When Manny Pacquiao meets Timothy Bradley on June 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, for “Pac-Man’s” WBO welterweight world championship, the two fighters will have a host of interesting things going on before and during the fight.

Here are 10 things you need to know about Pacquiao-Bradley.

  1. Pacquiao Barely Even Mentioned Bradley at the NYC Press Conference

Pac-Man was besieged with questions about everyone and everything, it seemed, except the fighter he was actually scheduled to fight next during his roundtable discussion with reporters during the second leg of the Pacquiao-Bradley press tour. This doesn’t mean Pacquiao won’t train hard. His soon-to-be Hall of Fame trainer, Freddie Roach, says Pacquiao will continue training as hard as always.

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WBO bantamweight champion Jorge Arce (59-6-2, 45KOs), who returns later tonight against Lorenzo Parra in Mexicali, is hoping to fight again on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas – as part of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley pay-per-view undercard.

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