have expressed displeasure that the reigning WBO welterweight titlist was barred from the mall saying the order was “divisive and discriminatory.”

“It (the mall) shot before asking a question,” lamented shopper Felipe Fontaine of Orange County. “Since Pacquiao has denied saying the harmful words against gays and most of his fans believe him, the fans should retaliate by boycotting the mall.”

During the Christmas shopping season, fake snow is produced periodically during the night in the mall. In mid-November, the Grove Christmas Tree goes up. At 110 feet, it is the tallest Christmas tree in the city of Los Angeles.

As this developed, Yahoo news reported that “hundreds of netizens have supported a petition asking sportswear company Nike to drop Pacquiao as an endorser, following his opposition against gay marriage.”

The petition, initiated by Gay Marriage USA via Change.org, asks Nike to "say 'no' to hate speech" by withdrawing its sponsorship of Pacquiao, a champion boxer whom the brand has supported since 2008, it was reported.

"Following (U.S. President Barack) Obama's recent announcement of support for marriage equality, Pacquiao quoted Bible excerpts to state that homosexuals should be put to death: If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads," the petition read.

Merchant, Mayweather bury hatchet before Pacquiao fight

Merchant, Mayweather bury

hatchet before Pacquiao fight

By Alex P. Vidal

HOLLYWOOD, California – Now that they have buried their hatchet, WBA junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and HBO senior commentator Larry Merchant are expected to step into the ring together again in the future for a post-fight interview in Mayweather’s next fight as they used to do prior to their verbal joust that grabbed headlines last year.

If Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs) would fight again after completing his jail sentence which commences on June1, it could be against Manny Pacquiao (54-3, 38 KOs), who is favored to put away Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. (28-0, 11 KOs) on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather, 35, had called for Merchant to be fired due to Merchant declaring that Mayweather cheated in his WBC welterweight fourth round KO win against Victor Ortiz (29-3, 22 KOs) on September 17, 2011. Mayweather then offered “free advice” to HBO that it should fire Merchant. The unbeaten boxer told the analyst, "You don't know shit about boxing."

IRRITATE

Mayweather grew irritated by Merchant's questioning and interrupted Merchant by saying "You never give me a fair shake...They can put somebody else up here to give me an interview. HBO need to fire you. You don't know shit about boxing. You ain't shit...All of these boxing experts - how can you be a boxing expert if you never had a fight before?" Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s outburst led to Merchant responding: "I wish I was 50 years younger and I would kick your ass." Later Mayweather defended his outburst by saying that "Everybody is tired of Larry Merchant."

After Mayweather whipped Cotto for the WBA diadem on May 5, 2012, Merchant, 81, admitted that Mayweather had apologized the night before the bout and accepted the apology.

Merchant has told USA TODAY Sports he didn't think the brouhaha was hype. "His September thing was spontaneous. And I just responded spontaneously because I wasn't smart to think that up," he said. "If I was smart enough to figure out something that would go around the world three times before I left the ring, I'd be doing something else. … He's the star. He made a big gesture. We'll move on."

WRONG

But Mayweather was all smiles on-air with Merchant and told HBO's JimLampley that he was wrong about Merchant.

"His September thing was spontaneous. And I just responded spontaneously because I wasn't smart to think that up," Merchant said. "If I was smart enough to figure out something that would go around the world three times before I left the ring, I'd be doing something else. … He's the star. He made a big gesture. We'll move on."

An Army radio operator, Merchant said the Mayweather flap was sort of an old story. "Athletes, like all of us, want love," he said. "They think you're great and know everything when you give them love. Once you don't, they're not so enamored."

Famous boxers who have clashed with Merchant include Mike Tyson, Oscar de la Hoya. The De La Hoya incident came during his fight with Pernell Whitaker. When De la Hoya entered the ring to Mariachi music, Merchant stated that while he loved Mariachi music, he felt that it "stunk" in this particular situation. Merchant would later apologize on the air after De La Hoya tried to have him removed from HBO.

INTERVIEWS

Merchant is well known for his postfight interviews which feature his hard hitting, blunt questions and confrontational interview style. These have drawn both praise and ire in the past. Fans have claimed them to be candid and honest while detractors consider them to be purposely agitational and insensitive at times. An example of this occurred when Vernon Forrest won a controversial decision in 2006 over Ike Quartey. When Forrest thanked those close to him, Merchant quipped, "Would you also like to thank the judges?"

In 1985, Merchant received the Sam Taub Award for Boxing Broadcast Journalism presented by the Boxing Writers Association of America. He is also the author of three books. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. In October 2002, he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in Los Angeles.

