Amir Khan believes Manny Pacquiao will win Timothy Bradley by knockout

Former WBA (Super) & IBF Light Welterweight champion, Amir Khan, is preparing for his showdown with the undefeated WBC Junior Welterweight champion, Danny Garcia, on July 14. However, the big fight this weekend is between his stablemate Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley.

Khan, who trains alongside Pacquiao at the Wild Card gym, has offered his insight on how he thinks things will transpire.

The 25-year-old, who has had various verbal wars with Bradley in the past, believes the Filipino star will win by the way of a knockout somewhere in the mid rounds.

“I give the fight to Pacquiao by knockout. Maybe mid rounds. Manny will start finding his openings and start hurting him towards the mid rounds and put pressure on him. I don’t think Bradley’s fought anyone of [Pacquiao’s] caliber or as strong as him. Especially at 147 where Bradley has had maybe one or two fights at the weight division” said Khan as he spoke exclusively to BoxingScene.com.

Bradley, known as Desert Storm, has never been defeated in the ring as of yet. He holds a perfect record of winning all of his 29 professional fights (1 no contest), with 12 of his wins of coming by the way of a knockout. Therefore, Khan admitted that it is not going to be a cake wake for Pacquiao but still he believes the Filipino star will emerge as a winner.

“It’s going to be a big test for Bradley. But don’t get me wrong. Bradley is a tough fight but Manny knows how to cope and adapt to his style,” said the Bolton native.

Well, all said and done, Pacquiao, who is rated as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, will enter the ring as a red-hot favorite against Bradley yet only time will tell if he can really become the first man to defeat Bradley in the ring.

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