Ex-Manny Pacquiao rival urges him to retire as he makes shock claim about comeback fight
Manny Pacquiaoโs old rival Tim Bradley has called for him to head back into retirement after insisting his โtime is upโ following his comeback fight against Mario Barrios last weekend.
Pacquiao returned from a four-year absence to hold Barrios to a majority draw in their WBC welterweight title fight as he almost became a world champion again at 46.
However, Bradley, who faced Pacquiao three times between 2012 and 2016, was not particularly impressed and has made a shock claim that Barrios went easy on the Filipino legend.
Speaking on his own YouTube channel, Bradley said: โIโm going to keep it real, Manny Pacquiaoโs time has been up. You know the fact that heโs a special type of athlete, heโs a legend, heโs able to get in there with Mario Barrios who basically somewhat carried this guy, man, he carried Manny Pacquiao.
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โI donโt care what anybody say, he carried him. Yes, all he had to do was step on the gas especially in the middle, the back end of the fight where heโs the younger fighter.
โHe has more energy, he could have gave more effort because obviously he got hit with some straight left hands and he was able to take it but it didnโt seem like he wanted to.โ
Bradley holds a controversial win over Pacquiao, having beaten him via split decision 13 years ago.
But Pacquiao outpointed him in the next two meetings to edge their rivalry. Bradleyโs second defeat by Pacquiao was his last professional fight as he retired a two weight-world champion with 33 wins from 37 bouts.
Pacquiao has now had 73 fights and has no intention of stopping yet, despite Bradleyโs comments.
He has welcomed a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, while Ryan Garcia and WBA welterweight titlist Rolando โRollyโ Romero have also thrown their names into the mix to take on โPac Manโ next.
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