By Mac Arnold
Fighting Side Editor


Again, despite this not being the fight the public is clamoring for, Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley Jr. will be an intriguing fight.

Also, I predict it will be a bloodbath because no matter how much the Pacman and his trainer Freddie Roach whine, Bradley's best punch will in fact be with his glimmering head.

Somewhere along the up-tempo fight, a butt will occur and southpaw Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) will come out of the clinch a bloody mess. Head butts are notorious between orthodox fighters and southpaws, regardless of how Bradley already fights.

Bradley (28-0, 12 KOs, 1 no contest), a light welterweight title holder in two divisions, appears in great shape and for sure will push Pacquiao, who has looked somewhat shaky in his last two fights. An appearance Pacquiao's camp says was linked to out-of-ring issues that they also say have been rectified for this battle.

When all is said and done, the lighter Bradley will fade late and Pacquiao will come out of the ring with an 11th-round KO, his WBO welterweight belt still in his possession.

And of course with more of the same innuendos and hypothetical questions going unanswered on whether he is the pound-for-pound best fighter or is WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Sigh. Go Bradley.