Both Pacquiao and Vargas had faced off with a common fighter in the ring and that is Timothy Bradley - let us watch how Pacquiao and Vargas did with Bradley to predict who will win their upcoming fight.
Timothy Bradley vs. Jessie Vargas on June 28, 2015
What happened? in this fight Jessie Vargas was being schooled by Bradley from the ring of the bell round 1 up to round 11. Things changed a little bit towards the end of round 12 when Jessie Vargas hit Bradley with a lucky one punch that almost sent Bradley to the canvas but with only 20+ seconds left in the final round Bradley hold on for dear life when suddenly the referee stopped the fight 10 secs. before the end of round 12 as the referee thought he heard the bell ringing signalling the end of the round. In short that 10 secs. was taken away from Vargas as he stopped fighting and went on to celebrate as he thought the referee stopped the fight and gave a TKO victory to him. But after things were clarified that Vargas didn't actually win a TKO they went to the scorecard and boom he lost to Timothy Bradley via a unanimous decision. Would Vargas have KOed Bradley with that 10 secs remaining in the final round? There's a slim chance that he would have finished Bradley off but the most probable was that Bradley would escape that lucky punch and finish the round clinching Vargas as he was already doing. Now let's see How Pacquiao did when he fought Timothy Bradley the 3rd time.
Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao on April 9, 2016
It was a close fight from Round 1 to 6 although Manny Pacquiao seems to be leading by a slim margin as he's able to connect combinations of punches together compared with Bradley. But the tied shifted when towards the end of round 7 Bradley got knocked down by Pacquiao with a left hook in between Bradley's neck and chin. The fight continues, and on round 9 Bradley got knocked down again by Pacquiao with another left hook to the middle of the face of Timothy Bradley. The fight continues but from here on Manny Pacquiao is clearly in command of the fight. Towards the last seconds of the final round Bradley got hit again with a straight left from Manny and almost went down for the 3rd time but hanged on to finish the round. The judges gave a unanimous decision victory for Manny Pacquiao.
There you have it, having Timothy Bradley as a reference point - who do you think will win? Pacquiao or Vargas?
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