Pacquiao agrees that Mayweather should get more share in purse

BRADLEY: 'I TRAIN LIKE I WAS IN MILITARY'

By Alex P. Vidal

HOLLYWOOD, California – As long as the fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. will push through, Manny Pacquiao doesn’t mind if the newly crowned unbeaten world junior middleweight champion will get the lion’s share of the purse.

“It’s OK with me getting the lesser amount as long as the fight (against Mayweather) will take place,” said Pacquiao, 33, who started reporting for training at the Wild Card gym on Vine Street here on May 7.

Both Mayweather and Golden Boy Promotions and Golden Boy Enterprises Chief Executive Officer Richard Schaefer have blamed Top Rank, Inc. big boss Bob Arum why the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight has not materialized.

Schaefer, reiterating Oscar De La Hoya’s statement, had asked Pacquiao to “put a pressure” on Arum if they (Pacquiao camp) really wanted the Mayweather fight.

DEAL

Arum has repeatedly declared he was not closing the deal with Mayweather’s camp saying the Pacquiao-Mayweather duel “is not anymore a question whether to push through or not but when.”

“I’m tired of the media and the people being fooled,” Mayweather exhaled on the podium during the post-fight press conference after snatching Miguel Angel Cotto’s WBA junior middleweight belt on a 12-round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand on May 5.

“The truth is that Bob Arum is not going to let the fight happen. It’s not on me. I offered him $40 million. I told him I’d wire him $20 million in 48hrs. He wanted 50% of the earnings,” Mayweather said.

“But he doesn’t earn record breaking numbers to deserve that. He doesn’t know what he wants. The public is being fooled. Once he is free from Bob Arum the fight will happen because Arum doesn’t care about the fighter making money. This sport is grueling and I want Pacquiao to make money.”

CONFIDENCE

Pacquiao, meanwhile, expressed confidence he will roll past Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. on June 9. He has opened his training camp at the Wild Card gym for press people and is expected to conclude the two-month training a week before motoring to Las Vegas.

Younger by five years, Bradley (28-0, 11 KOs) said he is unfazed by the disadvantages listed by ring experts of fighting a top caliber fighter like Pacquiao.

Called “The Desert Storm,” Bradley said he wanted a name that would stick.

“I’m from the desert down here in Palm Springs. I was listening to a rapper named Fabolous and in the background, I heard, ‘Desert Storm,” and I was like, ‘Man, that sounds good.’ The war was going on and I was like, ‘That would be perfect.’ I wasn’t in the military, but mentally and the way I train, I train like I was in military – a lot of discipline.”

Bradley was an amateur standout. He was eliminated in his first fight at the 2004 Western Olympic trials, but became the first member of the “Class of ‘04” to win a world title on May 10, 2008. Eleven months later, he also became the first to win two world titles.

ANGELO DUNDEE

Legend is gone; I will miss him in Las Vegas

By Alex P. Vidal

HOLLYWOOD, California -- I was in Canada when I received the news that Angelo Dundee, the greatest trainer of all time who piloted Muhammad Ali’s ascension to boxing immortality, died of heart attack in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2012. He was 90.

I was a kid when I first saw Dundee on black and white TV during the “Thrilla in Manila” on October 1, 1975 where he embraced the charismatic world heavyweight champion after referee Carlos Padilla Jr. declared Ali the winner by technical knockout (TKO) after Joe Frazer refused to answer the bell in the 14^th round.

I finally met Dundee personally on December 4, 2008, two days before the world welterweight “Dream Match” duel between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao on December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.   

In my brief interview with the legendary trainer from Philadelphia, he insisted that “Ali is the greatest fighter of all time.” While he admired the skills and power of Manny Pacquiao, Dundee said sports scribes should not compare Pacquiao to Ali (56 wins, 5 losses, 37 knockouts, 19 decisions) because Ali was a light heavyweight gold medalist in the 1960 Rome Olympics prior to becoming the world heavyweight champion on Feb. 25, 1964 in Miami, Florida when he upset Sonny Liston as “Cassius Clay.”

YOUNGEST

When Clay beat Liston, he was the youngest boxer (age 22) ever to take the title from a reigning heavyweight champion, a mark that stood until Mike Tyson won the title (age 20) from Trevor Berbick on November 22, 1986. At the time, Floyd Patterson (dethroned by Liston) had been the youngest heavyweight champ ever (age 21), but he won the title during an elimination tournament following Rocky Marciano's retirement by defeating Archie Moore, the light-heavyweight champion at the time.

