For several months after what was supposed to be the landmark victory of his career, Timothy Bradley was miserable.
He was attacked by the media,
scorned and vilified by the public. He was, for a long time, miserable
and didn't want to see or talk to anyone after he defeated Manny
Pacquiao on June 9, 2012.
The vast majority of media felt
Pacquiao deserved the victory. Promoter Bob Arum decried the outcome and
called for the Nevada attorney general to investigate. The WBO, which
sanctioned the fight, appointed a panel to re-judge the bout, which
concluded Pacquiao had won.
All of that had an impact upon
Bradley, but it was nothing like the invective heaped upon him by
outraged Pacquiao fans. They bombarded him with vile, malicious comments
and turned his life into a nightmare.
Bradley will put the WBO
welterweight title he lifted from Pacquiao that night on the line
Saturday when he rematches Pacquiao in an HBO Pay-Per-View bout at the MGM Grand Garden.
He is, however, a much different
man, though it took a lot of time for the wounds to heal from the
torrent of abuse he'd received.
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