HBO's award-winning franchise "24/7" returned tonight with the premiere of "24/7 Road To Pacquiao-Bradley", the all-access reality series following 8-division world champion champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated jr. welterweight champion Timothy Bradley as they prepare for their June 9 showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Not in every fight you can give your best. It depends on your opponent. I have to accept Marquez is a good counter puncher. If I don't create the action, the fight, it will be boring...We have a lot of things missing in training in that fight, because in that training, we don't apply the plyometrics, so I just underestimated him. It's not going to happen again," Pacquiao would comment, making it clear that he will not underestimate Timothy Bradley come June 9th. Check out what else Manny Pacquiao had to say in episode 1 of 24/7 Road To Pacquiao-Bradley.
MANNY PACQUIAO:
I'm excited to [be] back into training because I haven't been at the gym since November, the last fight, so I'm excited to go back to the gym.
The most important is for us, for everybody, is our relationship to God. Religion can't save you, but only can save you is your faith.
God speak to me and with a loud, very loud voice, just, "Why you away from me?" You know. "Why you keep away from me?" When you hear the voice of God, amazing. It's like you're melting.
We need to read the Bible because the Bible is the manual to life, you know? When you read the Bible, the Bible will teach you, will correct you. When you read the Bible, we become prosperous and successful.
I'm changing what I'm doing before; gambling, drinking...if you don't read the Bible, you don't know the manual of your life and to know how to follow. You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
When I saw Marquez, he's bigger than me, so I'm surprised of his body, you know. I'm just underestimating him. It's a good lesson for me.
Not in every fight you can give your best. It depends on your opponent. I have to accept Marquez is a good counter puncher. If I don't create the action, the fight, it will be boring.
We have a lot of things missing in training in that fight, because in that training, we don't apply the plyometrics, so I just underestimated him. It's not going to happen again.
The park where we jog, that's the place where we start in boxing when I was young. I can still recall the memory of a young kid, you know? Keep your feet in the ground.
The Marquez fight, that's a very good lesson to me. Don't underestimate your opponent.
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