before any punches are thrown, the road begins. at a point of origin where the roots of a boxing match can be found, alongside the peculiar factors that drive a man to fight for a living. manny pacquiao is one of the most famous people in the world, an icon who has used his sport to transform himself into a statesman and ambassador, becoming a symbol of possibility to millions. but beneath the likeness of a giant is a 33-year-old man who has found himself searching for stability amid overwhelming fame. >> you are getting -- >> a balance he says he's now found in unconditional devotion. >> i'm setting an example to people that even in my prime i

need god in my life. because without god, you know, we're nothing. >> more than 7,000 miles away, at first glance, the life of timothy bradley looks remarkably normal. at least until you step into his office. bradley may be a family man in a sleepy california paradise, but he's also a boxer. he's never lost a professional fight. passing every successive ring test he's taken in continually steady fashion. >> bradley takes and gives no quarter. he fights and fights and fights. >> now, he's earned, by far, the biggest opportunity of his life against one of boxing's pound for pound kings. >> i know what i'm capable of doing and i know when i can meet a fighter. i just know it. i think they might be underestimating me. i don't think they really know

what they got themselves into. >> their clash presents itself as a classic tale of supremacy against hope, even as their stories reveal so much more about what drives them. how they live informs why they fight. who they are defines what they do in the ring. and long before they come together, the road to pacquiao/bradley begins. >> this is home for tim bradley, a four-bedroom house in indio, california that he shares with his family.

a family well versed in the opponent's resume. >> they're pacquiao fans, they respect what he does but they know he met his match. >> pacquiao better be ready. >> yeah. >> they know how hard i work every day, you know and they know what i bring to the table, so -- i just pretty much hang out all day with my family, my kids. that's my life. family and gym. i'm a family man. >> bradley grew up only 20 miles from here in palm springs. though not in the part of the resort town most visitors are familiar with. the north end was laden with broken homes and broken families. the bradleys were different. thanks to mom, kathy, and father, tim, senior. known to everyone around the neighborhood as big ray. >> you're dropping your hands. >> my dad was, had a huge impact on my life. i remember going to the weight room with him, 8 years old and i just wanted to be around him and

do what he did. >> your quick shot sets up the power hand. i'm an athlete and i train 24/7. when i was young and he looked at me, you know, as a father, as a role model, and like you know what, if my dad can do it, you know what, i want to do it with him. >> in a place like the north end the lessons and guidance didn't immediately take hold. as a youngster, bradley found trouble constantly. getting suspended from school as early as the second grade for fighting. >> you had to be tough or you'll get bullied and i chose the tough man road. i had a chip on my shoulder. couldn't look on me a certain way. i had a thug mentality. >> i told him, ain't no thug going to live underneath my roof. i have to beat some sense into you, i got to half strangle you, i got to do what i got to do but you're going to be somebody. >> everything changed when a

friend told a 10-year-old bradley he should give boxing a try. big ray walked his son into a nearby gym. on trips back nearly two decades later, still feels in many ways like he never left. >> 18 years ago, i walked in this gym and 18 years we've been working, so that's why i like when people say, bradley don't deserve this shot, dude, i spent 18 years of my life dedicating myself to this boxing game. >> tired just watching you, boy. >> i deserve this shot. this is the reason why, 18 years. 18 years, hard. never quit. ♪ ♪ i can do anything today ♪ i can go anywhere ♪ i can go anywhere today ♪ la la la la la la la [ male announcer ] dow solutions help millions of people by helping to make gluten free bread that doesn't taste gluten free.

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>> i'm excited to back into training because i haven't been at the gym since november, the last fight. so, i'm excited to go back to the gym. >> manny pacquiao, congressman, entertainer and national fist of the philippines. the 60th professional bout of his career may still be in the distance, however days like this confirm the foundation of his popularity is still his punches. but after training today, the club undergoes a rapid transformation from gym to pulpit, one of the fighter's not regular bible sessions.

