I don't think the 1st fight was as awful a decision as most do. Not scoring it while watching, I thought Manny won. When I re-watched it without the volume and biased commentary, I could see how judges gave Bradley a lot of rounds. In most rounds, if not all rounds, Bradley carried the 1st 2 minutes. Manny poured it on in the final minute and did more in his 1 minute of work than Bradley did during his 2. Even though I scored it for Manny, I can see how some judges came to their conclusions. I thought Manny was undertrained for their 1st fight. I could actually tell by his physique during the 1st episode of 24/7, that he kind of let himself go. I just don't think he was 100%. When he got KO'd by JMM, he looked much better than he did against Bradley. Save for the KO. I thought he was on the verge of stopping JMM when he got careless and hit with the ultimate money punch. I thought he was sharp and accurate against Rios. I thought he responded well when Rios hit him and didn't show any signs of shell shock from being KO'd. Bradley, fought a brave, yet bad fight against Provo. I thought Bradley won that fight without controversy. I also thought he damn near shut Marquez out. The split decision was bullshit.
After all that, I just don't know what to think going into this fight? Bradley was injured for the last 8 rounds in the first fight, and still eked out the victory. Manny was undertrained. Manny got KTFO in his next fight. Bradley took some concussive punishment. They both pitched near shutouts in their next fights. Both are motivated going into this fight. I think it's going to be better than their 1st fight and extremely close. If you put a gun to my head and make me pick? Manny's power shots and still world class speed along with a much higher output than the 1st fight will make the difference. Manny by 8-4 without controversy. If he hurts Bradley anywhere near the degree that Provo did he will finish him.