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 8th
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."
Lex I was informed by a boxing enhusiast that all losses of Pacquiao occured in his every 16 fights from Torrecampo, Eric Morales and 3k Battery of Thailand. This time again against Bradly is his another 16th fight after his last lost.
ReplyDeleteLex I was informed by a boxing enhusiast that all losses of Pacquiao occured in his every 16 fights from Torrecampo, Eric Morales and 3k Battery of Thailand. This time again against Bradly is his another 16th fight after his last lost.
ReplyDeleteLex I was informed by a boxing enhusiast that all losses of Pacquiao occured in his every 16 fights from Torrecampo, Eric Morales and 3k Battery of Thailand. This time again against Bradly is his another 16th fight after his last lost.
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