>> the people thinking about religion but the most important is for us, for everybody is our relationship to god. >> we have the word of god. we need to repeat the words night and day. >> religion can't save you but only can save you is your faith. it says not everyone says to me lord, lord will enter the kingdom of heaven, only the one, the one who does the father of my will in heaven. >> it was last november when pacquiao says he had a dream. he was in a forest and a light from above shown down on him and he heard a voice. >> god speak to me and with a loud, very loud voice, why are you away from me?

why you keep away from me? when you hear the voice of god, amazing. it's like you're melting. it's like you're melting. >> look for clarity, pacquiao turned to the bible. >> when you read the bible you become successful. >> the awakening was crucial to the rebuilding of the boxer's bond with his wife, jinkee, following rumors of marriage problems that persisted for years. >> our life is like a roller coaster ride, yeah. now, it's very big difference than before. because before it's something like half-half, 50-50 trust and doubt, trust but now it's full trust. so, we have a happy life together. >> the couple owns a collection of buildings and businesses in general santos, team pacquiao

souvenir stores, blue gray coffeehouse franchise, women's clothing shop called jinkee's fashion world but they closed other family owned enterprises. >> manny decide not to play pool anymore because if you go to the place there is drinking, smoking or betting and then girls, so he decided to stop that all and then focus on jesus. >> i'm changing what i'm doing before, gambling, drinking, drunkenness, i really turn back. if you don't read the bible, you don't know the manual of your life and to know how to follow you learn the truth and the truth will set you free. ♪

>> it's early april in indio, california, there is no place in the world tim bradley would rather be than here in the gym. working full tilt even with his bout with pacquiao more than two months away. ♪ >> champions they persevere, they go through it. >> comes out for training, he trains really, really hard. he makes my job easy. >> my work day is beast. there is no one that can outwork me. cane outlast anybody. it hurts to be a champion. a lot of people say they want to be a champion but they really

don't want to put in the work, put in the time. burning, boy. >> bradley has been steadily putting in the time since he pro debut in 2004. he won a title belt in 2008 and emerged as one of boxing most heralded young stars, defeating range of contenders in the ring. >> an assault. >> down in a body shot. he's ready it fight you fire with fire. >> he's arrived here boosted by a voice that continues to cut through his workouts to this day. >> you got to rotate. >> a voice that's been there since the very beginning. >> i was his strength and conditioning coach since he came out of his mom's womb. he say, dad, folks don't train like this. like you make up every day. >> we was working out at the garage one day and we didn't have a medicine ball to toss around. my dad goes into the desert and gets a rock! he gets a rock.

sit down, lay down, this is your medicine ball. he's trying to hit me with a rock on my stomach. i couldn't believe it. >> let's go. >> he was brutal on me, man. he pushed me until he made me cry. he's like, you think this is hard? wait until you get in the ring, it's harder. >> three title belts later, the fighter has nothing but appreciation for his father. these days his role is as a corner man on fight night but his presence still looms as the fight approaches. >> i'm glad he pushes me. at the time i didn't understand, now i do. he always says push past the pain. that's victory. >> underdog. i love you. >> i'll beat this guy. he's next to learn. he's next to learn. ♪

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while manny pacquiao is the favored fighter in his june 9th bout with tim bradley, his year's long wait has been blanketed by doubts by those closest to him. >> during the fight, i said, he is more bigger than you, like that, so i don't want to fight -- he's just laughing. so i realize that i should believe my husband.

i should believe he's capable, his capacity. >> the brilliance of the filipino slugger. >> we thought he was great, he's greater than that. >> if he has 100% focus on training. >> the questions arose with renewed vigor in november. and pacquiao fought long-time rival marquez for a third time following a pair of close and thrilling bouts at lower weights. at the 144-pound limit for this affair, pacquiao expected to be the bigger man. >> when i saw marquez, he's bigger than me. so, i'm surprised of his body. >> hard right hand by marquez. pacquiao was knocked back on his heels. >> it was also the first time in years that pacquiao looked anything close to vulnerable in the ring. >> marquez is a good

counterpuncher. the fight it would be boring -- >> marquez is giving as good as he's getting from round to round and staying right there with manny pacquiao once again. >> pacquiao was awarded a close majority decision but for her part, jinkee believes their personal problems played a factor in the ring that night. >> that fight he was bothered so much. we've been going through a lot on our relationship, ups and downs and rumors, everything. that is happening in our life, small problem with the family and yeah. yeah, i admit that. yeah. >> but when the fighter looks back, he points to an element of training he elected to omit, his workouts with strength coach. >> we have a lot of things missing on training on that fight.

