HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson continues to speak with British star and former two-division world champion Amir Khan about the April 12 rematch between WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley and his rival Manny Pacquiao.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson continues to speak with British star and former two-division world champion Amir Khan about the April 12 rematch between WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley and his rival Manny Pacquiao.
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Sources close to the situation have informed HustleBoss.com that Miguel Cotto is set to join Manny Pacquiao in General Santos City, Philippines next week ahead of each man’s respective pay per view clashes in the coming months.
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Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto prior to their November 2009 clash in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
Sources close to the situation have informed HustleBoss.com that Miguel Cotto is set to join Manny Pacquiao in General Santos City, Philippines next week ahead of each man’s respective pay per view clashes in the coming months.
Pacquiao faces off with Tim Bradley in a crucial rematch on April 12 in Las Vegas while Cotto looks to be all but locked in for an intriguing showdown with Sergio Martinez on June 7.
Not only will Cotto be training alongside Pacquiao, but it appears that he will likely be sparring with him to help him prepare for Bradley as well. Pacquiao also has some similarities to Martinez given each man’s awkward southpaw style.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with boxing trainer and former two-division world champion Roger Mayweather inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas as he discusses the upcoming rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with boxing trainer and former two-division world champion Roger Mayweather inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas as he discusses the upcoming rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley.
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HustleBoss.com gets exclusive access inside of Manny Pacquiao’s training camp in General Santos City, Philippines as the eight-division world champion prepares for his April 12 rematch on HBO vs. Tim Bradley. In this clip, Pacquiao can be seen working with assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez.
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HustleBoss.com gets exclusive access inside of Manny Pacquiao’s training camp in General Santos City, Philippines as the eight-division world champion prepares for his April 12 rematch on HBO vs. Tim Bradley. In this clip, Pacquiao can be seen working with assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez.
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Trainer Jeff Mayweather speaking in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)
By Chris Robinson
As he heads into the lone rematch of his career, an April 12 assignment in Las Vegas vs. Manny Pacquiao, WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley appears to be as brash as ever.
Bradley scored two uplifting victories in 2013, netting a narrow decision over Ruslan Provodnikov in March in a wild fight and coming back seven months later to edge Juan Manuel Marquez over twelve tense and tactical rounds.
And while the Pacquiao rematch presents a completely different kind of puzzle, Bradley seems upbeat for the chance to set the record straight following his controversial split-decision victory in the first meeting nearly two years ago.
“Tim Bradley, his confidence has gotten a lot higher than it was the first time after beating Marquez,” stated trainer Jeff Mayweather when asked about the fight recently during our conversation in Las Vegas.
“Well I just feel that Bradley is going to have more confidence than last time,” Mayweather added. “I don’t know if there’s anything either one of them can do different.”
Mayweather was adamant following Bradley’s victory over Pacquiao that the wrong man had been given the decision. And while he still maintains that belief, he knows fully well that two years can change things.
“I feel like the first fight that Pacquiao actually won,” Mayweather stated. “He didn’t get it. But Tim’s going to have a lot more confidence. And in the last fight he did twist his ankle pretty good.”
And while not quite being able to pinpoint why Bradley will have a different outlook heading into the second duel, Mayweather just expects a different fighter in two months.
“It seems to me like Tim is getting a little better,” Mayweather said. “He showed he can use angles and box a little bit. I just think he’s going to do better.”
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson catches up with trainer Jeff Mayweather inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club as he shares his thoughts on the April 12 rematch between Tim Bradley and Manny Pacquiao. Check out the video for more.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson catches up with trainer Jeff Mayweather inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club as he shares his thoughts on the April 12 rematch between Tim Bradley and Manny Pacquiao. Check out the video for more.
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Roger Mayweather inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)
By Chris Robinson
It’s been well-documented that WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley doesn’t feel Manny Pacquiao is the same fighter who he faced in June of 2012.
On April 12, inside of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bradley will face Pacquiao in a crucial rematch an effort to erase the bad taste that was left following his controversial split-decision victory from their first encounter.
Bradley insists that Pacquiao is lacking the killer instinct that has typified his Hall of Fame career.
Pacquiao was stopped in less than six rounds by Juan Manuel Marquez in December of 2012 and Bradley’s belief is that the Filipino star fought an overly-calculated match at times during his lopsided points victory over Brandon Rios this past November.
Speaking with trainer and former two-division titlist Roger Mayweather about the Pacquiao-Bradley rematch, he shared his insight on Manny’s mindset heading in.
