Manny Pacquiao?s third fight with Tim Bradley on April 9 in Las Vegas ? his 26th on US soil? could be his last.
Since making his US debut in June 2001, Pacquiao has racked up a record of 19-4-2 (with 12 KOs) in fights held in America.
The victories were against Lehlo Ledwaba, Jorge Eliecer Julio, Emmanuel Lucero, Marco Antonio Barrera (twice), Erik Morales (twice), Hector Velazquez, Jorge Solis, Juan Manuel Marquez (twice), David Diaz, Oscar De la Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Ricky Hatton, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito, Shane Mosley and Tim Bradley.
The defeats were dealt by Morales in 2005, Bradley in 2012, Marquez in 2012 and Floyd Mayweather last year, while the draws came opposite Agapito Sanchez (2001) and Marquez (2004).
Between 2001 and 2015, Pacquiao fought in the Philippines four times, getting past Fabbrakob Rakkiatgym, Serikzhan Yeshmangbetov, Fahsan 3K Battery and Oscar Larios and likewise travelling to Macau for two bouts.
Pacquiao easily beat Brandon Rios and Chris Algieri in the former Portuguese colony.
Pacquiao?s record stands today at 57-6-2 with 38 KOs and the 37-year-old eight-division world champion is aching to put an end to a long KO drought stretching back to his 12th-round demolition of Cotto in Nov. 2009.
If there?s one thing that Pacquiao wants to do before capping his Hall of Fame career is to score a resounding stoppage win over the durable Bradley.
But Mike Koncz, the fighter?s Canadian adviser, insists Pacquiao has to rediscover his old ways to get the job done.
?Manny has to look good and to do that he has to train really, really hard,? said Koncz.
Since Pacquiao has been saying that the Bradley bout in April will be his swan song, the famed southpaw should make it extra memorable by getting back his knockout ways.