because on that training we don't apply the tricks, just underestimated him. it's not going to happen again. >> manny pacquiao will soon travel thousands of miles from his home to train in los angeles, by contrast, tim bradley prefers to stay close to home. >> splish splash, splish splash. >> when i'm here i'm not distracted whatsoever. how does your family distract you? i don't understand that. those are your loved ones. if anything, they would embrace you and help you. they'll motivate you. >> he's like, 110% dedicated to everyone of our kids. what i really appreciate is that tim will never refer to them as my stepson or my stepdaughter. there is no difference for him and that's really awesome because it has made my kids feel accepted by him and they just love each other. it's really good. >> monica bradley was a divorced

mother of 2 when she began dating the fighter five years ago. their connection only grew when he met her children. >> robert was 7. and alicia was 2, 2 and three months, they reacted well to him because he's such a kid friendly person. he's just awesome. >> the bradleys married two years ago. last summer, jada joined the family and a scene that nearly put her father on the delivery room canvas. >> i almost passed out. i was in there, just like, i wanted to scream out like holy -- because it was like, this is freaking amazing. i saw jada i was like, wow, little bundle of joy right there. she's beautiful. she's a firecracker, man. keeps me busy, keep mess on my toes, more fuel to the fire now. i use my family as motivation. their happiness is my happiness. i want them to have an easy, easy life.

>> boxing has taken tim bradley just about as far as he could have hoped. yet, the road to his greatest test is just beginning. ♪ >> a lot of people say i don't hit hard enough. i wasn't quick enough. i was too short, too small for the weight class, never become world champion. three-time world champion. you know? i'm the number one fighter at 140 pounds, about to be the number one at 147 on june 9th. he's next to learn. it's not about the money. it's not about the money. it's about that spot. i want his spot. i want the throne.

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>> stardom can be a difficult attribute to quantify. how many know the name? how impressive is the body of work? how loudly does the voice resonate? perhaps, though, it's a bit more nuanced than that, perhaps stardom is something to be tracked in progress. perhaps the answer, in fact, lies in how closely everything is followed along the way. this is 24/7. ♪ ♪ i'm going going back back to cali ♪

>> in southern california, the growing city of indio sprouts out of the desert and you'll find the local boys and girls club. training headquarters of boxer tim bradley. ♪ the 28-year-old learned to box in nearby palm springs but trained here with only the most essential of personnel his entire pro career. he's changed nothing for his biggest bout yet against manny pacquiao on june 9. >> my company is my family. my team. that's all i need. >> you see it? you feel me? okay of. >> another unvarying presence is trainer joel diaz, himself a former pro fighter from the area. the pair's relationship began at

the start of bradley's pro career in 2004. its success can be measured in the form of 28 straight victories without a loss. >> joel has had a big impact on my career. because when i first went to him, i had to start from scratch. >> stay low. every time. every time you move -- >> he's like, almost like a big brother to me and he makes me believe everything he says. he told me i was going to make it to this point. he told me that i'm going to win this fight. >> timmy works really, really hard. he has that determination that there is no limit to work. he comes to the gym and once he gets his hand grips on he's in work mode. >> bradley's worth ethic may be unquestionable but it's also unquenchable.

which has at times in the past exasperated diaz. >> i remember ai fight, he comes to the gym and he's fatigued. i mean, fatigued to the point which his body's tired. and he looks at me and says coach, i wanted to test my endures and. >> it was a week before my fight. i ran 23 miles. i just want to see how far i could take my body. and if i can take it 23 miles a week before a fight i'm ready. the fight is -- was only eight rounds. >> he worries me sometimes because he takes every fight like it's the biggest fight of his life and it could work against him but that's our job, to keep his focus. control him because he has no limit. he works extremely hard. >> bradley is by every measure the underdog against pacquiao

but inside the boys and girls club in indio, confidence, nonetheless, permeates the air. >> i know that the world boxing created a monster in manny pacquiao. you know what? he's a human being like everybody else. he's beatable. we're going to win that fight. and we have every single skill, ability to beat manny pacquiao. ♪ >> start and stop traffic in hollywood is only a perturbing as the driver permits to be and in training, manny pacquiao is unperturbed. >> i like los angeles. it's like me second home. it's fun to reunite the team and

train hard to win the fight. >> in preparing for tim bradley pack yoo has followed the same schedule as his last several bouts, starting training camp in the fill pee that restore the town before relocating with the team here in california in the first week of man. >> pacquiao's great. we had three weeks of good work. we were conditioning first and then we started sparring a bit later on. but the hard work that we're doing now is the important work, getting close to the fight. >> pacquiao's inner circle in the gym is familiar. led by freddie roach, assistant boo boy fernandez and his strength and conditioning coach alex ariza but a measure of tension developed between roach and ariza, following his early return to the u.s. to work with another fighter, chavez, jr.