“The thing with boxing, like anything else, if you get knocked out, to a degree you’re going to be cautious,” Mayweather stated. “Because the fact of it is they don’t want to get hit and have it happen again.”
Mayweather was stopped on a handful of occasions during a career that saw him capture titles at 130 and 140 pounds and he always found a way to get back on the horse and keep pushing forward.
Asked how he found the mental fortitude within to keep things moving, Mayweather insists that he put his focus on what was in front of him.
“I don’t put that in my mind to say ‘Well, I’m going to get knocked out again’,” Mayweather explained. “It doesn’t matter if I’ve been knocked out or not, I’ve got to find out ‘Can that mother*cker whip me?’ That’s the key about boxing.”
And with a fight as dangerous as the Bradley rematch nearing for Pacquiao, Roger found it fit to do something he hasn’t always done by giving his respect to the Filipino star.
“I think he’ll be back,” said Mayweather. “I think he’s done a hell of a job for his career.”
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with trainer Freddie Roach inside of the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. as he discusses the upcoming rematch between his fighter Manny Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with trainer Freddie Roach inside of the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. as he discusses the upcoming rematch between his fighter Manny Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley.
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Lightweight prospect Lydell Rhodes inside of the South Point Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)
By Chris Robinson
For the past few years we’ve had the chance to cover budding lightweight Lydell Rhodes (19-0, 9 KO’s) in and out of the ring around the Las Vegas scene.
A comedian while not in training, Rhodes possesses some serious talent and is one of the quickest prospects in the city.
The latest news with the 26-year old Rhodes is that he will be serving as a chief sparring partner to eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao in advance of his April 12 rematch on HBO pay per view against Tim Bradley.
Rhodes confirmed the news with HustleBoss.com on Tuesday afternoon and was able to meet up with us inside of the South Point Casino to speak further on some of the details.
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Floyd Mayweather Sr. inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)
By Chris Robinson
During press stops in Los Angeles and New York last week, WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao hosted the media ahead of their April 12 rematch on HBO pay per view.
Bradley always makes for a great interview and he wasted little time in stating his belief that Pacquiao has lost his killer instinct in the wake of his tactical points victory over Brandon Rios this past November.
During a recent swing through the Mayweather Boxing Club, trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. seemed to share Bradley’s sentiments that Pacquiao hasn’t fully bounced back from his knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez nearly one year prior to the Rios match.
“I can agree with that too,” Mayweather Sr. stated. “Anytime you get stretched like that, you’re out for five to seven, eight minutes. Man, you get knocked out like that, that’s a serious, cold knockout. It’s going to be hard for him to come back behind that.”
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Freddie Roach working with Manny Pacquiao inside of his Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
As he heads into his pivotal rematch with WBO welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley, Manny Pacquiao and his team seem content with how things have been playing out.
This past week, with stops in Los Angeles and New York, Pacquiao was able to come face to face with Bradley, the man who beat him by way of controversial split-decision in June of 2012.
And while the respect between both sides has been evident, there is also a very deep confidence that is easy to spot from all parties involved.
For Bradley this is his self-proclaimed shot at redemption while the 35-year old Pacquiao will look to build from the momentum of his comeback victory over Brandon Rios this past November in Macau, China.
For the Rios fight, Pacquiao spent a huge portion of his camp in his native General Santos City, Philippines.
This time around, however, trainer Freddie Roach will be looking to spend the final weeks working out of his Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles, Calif.
“I’m going to arrive from China after [Zou] Shiming’s fight and we’re going to spend a couple weeks in the Philippines,” Roach stated during a recent roundtable with the press.
Roach is targeting a March 1 return to Los Angeles and is confident that being locked down from nearly six weeks will be more than enough time to hone Pacquiao’s skills.
“Plenty, yes,” said Roach.
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Reporter Marc Abrams (http://www.15Rounds.com) speaks with eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao in New York ahead of his April 12 rematch in Las Vegas with Tim Bradley. In this clip, Pacquiao takes a minute to promise excitement and killer instinct heading into the big fight.
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Reporter Marc Abrams (http://www.15Rounds.com) speaks with eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao in New York ahead of his April 12 rematch in Las Vegas with Tim Bradley. In this clip, Pacquiao takes a minute to promise excitement and killer instinct heading into the big fight.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson catches up with WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (31-0, 12 KO’s) inside of the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. as he speaks about his rematch with Manny Pacquiao, his thoughts on Floyd Mayweather wanting to face either Amir Khan or Marcos Maidana, his connection to his trainer Joel Diaz, and more.
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