The Asian Reporter
Pacific Northwest News q Volume 24 Number 8 q April 21, 2014 q www.asianreporter.com
Manny Pacquiao back
on top after Bradley win
By Greg Beacham
AP Sports Writer
AS VEGAS — The old
Manny Pacquiao returned
for
thrilling
bursts,
hounding Timothy Bradley onto
the ropes and battering the welter-
weight champion with whip-quick
combinations that recalled the
Pacman’s magical prime.
The older Pacquiao couldn’t
finish the trick, however.
Although he tried mightily,
Pacquiao didn’t stop or even really
hurt Bradley during 12 mostly
exciting rounds, settling for the
lucrative revenge of a unanimous-
decision victory.
“I didn’t want to get careless,”
Pacquiao said.
Pacquiao (56-5-2) proved he is
still one of the world’s most exciting
boxers with his second straight
win, even if he might never
recapture his most destructive
form. His hands and footwork are
still inimitable, but the eight-
division world champion’s power
and timing weren’t good enough to
stop Bradley — or any of his
opponents since late 2009, the date
of his last knockout.
Pacquiao apologetically showed
up to his post-fight news conference
well after midnight at the MGM
Grand Garden, a large bandage
concealing 32 stitches in a deep
gash on his left eyebrow from a
headbutt. Trainer Freddie Roach
had filled the time by praising his
fighter
while
simultaneously
acknowledging Pacquiao’s days of
highlight-reel knockouts have
faded.
“I think he was doing his best to
stop him,” Roach said. “He was
throwing combinations. I told him,
‘All you have to do is outbox this
guy. You can outbox him in and out,
all night long.’ ... I thought he had
the killer instinct. When he had
(Bradley) on the ropes, he opened
up pretty well. It just didn’t seem
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BACK ON TOP. Manny Pacquiao, top, of the Philippines, punches Timothy Bradley in their World Boxing Organization
(WBO) welterweight title fight on April 12, 2014 in Las Vegas. The old Manny Pacquiao returned for thrilling bursts, hound-
ing Bradley onto the ropes and battering the welterweight champion with whip-quick combinations that recalled the Pac-
man’s magical prime. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)
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