Tim Bradley is preparing for a fight against Manny Pacquiao on June 9th and, you wouldn?t expect that he is an underdog due to his overwhelming confidence. When I watched Bradley train last month. I noticed how sharp he was in sparring when he matched himself against prospects Eric Fowler and Andre Sherard.
Now with a new set of sparring partners in camp, Bradley says that his new mates are giving him fresh work as he prepares to fight against Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight championship. One man especially assisting him in training is his sparring partner, undefeated Luis Ramos Jr., who seems to be making Bradley think a little bit.
?You know what? They?re learning every single day, I got a new set of guys up in there that are working with me and they?re getting better,? Bradley would tell me in an 8cn exclusive interview this week. ?Today I could tell that little Ramos, he definitely went home and studied. He came and had a different approach today during sparring. And that?s exactly what I need. He applied pressure and he boxed really well, he moved around really well. He definitely brought it a little bit today and I was happy with that.?
Bradley has so far put together a 28-0 record with 12 knockouts he began sparring four-minutes each round to open up his training camp, but now it seems he?s going for three-minute rounds to prepare as if it were an actual fight.
?His punch output is a lot better now,? Bradley would say about Ramos. ?The pace is faster and it?s a lot better for them as well.? When I asked the young champion whether or not he felt Manny Pacquiao was a different opponent than anyone who he has ever faced. Bradley seemed to feel that Pacquiao is not going to be any different than anyone else he has previously fought.
?You?ve just got to be prepared for every aspect of the game,? Bradley also said. ?Regardless of what he?s done in the past. You?ve just got to be ready for every aspect of a fighter?s game. He?s very quick, has great movement, has great power. So I?ve got a little bit of everything in the camp. I?ve got a guy that hits really hard and really makes me open my eyes and be aware of punches coming. I?ve got a guy that is extremely fast. And then I got a guy that moves around a lot. You?re not going to find that one guy that is the total package when getting ready to fight a guy like Manny Pacquiao.?
