Khan waits again for Pacquiao

Others feel it’s the easiest fight out there for Pacquiao.

Arum had burned the lines with the cable and pay-per-view providers in the United States as well as people at MGM, and they were all on the same page.

But the “Pacman” is not about to cower in fear at the sight of Bradley, saying he’s more convinced the American is a more worthy opponent than Crawford or Khan.

The Fighter of the Decade said the fans were his number one priority in opting to fight Bradley, the WBO welterweight champion, again despite having beaten him twice.

Bradley had Diaz as trainer in both fights. Teddy Atlas is a good motivator, and Bradley fought a good fight.

FILIPINO boxing great Manny Pacquiao won’t be retiring soon.

“And the most important, of course, was what fight can give fans the enjoyment and excitement they expect, which, actually is my primary criteria in choosing an opponent”, Pacquiao pointed out. Two years later, Pacquiao won a unanimous decision. But that’s not what the record books say.

But boxing is business, and Arum has assured fans they’re going to like what they’re going to see.

Bradley can fight Pacquiao 100 times, and still never become a PPV attraction. “If Manny Pacquiao wants to make this fight happen in April I’m ready and if that **** don’t go through then I will just beat the **** out of Floyd Mayweather fighter Ashley Theophane in the beginning of March”. I think Adrien Broner should have been on the list as well, because I think he would have been a better choice for Pacquiao’s April fight than Bradley. “You can not in good conscience sell it that way”.

A congressman since 2010, Pacquiao announced in October that he would seek a seat in the Philippines senate in 2016.

Despite his loss, Pacquiao said he gave his best under the circumstances, citing his shoulder injury, which prevented him from mounting a sustained attack in the later rounds.

“He’s playing basketball with it, scuba diving with it”, Arum said.

“I’ve run my numbers and I’ve done my math”, Arum said.

“I have been very vocal about it (fighting Mayweather) even before the Bradley fight was made official on New Year’s eve”, Pacquiao told Philboxing.com.

Arum said Pacquiao would conduct the first part of training in the Philippines. He’s fighting more intelligently now.

Bradley, 33-1-1 with 13 knockouts, has since regained the WBO welterweight belt and will be coming off a ninth-round technical knockout of Brandon Rios on November 7.