NACHO Beristain, the Hall of Fame trainer of four-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez, said a victory by eight-division Manny Pacquiao over World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley is “inevitable.”
The two fighters clash for the third time at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 9.
Beristain trained the Mexican legend in his four fights against Pacquiao, including his crushing sixth-round knockout in their last fight on Dec. 8, 2012.
Bradley won his first encounter with Pacquiao in a bitterly criticized split decision on June 9, 2012, while the Filipino won the rematch by a lopsided unanimous decision on April 12,2014, setting up the trilogy which, according to boxing scene, doesn’t excite Beristain, who said it will be more of the same with Pacquiao coming out victorious.
One of the greatest Mexican trainers, Beristain was also in the corner of Marquez when he dropped a controversial split decision to Bradley on Oct. 12, 2013.
Bradley will enter the ring with veteran trainer Teddy Atlas, who steered him to an impressive ninth-round stoppage of Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios.
Pacquiao earlier went twelve rounds with Rios, before winning a one-sided decision.
Beristain, however, believes the presence ot Atlas won’t make a difference and the result would be an inevitable Pacquiao victory.
“Pacquiao should win because he is the better fighter,” said Beristain, who added he didn’t see any significant changes when Bradley stopped Rios. “No, I do not think Bradley will have a greater opportunity to get the win because Bradley is the same fighter.”
Beristain commended Pacquiao for being “a good fighter and a responsible fighter. He is not going to walk away from boxing with a loss, so he chose Bradley. And Bradley is a good fighter, but we all know who will win unless Bradley becomes a very different fighter than what he has shown throughout his career.”