Dundee met Ali on February 19, 1957 when the latter was in Louisville the day before a fight with light heavyweight champ Willie Pastrano.

The teenaged Golden Gloves winner traveled downtown to the fighter's hotel, called Dundee from the house phone, and was asked up to their room. He took advantage of the opportunity to query Dundee (who had worked with champions Sugar Ramos and Carmen Basilio) about what his fighters ate, how long they slept, how much roadwork (jogging) they did, and how long they sparred.

MEET

“When I met Ali, he was Cassius Clay and he talked too much the reason why he was called ‘The Louisville Lip’ and he was a gentleman,” recalled Dundee.

He admitted he was “disturbed a lot” when Ali was arrested and found guilty on draft evasion charges; he was stripped of his boxing title, and his boxing license was suspended. He was not imprisoned, but did not fight again for nearly four years while his appeal worked its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, where it was eventually successful.

Ali would go on to become the first and only three-time lineal World Heavyweight Champion.

Nicknamed "The Greatest," Ali was involved in several historic boxing matches. Notable among these were three with rival Joe Frazier, which are considered among the greatest in boxing history, and one with George Foreman, where he finally regained his stripped titles seven years later. Ali was well known for his unorthodox fighting style, which he described as "float(ing) like a butterfly, sting(ing) like a bee", and employing techniques such as the Ali Shuffle and the rope-a-dope.

BEAUTY AND GRACE

Dundee said Ali had brought beauty and grace to the most uncompromising of sports and through the wonderful excesses of skill and character; he had become the most famous athlete in the world. He was also known for his pre-match hype, where he would "trash talk" opponents, often with rhymes.

Dundee said he liked the Filipinos because “they treated us like celebrities” during the “Thrilla in Manila” and remembered the historic Manila Hotel in Intramuros where they stayed.

I met Dundee once more during the Pacquiao versus Shane Mosley fight on May 7, 2011 at the MGM Grand. With his death last February 1, he will be missed when Pacquiao squares off versus Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. on June 9, 2012.

Here’s how Dundee became a legend in boxing circles

1921: August 30 - Born Angelo Mirena in Philadelphia.

1955: Helps Carmen Basilio win the world welterweight title against Tony DeMarco.

1960: Begins training one-fight novice Muhammad Ali, then still using his birth name Cassius Clay.

1964: Plays a crucial role in Ali avoiding defeat to Henry Cooper in London, illegally helping his fighter to the corner and using smelling salts after he was knocked down by a left hook. Allegedly tears a hole in one of Ali's gloves to buy more time for his fighter to recover.

1965: Ali defeats Sonny Liston to become world heavyweight champion.

1971: Ali, back from boxing exile, loses for the first time to Joe Frazier at New York's Madison Square Garden.

1974: January 28 - Helps Ali avenge Frazier defeat, winning points decision in rematch.

October 30 - Ali shocks George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle, playing 'rope a dope' before stopping the heavy-hitting younger man in the eighth.

1975: Ali beats Frazier in the 'Thrilla in Manila' with an epic 14th-round stoppage victory.

1977: 'Sugar' Ray Leonard turns professional with Dundee in his corner.

1979: Leonard wins WBC welterweight title by beating Wilfred Benitez.

1980: Leonard loses to Roberto Duran.

1981: Leonard beats great rival Thomas Hearns in 'fight of the year', stopping the Detroit man in the 14th round. Dundee famously rallies his charge, warning him 'You're blowing it, son!' before Leonard scores the knockout. Ali retires following ignominious defeat by Trevor Berbick.

1987: Leonard returns to the ring to beat Marvin Hagler for the WBC middleweight belt.

1988: Dundee and Leonard split for the fighter's latest comeback, against Donnie Lalonde.

1992: Inducted into prestigious International Boxing Hall of Fame.

1994: Works Foreman's corner as the veteran knocks out Michael Moorer to regain the world heavyweight title.

2012: January - Attends Ali's 70th birthday celebrations in Louisville, Kentucky.

February 1 - Dies of a heart attack in Florida.

Pacquiao’s real threat is Bradley, not Mayweather

Pacquiao’s real threat is Bradley, not Mayweather

By Alex P. Vidal

HOLLYWOOD, California – When Manny Pacquiao was 28, the age today of Timothy Ray Bradley Jr., he was so destructive in scoring back to back disposal wins over Erik “El Terrible” Morales in the last two collisions of their trilogy.

