Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum promotes both Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao, so far be it from him to rip one of his own fighters. But he's not buying this business from Bradley and some experts who believe Pacquiao, 35, has become too mellow in the ring.
"As we age, we're not the same as we were when we were a little younger, so that's clearly the case for everybody," Arum said. "Manny Pacquiao, I think, showed in the Rios fight that he knew how to go back to his roots. People looked at Pacquiao as being a knockout puncher because they remember the fight with Ricky Hatton, where he laid Hatton out (in the second round in May 2009).
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"As we age, we're not the same as we were when we were a little younger, so that's clearly the case for everybody," Arum said. "Manny Pacquiao, I think, showed in the Rios fight that he knew how to go back to his roots. People looked at Pacquiao as being a knockout puncher because they remember the fight with Ricky Hatton, where he laid Hatton out (in the second round in May 2009).
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