Pacquiao vs. Bradley: Desert Storm Should Fear Rematch with Pac-Man

If promoter Bob Arum follows through on the rematch between Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley and Manny Pacquiao, Bradley should be shaking in his boots at the prospect of giving Pacquiao another go at him.

After the controversial 115-113, 113-115, 115-113 split decision victory in Bradley's favor, the last thing he should want to do is get back in the ring with a man who so clearly dominated him in their first fight. Nobody knows what the judges saw that the general public didn't, but it worked out for Bradley, and he will definitely realize that once he re-watches the fight. 

This isn't to say that he shouldn't agree to a rematch if Pacquiao wants one. In fact, he can't decline a rematch because of a stipulation in Pacquiao's contract that allowed him the right to a rematch if he lost. 

This is mean to say that Bradley shouldn't be too happy that he has to get in the ring with a man as dangerous as Pacquiao for a second time. As if it wasn't enough that he got left straight after left straight to his head, now he has to get back inside the ropes and do it again.

Only this time we're going to see a Pacquiao that we haven't seen before. Pac-Man is going to come out like a man possessed, unlike this time when he seemed to enjoy playing with Bradley more than he enjoyed hitting him.

If he didn't spend the first two minutes of every round bobbing around and letting Bradley swing and miss at him, he would have floored "Desert Storm" way before the decision had to go to the judges.

It seemed like Pacquiao took this fight lightly in the hours before. He was missing from his training room because he was running on a treadmill to work on his tight calves. But that won't be the case if there is to be a rematch. 

Pacquiao's legacy will be on the line—or whatever is left of it after that debacle of a ruling. He needs to come out and pummel Bradley from the first bell, and he's going to do so. He was a much better fighter on Saturday night. He hit a higher percentage of both jabs and power punches, and just looked better in the ring. What did Bradley do to deserve a win?

If the two meet again, it will spell the downfall of Bradley. Pacquiao probably could have knocked him out on Saturday, but in their next fight, he most certainly will.