Then 30-year old Morales succumbed via TKO in the 10^th round of the 12-round WBC international super featherweight championship at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 21, 2006 in his rematch with Pacquiao.

In the same venue on Nov. 18, 2006, Pacquiao made sure Morales’ trip back to Mexico was expedited by finishing him off in the third canto with a brutal assault at 2 minutes and 57 seconds. When referee Vic Drakulich stopped the carnage, Pacquiao was leading comfortably in the scorecards of the three judges Guido Cavalleri, Glenn Trowbridge, and Duane Ford.

The twin victories avenged Pacquiao’s embarrassing defeat to Morales, his only loss in the United States, on March 19, 2005 where the hard-hitting Mexican legend scored a 12-round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to annex the International Boxing Association (IBA) super featherweight title

STOPOVER

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In between the last two fights against Morales, then 28-year-old Pacquiao made a Manila stopover on July 2, 2006 to dismantle then 30-year-old Oscar Larios to keep his crown.

Pacquiao has never yielded a single match in the United States since his debacle in the first duel with Morales.

At 33, Pacquiao (54-3, 38 KOs) is five years senior when he goes up the ring to defend his WBO 147-lb belt against 28-year-old Bradley (28-0, 12 KOs) who is in the prime of his career.

Mocked for his lackluster majority decision win in the last of his trilogy against Juan Manuel Marquez on Nov. 12, 2011, Pacquiao is favored to roll past the black American dynamo nicknamed “The Desert Storm” in preparation for his off-and-on duel with newly crowned WBA junior middleweight ruler Floyd Mayweather Jr. who recently toppled Miguel Angel Cotto via 12-round unanimous decision win in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao is now in the twilight of his career and has told reporters in Manila Bradley would be his last opponent after he was allegedly told by God in a dream it was time to wrap us his fistic career and abandon his vices.  

Months leading to his June 9 fight against Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Pacquiao spent his time in Bible study and attending to his responsibilities as product endorser and member of the House of Representatives representing the lone district of Saranggani Province in Mindanao.

BUSY  

Bradley, on the other hand, was busy revving up under the tutelage of his trainer former lightweight contender Joel Diaz and father Timothy Sr. Some experts consider him “more dangerous than Mayweather because of his age and hunger for recognition.”

“I’m just so happy. I’m so excited. Everything was looking down, looking down, and boom. Now everything is starting to look up,” Bradley Jr. told The Desert Sun shortly after he signed a promotional contract with Bob Arum’s Top Rank, Inc. September last year. “My main objective was to get a promoter to build the Bradley brand, and Top Rank is good at doing that. That’s why we chose Top Rank.”

With consistently impressive performances and decisive wins in recent fights, most observers now consider Bradley to be the top 140-pounder in the world. He and Pacquiao will dispute the lawmaker-cum-boxer’s WBO welterweight crown.

Bradley is coming off an 8^th round TKO win in a 12-round WBO junior welterweight title fight against Joel Casamayor in the main aperitif of the Pacquiao-Marquez III on Nov. 12, 2011. Prior to torturing Casamayor, Bradley defeated previously unbeaten WBC world champion Devon Alexander on January 29, 2011.

TENACIOUS

“Bradley once again showed he is one of the strongest-willed, most doggedly determined and tenacious fighters in the business as well as being a pocket-Hercules type physically,” wrote Fightwriter.com’s Graham Houston.

“He did what I like to see a fighter do, which is to come out ready to fight from the opening bell and let the other man know immediately that he had better be ready for a long, hard night. Bradley has boxing ability, but he was simply too much fighter for the supposedly more highly skilled Alexander. The strategy was simple but effective: Don’t let Alexander get settled, fire right hand get rough with him, keep him thinking defensively.”

Meanwhile, although Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs) dethroned WBA super welterweight world champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs) by twelve round unanimous decision (117-111, 117-111, 118-110)  on May 5 night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, some observers believe he is less dangerous to Pacquiao compared to Bradley

Mayweather had the edge in most rounds over the first six rounds, but Cotto had his moments and was determined to take the fight to Mayweather and bloodied his nose early on. Big round eight for Cotto who went all out for the KO, but after that Mayweather took control, staggering Cotto in the final stanza.

A win over Bradley will oblige Pacquiao to fight Mayweather. Afterall, Mayweather has already declared he would next face Pacquiao after tackling Cotto. “Pacquiao needs Mayweather more than Mayweather needs Pacquiao,” Mayweather recently told CNN.

