‘I think I can go another two years’
Pacquiao says he can still carry on after defeating Bradley for WBO title
Manny Pacquiao destroys Timothy Bradley for the WBO welterweight title. PHOTO: AFP
LAS VEGAS:
Manny Pacquiao thinks he still has some time left in his career as he avenged a polarising loss to Timothy Bradley and regained the World Boxing Organization welterweight world title Saturday with a 12-round unanimous decision over the previously unbeaten American.
"I think I can go another two years," said Pacquiao, who had been stung by Bradley's pre-fight claim that at 35, Pacquiao had lost the fire that had made him one of the most feared fighters in the world.
"I'm so happy to be world champion again. Bradley was not an easy fight."
Bradley, who said he fought from the first round with a right calf injury, fell to 31-1, with 12 knockouts.
The Filipino ring icon improved to 56-5 with two drawn and 38 wins inside the distance as he recaptured the title he lost to Bradley on June 9, 2012.
Although he could not get his first knockout win since 2009, Pacquiao lived up to his pre-fight promise to come out with more aggression, denying Bradley's avowed aim of sending him into retirement with another defeat. But Pacquiao admitted that Bradley was better than their previous encounter
“Bradley is better from the first fight. He hurt me on the chin. I knew I had to do more this time than I did the last.”
Manny Pacquiao thinks he still has some time left in his career as he avenged a polarising loss to Timothy Bradley and regained the World Boxing Organization welterweight world title Saturday with a 12-round unanimous decision over the previously unbeaten American.
"I think I can go another two years," said Pacquiao, who had been stung by Bradley's pre-fight claim that at 35, Pacquiao had lost the fire that had made him one of the most feared fighters in the world.
"I'm so happy to be world champion again. Bradley was not an easy fight."
Bradley, who said he fought from the first round with a right calf injury, fell to 31-1, with 12 knockouts.
The Filipino ring icon improved to 56-5 with two drawn and 38 wins inside the distance as he recaptured the title he lost to Bradley on June 9, 2012.
Although he could not get his first knockout win since 2009, Pacquiao lived up to his pre-fight promise to come out with more aggression, denying Bradley's avowed aim of sending him into retirement with another defeat. But Pacquiao admitted that Bradley was better than their previous encounter
“Bradley is better from the first fight. He hurt me on the chin. I knew I had to do more this time than I did the last.”