Manny Pacquiao's custom bus rolled to Vegas Monday night for his World Welterweight title fight against the undefeated Jr. Welterweight Champion Timothy Bradley on Saturday, June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Thousands of fans greeted Pacquiao's arrival at the MGM Grand. It was at this very venue in which Pacquiao dominated sports headlines, arriving as a late sub for a title shot against Lehlo Ledwaba in June 2001. Pacquiao then was a 22 year old former flyweight king.He scored a major upset of the rated Ledwaba in the sixth round of a supporting bout to a card headlined by Oscar De La Hoya.
Boxing fans all over the world are expecting a good fight because both fighter have something to prove. Pacquiao (54-3-2,38KO's) needs an impressive performance. He openly admits "the pressure is there" to look impressive. Manny needs to prove that there's something left in him after a lackluster win against Mosley and a very close and controversial win against Juan Manuel Marquez.
On the other hand Bradley, (28-0,12KO) is going all out for a win because he knows that a loss would set him back. He wants a knock down to win impressively.
Pacquiao hasn't lost in a long time. I've got this feeling that the "Law of Averages" is catching-up with him this time. He's going to lost in this fight by points.
Personally, of course I want him to win. It's just that there's this feeling that I have that this could be the time for a loss because of some first times. This will be the first time that the whole family of Pacquiao is going to watch live. Then Manny has suddenly become a preacher. So I expect spoilers out there.
What do you think guys? take your pick!
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