>> well, you know, the thing is, i had pacquiao and top fighters, and i wanted to work with chavez, jr., i told him, i think it's a bad move. people make decisions and i think it was the wrong one but he's a grown man and he'll have to live with his decision, not me. >> when i spoke to manny and we had our conversation, he just said, you're only going to be gone really a couple of weeks. it's not like i left in the heart of training or two weeks before or i left for a whole camp. so, he just gave me the green light and said go help him. i'll see new l.a., it's okay. >> freddie is not very happy by the and you can see there is tension in the gym right now after we got back and alex joined us but frankly from my point of you, i don't give two hoots if alex is training manny or not.

>> to pacquiao it wasn't an issue and he's welcome back into the corner at the wild card. >> they are make a big issue but alex asked permission to me. if i'm okay if he go to go back to l.a. and wait here. if i don't agree he won't leave but i gave him permission to leave.

family rarely strays far from tim bradley's mind, particularly on this saturday. the surprise anniversary party planned for his wife in the evening. >> i want to thank everybody for coming out, supporting me and my wife. a great day. i tried to surprise her but you know, this woman could be in the fbi, man. definitely angel sent from heaven. i love you, thank you for everything. >> marriage appears to fit the bradleys well, even though the boxer didn't always resemble husband material. >> i was young, i was living the life, partying and hanging out in nightclubs and bars and you know just being cool. when i was 23, i met monica and when i met her i knew that she was the one. >> but monica's two children from a previous marriage made

her hesitant to get serious. >> i didn't want to bring just anybody into my kids' life. i told him, you don't have as much to lose as i do. i have three hearts in this relationship, you have one. >> before i actually asked her to marry me i had a talk with robert. i said rob, what do you think about me marrying my mom? >> when he stepped into our lives the man of the house was my son, robert. so, he felt that it was only right to respect that. >> i definitely had to get little man's approval, even though he was 6 years old or 7, he wasn't like a normal kid. very smart, man, very intelligent. and he said, i'm okay with that. and i said, cool, man. appreciate it. thank you. and let's go pick out a ring. >> now, two years later, with ten-month-old jada added to the

family, monica bradley says her union has never been stronger. >> he brought so much happiness to our life. i respect him, i support him. i think it's a fair trade. it's not more that he did for us or i did for him. i think we're even. ♪ >> for manny pacquiao, l.a. mornings beginning early, an amply supported run through griffith park. training is about molding the body for punishment. it's been a transformation of mind, he says, the centerpiece of his contending. ♪ jesus is just all right with me ♪ ♪ jesus is just all right oh yeah ♪

♪ jesus is just all right with me ♪ ♪ jesus is just all right >> i feel so happy and more than anything else, i'm so happy because i have eternal life. i'm walking with eternal life. any time, if i die, i know where i'm going. ♪ jesus is just all right with me ♪ ♪ jesus is just all right oh yeah ♪ >> i following the instruction, obey the commandments of god and i know god is in me and when i die i have eternal life. >> the fighter has explained his religious awakening is rooted in an internal hollowness. >> he definitely talked to me about those vices, talked about gambling and drinking, smoking,

partying, you know. he basically says you know, what i've got fame, i've got wealth but i'm empty. and i find myself empty. i find myself with no peace. >> pacquiao is staying here at his apartment until his wife arrives in the philippines. no matter where he is the evening routine is centered around regular bible studies. >> tonight manny will lead bible study for us tonight. >> what i was before, that was manny pacquiao, i prayed and believed in god -- >> this is the plan that god, he is my calling to spread his words and to share the words. >> when you read the bible, you read the bible your spirit will become alive. >> i see the hunger in his heart and i see the love for people. i see his whole perspective has changed and i'm telling you, it's the real thing. it's in the a show.

it's not a fake thing or for political gain or anything like that. it's the real thing. ♪ >> even as a recent controversy flared over the boxer's beliefs, the essence of his transformation is sendai to day and felt by everyone around him. >> i hate that old manny. because if you are in christ, you are a new creation. the old has gone and the new has come. ♪

