“I need to win this fight. I have something to prove to the people. He’s claiming he won the fight, I believe that I won the fight but we respect the decision of the judges. This will be an exciting fight because we both have something to prove,” Pacquiao told Fightnews.com. “There is a big question mark from the last fight so we needed this second fight.”
The 35 year old has had some recent issues outside the ring faced with tax problems shortly after his last fight, Pacquiao had his bank account frozen in his native Philippines and reportedly owed $18.5 million dollars. Pacquiao and his team of legal advisors since then have moved on. Aside from his legal issues the Pacquiao’s will have an addition to the family as his wife Jinkee Pacquiao is pregnant the couple will be expecting their fourth child. “Life has been good I have spent time with my family and kids. Jinkee is due this April after the fight,” Pacquiao said.
When asked by a reporter if he still enjoyed boxing and his life as a prizefighter, Pacquiao laughed away and smiled, “Yes I still enjoy it the preparation, you and the opponent inside the ring.”
Coming off an impressive unanimous decision win over Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios this past November in Macao, China. Pacquiao rebounded from his brutal sixth round knockout loss the year before to his longtime rival Juan Manuel Marquez. “It was a good experience fighting in China for the first time in Macao it was like the Philippines,” Pacquiao commented. “I proved a lot in my last fight against Rios, I proved that I can still fight and that’s what happened,”Pacquiao added.
Bradley won a split decision over Pacquiao in their first fight back in June of 2012 in winning the WBO welterweight title. Most ringside experts and observers felt that Pacquiao clearly beat Bradley.
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