MANNY PACQUIAO VS TIMOTHY BRADLEY

Pacquiao’s five-week training in L.A. begins

By Alex P. Vidal

HOLLYWOOD, California – World 147-lb king Manny Pacquiao was scheduled to hit the ground running here starting May 7 as he revs up for 12-round world welterweight title tussle against unbeaten Palm Springs, California resident Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pacquiao’s training at the Wild Card gym on Vine Street here will culminate after five weeks. Team Pacquiao will motor to the glitzy gambling capital of the world six days before the fight sanctioned by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and supervised by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

The 33-year old lefty from Gen. Santos City will be facing several heavier sparring partners, including Russians Ruslan Provodnikov and Ruslan Nugaeve, tapped by trainer Freddie Roach to engage Pacquiao in a no holds barred sparring sessions that romped off in Baguio City last month.

Bradley (28-0, 12 KOs), 28, the youngest fighter to face Pacquiao (54-3, 38 KOs) in a world title showdown since then 29-year-old Miguel Angel Cotto, sent notice he was ready for the big league when he dismantled the feared Cuban former world titlist Joel Casamayor in the 8^th round on Nov. 12, 2011 underneath the Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez trilogy also at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

‘DESERT STORM’

Nicknamed “The Desert Storm” and stands five feet and six inches like the Filipino buzzsaw, the black orthodox fighter won every round against Casamayor before referee Vic Drakulich pulled the plug at 2:59 of the eighth round to retain his WBO junior welterweight tiara.

Final punch statistics obtained from the CompuBox showed Bradely, an orthodox, connected 192 of the 480 punches thrown against Casamayor’s 41 of the 290 punches thrown.

Bradley uncorked 346 power punches and connected 177 against Casamayor’s 33 of the total 136 thrown. A point had been deducted from Casamayor in the fourth canto for excessive holding.

Bradley’s rumble versus Pacquiao will be his second outing under the Top Rank, Inc. since he signed the promotional contract with the gigantic outfit managed by Bob Arum last year following an eye-popping 10^th round technical decision win over Devon Alexander on January 29, 2011.

Bradley is a seven-year professional fighter and has defended the WBO junior welterweight belt three times. He was also a two-time WBC super welterweight crown holder. As amateur, he won gold medals in the 2001 National PAL Championships (147 pounds) and the 2001 Under-19 National Championships (147 pounds).

HARDLY IMPRESSIVE

While Bradley made heads turn in putting away Casamayor, main eventer Pacquiao was hardly impressive in subduing 37-year-old Marquez nicknamed “Dinamita” (52-6-1, 39 KOs).

Of the 578 total punches thrown, Pacquiao connected 176 against Marquez’s 138 of the 436 punches thrown.

The congressman from Sarangani Province in Mindanao, connected 117 of the 274 punches thrown against Marquez’s 100 of the 254 punches thrown. Pacquiao landed an average of 14 of the 49 punches thrown per round against Marquez’s 11 of the 36 punches thrown per round.

Unlike Pacquiao’s previous opponents in the welterweight division, Bradley has good skills and movements and is physically strong. Manager Cameron Dunkin described his ward as “always in top condition and has great stamina and recuperative ability.”

Bradley is also a sharp, accurate puncher, a good body puncher, and is versatile in the ring, added Dunkin. He can pressure his opponent or box, move and counterpunch and is experienced against very good opposition, aside from his strong amateur background.

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Historical Filipinotown officers and board of directors in Los Angeles, California

Historical Filipinotown
242 N. Burlington Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90026


213.413.3323
Fax 213.483.0908


Officers and board members are all volunteers 
comprising of residents, property and business owners of HIFI. 


President: Cecilia C. Ramos 
Founder, Burlington School, 1974
Developer, builder, VGR & Associates 


Vice President and Treasurer: Leo Pandac, Ph.D. 
Director, Pacific Asian Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program 
Commissioner of Lotus Festival
Mr. Pandac is also very active in the community


Secretary: Ben Marte, M.D. 
Co-chair, Pilipino-American Network Advocacy 
Dr. Marte is a retired Psychologist - still very active in the community as a mentor


Director: Jorge Prado
from Chamber and also Fundraising


Directors:
Dennis Arguelles, M.A. 
Director, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans 
Pam Darden 
Resident Founder, Marvalettes Group Vice President, Historic Filipinotown Chamber of Commerce 
Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal, MSW 
Resident and Businessowner, Remy’s on Temple President, Temple Westlake Development Corporation 
David Rockello
Resident and Community Activist President, Historic Filipinotown Homeowners Association 
Jorge Prado from Chamber and also Fundraising