Boxing or politics? Pacquiao's focus key against Bradley, says Donaire

Four-division world champion Nonito Donaire says that Manny Pacquiao must solely focus on boxing should he want to triumph over Timothy Bradley in their third encounter on April 9 (April 10 PHL time) at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao, who earlier landed in Los Angeles to continue his training camp at Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym, also has the upcoming elections to keep in mind as he is aspiring to fill a seat in the senate.

"We’ve seen Bradley in some really tough fights. It depends how tough his chin is still, everybody breaks down," Donaire told ontheropesboxing.com.

"We’ve seen him in very difficult fights and if Manny can land those big punches that he usually does, there’s a possibility of Manny winning that. But it takes a Manny Pacquiao that’s focused and determined."

Donaire, who is set to defend his world super bantamweight on April 23 in Cebu, adds that the fight result would actually boil down to Pacquiao's determination to go out with a bang.

"It’s a fight that we’ve seen before and it’s a very good contested fight between the two guys. They go out there and they show what they’re capable of. In the last two fights we saw that Manny Pacquiao should have been awarded two victories, but that’s in the opinion of others," said Donaire.

"In the fights that I’ve seen, Manny Pacquiao has a good advantage over Bradley, but for now with Bradley’s changes of coach and motivation — as well as Pacquiao’s with focus and politics — it may be a different fight coming into this third one. I would go for Pacquiao to win this fight because of what I’ve seen in the last two fights. But if Manny shows up unfocused and Bradley is more focused, then it’s going to be a different fight." —JM Siasat/JST, GMA News