Fight expert and analyst Bob Sheridan believes that if Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines doesn’t bring his best in the potential fight against American Terence Crawford, the Filipino will suffer an upset loss against one of the rising boxers in the super lightweight division.

Sheridan, who is credited for calling over 10,000 fights as a broadcaster for boxing and mixed martial arts, shared his thoughts to ontheropesboxing.com about a variety of topics including the probable Pacquiao-Crawford match-up and the possible rematch between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.

“No, if he had that injury that he claims he had before the fight, then that Manny Pacquiao is not good enough to beat Terence Crawford. He would have to be in a one hundred percent physical condition to be able to beat Terence Crawford,” Sheridan told Robert Brown of OTR Boxing when asked about Pacquiao’s chances against Crawford.

Sheridan admitted that the boxing world still doesn’t know “how good Crawford is” and that he’s interested to see how Crawford, who is undefeated in 27 career bouts, would be able to handle the pressure against a big name fighter like Pacquiao, especially if the Filipino is one hundred per cent healthy.

In addition, Sheridan discussed the subject of a probable Mayweather return and a rematch with Pacquiao but said that he does not see the American coming back. He said Mayweather has “been there and done that.” Sheridan added though that he won’t be surprised to see Mayweather return.

Crawford is just one of the many opponents reportedly being considered by Pacquiao for his next fight scheduled in April 2016. Others in the running as Pacquiao opponent are Amir Khan and Timothy Bradley.

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