MANILA, Philippines - Sa kanyang paniniwala, wala pang nakakaharap si Manny Pacquiao na isang boksingerong malakas at mabilis na kagaya niya.
Ito ang sinabi ni Timothy Bradley, Jr. sa Filipino world eight-division champion na si Pacquiao na kanyang hahamunin sa Hunyo 9 sa MGM Grand sa Las Vegas, Nevada.
“My whole style. He’s never faced anyone with my skill, with my determination, with my strengths in his whole career. He never fought anybody like me,” ani Bradley.
Sinabi pa ng 28-anyos na world light welterweight titlist na hindi siya maikukumpara sa mga naunang nakalaban ng 33-anyos na si Pacquiao na sina Antonio Margarito noong 2010 at Sugar Shane Mosley noong 2011.
“He just fought against Margarito, who was very strong but he’s slow. He fought Shane Mosley, but if he would had fought him at 135 when Shane was in his prime, it would have been a different story. People know that I bring a lot to the table. That’s the reason why I’m not a 10-1 underdog going into this fight,” wika ni Bradley.
Itataya ni Pacquiao ang kanyang bitbit na World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight crown laban kay Bradley.
Kumpiyansa si Bradley na magiging madali para sa kanya ang kanilang suntukan ng Sarangani Congressman.
“I truly believe it’s going to be an easy fight,” ani Bradley. “I’m not saying that Pacquiao is going to lay down or whatever, but I just think that what I bring to the ring,
“I think it’s going to make it extremely hard for him. I know what Pacquiao likes to do. I think everybody all knows what he likes to do. But I think with my style alone and my ability and my way to be able to adjust in the ring, I think that’s going to be a handful in itself,” dagdag pa ng American challenger.