Bradley warns Garcia on battling Pacquiao

Ryan Garcia hasn’t earned the right to fight Manny Pacquiao yet.

And if Garcia did manage to vault past more accomplished boxers like Errol Spence, Terence Crawford and Mikey Garcia, and forge a clash with Pacquiao, the young lion’s career will be in jeopardy. Pacquiao is going to knock him out and Garcia will never be the same again.

This was the brutal assessment of two-division world champion Tim Bradley regarding the possible fight with Pacquiao being peddled by Garcia himself. (READ: Ryan Garcia claims ‘dream turned reality’ with Pacquiao fight teaser)

In a recent interview with Fighthype.com, Bradley said he doesn’t want the Pacquiao-Garcia matchup. 

Bradley believes once Pacquiao lands one of those solid lefts, Garcia would get hurt. (READ: Pacquiao begins training for upcoming ‘legacy’ fight)

Bradley should know. He felt those missiles many times on his 3 welterweight bouts against Pacquiao.

After Juan Manuel Marquez, who tangled with Pacquiao 4 times, winning once, drawing once and losing twice;  Bradley has shared more rounds (36) with the eight-division world champion than any other fighter.

On record, Bradley won their first bout by split decision, although a review conducted by a panel of experts revealed Pacquiao should have been the winner. To settle the issue, they fought two times more with Pacquiao emerging victorious.

Erik Morales also had a trilogy with Pacquiao, winning the first but getting stopped in the rematch and the third fight.

Bradley said the logical thing for the 22-year-old Garcia (21-0, 18 knockouts) to do is build up his credibility further, including fighting fellow 135-pound superstars Devin Haney and Teofilo Lopez.

According to Bradley, Garcia needs more improvement based on his last fight against former title contender Luke Campbell.

Bradley opined Garcia needs to correct these mistakes first, instead of focusing on Pacquiao.

Otherwise, Garcia would likely “get slept” by Pacquiao. – Rappler.com