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Pacquiao-Bradley II

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DeeezNuuuts83:
Ideally, this is what I see for both fighters, after this fight.

PACQUIAO
Obviously, his most likely opponent for the end of 2014 will be the winner of Marquez-Alvarado, which is expected to be Marquez.  If he loses to that person, then he should let that be his swan song.  But if he wins, then his Top Rank contract will expire at the very end of 2014, and that opens doors to work with people outside of Top Rank... Mayweather is the obvious one.  Or maybe he can go at Khan (since there's at least the backstory of them having been sparring partners before, plus Khan left Roach to work with Hunter).

BRADLEY
He has a lot of intriguing options, that could all realistically happen before his Top Rank contract expires in May 2015.  Like I said before, Bradley-Provodnikov II at the end of 2014 would be a pretty good fight that could really win him some points, especially seeing how their first fight was crowned as the fight of the year.  And after Alvarado fights Marquez (and probably loses), they could set up Rios-Alvarado III, and perhaps the winner of that will fight the winner of Bradley-Provodnikov II in maybe March or April 2015.  Or maybe we can get Marquez-Bradley II around that time, as I have a feeling Marquez would still want to get another shot at that.

Chamillitary Click:
This is partially how Mayweather wanted it to play out though for those who thought he was ducking Pacquiao. Manny looked golden a few years back and ready to go toe to toe with Floyd. Now a few years later, he's hitting that slope, he'll beat another guy or two & then the world will all want that Mayweather/Pacquiao fight again.

DeeezNuuuts83:

--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click on April 17, 2014, 04:31:51 PM ---This is partially how Mayweather wanted it to play out though for those who thought he was ducking Pacquiao. Manny looked golden a few years back and ready to go toe to toe with Floyd. Now a few years later, he's hitting that slope, he'll beat another guy or two & then the world will all want that Mayweather/Pacquiao fight again.
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Real shit though -- Floyd was indeed ducking him.  In hindsight, I'll place more blame on Team Pacquiao for the first failed negotations, but after that, it was mostly on Team Mayweather.

But the problem is that while Mayweather-Pacquiao will always be a marketable fight, its peak interest was back in 2010 or 2011.  The fight happening now would probably still break records, but back in 2010 or 2011, it would have done even better to the point where it would never be touched, which would have rewarded both of them quite handsomely since they'd have received a cut of the PPV revenue.  So yeah, they'd both walk away with a lot of money, but they'd have walked away with more, since at this point there are some people who have lost interest, whether it's because they're tired of Floyd's shit or if they feel like Manny is over the hill and won't put up a competitive fight considering his two losses from 2012 and how he doesn't seem as fast or as strong in his last two fights than he did a few years ago.

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