>> weekdays in indio begin at 6:45 a.m. for the bradley family. >> get you some breakfast. get something. >> this is why bradley holds his camp at home, so he can be a father, too.

by 7:20, he's dressed and out the door to take his stepson, robert, to school. >> all right, kid. let's roll. i just don't change my life. i work my schedule around my family, you know, the kids at school while i'm training. i'll check you later, all right, man. have a good day. have a good day at your pops. be good. >> bradley returns home just in time to see stepdaughter alicia before she heads off to school with her mom. >> see you friday. all right, baby. be good. do good in school. >> which leaves the boxer a solid hour of one on one time with his baby girl. >> she likes do whatever she wants do. for the most part she's pretty easy. you let her play around. watch her make sure she doesn't fall on her head.

kids. she got a bradley head i'm not too worried too much about her head. you know what i'm saying? he got a hard head. but she is a sweetheart. >> it's good, huh? >> the breakfast special this morning, homemade smoothies. >> it look nasty but hey, my daughter loves it, it got to be good. ah! it's good, huh? >> he relishes these moments at home but important obligations are to be tended to at the gym. >> that's what i want. ♪ the training session lasts just over three hours.

afterwards comes a quick meal and a nap and then an eight-mile run at dusk flanked by his brother-in-law and a few neighbors on wheels. >> i love all of the people here. everybody in the neighborhood, everybody in the valley. they love what i do. you know, i work hard. that's right, baby, yeah! hometown support, baby. hear that? they believe in me, baby. they are going to get it done. want me to get it done, i have to get it done. i got to get it done. got to win. >> he began the day as a father, quietly reaffirming his commitment to his family. he ends the night as a boxer, loudly proclaiming his conviction for fight night. >> i'm the best. i'm the best. you got to prove to me you're better than me. you got to prove to me that you're better than me. prove to me. we'll see june 9 who the best in

the world is. you better be ready, boy. >> every fighter creates his own soundtrack in the boxing gym. manny pacquiao enhances his with rhythmic battle cries. still, with so much attention paid recently to his religious awakening, it would be natural to wonder if he's still willing to wage war in the ring. the fighter dismisses the notion wholeheartedly. >> this is the plan that god, he made me like this, this is my job and i have to perform and to make people happy. >> he's developing a love for people, so far him to punch you out on this, there is that conflict within. but we're in game. this is a sport. so, we play according to the rules. so, personally i don't think

there is anything wrong with it. i tell him go for it, if you can knock him out in the first round, knock him out, you know? >> this afternoon at the wild card, sparring is on the agenda. fresh set of faces deliberately brought in for the work. >> well, the old guys have been around for quite a while and manny is really friendly with them he doesn't like to hurt them. i give him three new fresh sparring partners and more the size of our opponent, bradley. this is the first time we found a guy that is actually shorter than us. >> the new partners will alternate rounds against the champ on instructions from the boss, no one will hold anything back. >> video cameras down. >> i believe every fight should end in a knockout.

when you can finish somebody, do it. >> set the short hook up okay. move that angle. >> i think manny pacquiao realizes that people in the world think that he's not that good anymore, maybe he's washed up a little bit because his last three fights haven't been the old manny pacquiao and i think that he has something to prove to the people. >> proof can only be offered on fight night but today's projections are promising. >> i like the sparring. i like the way they move,

similar to style of bradley. so, it's helped me a lot. >> it is his trainer says, the most focused the fighter's been in some time. the clouds are continuing accrue in his corner. following rumors that strength coach alex ariza has been fired by chavez, jr. ariza is staying silent on the issue but roach is not. >> one thing about alex, he's very good at what he does but just overdid it. great strength coach but wants to be a trainer and everything else. his head's gotten too big. need to calm him down a little bit. i think he's -- i don't appreciate that. might suggest to manny that we

get rid of him or i get a new strength coach. >> while his corner men feud the boxer remains the portrait of a man at peace, the unlikely combination of faith and ferocity, steadying his focus. ♪ it would seem natural to assume a fighter's most critical assets are innate. but no one is born with belief. there are decisions every man makes for himself. what will govern his conduct? what will compel his choices? what he will live for. the spiritual and the beloved have come to define their

belief. the sport of boxing has granted them a way to express it. >> 30 seconds, champ, let's go. ♪ >> what you gonna do? [ laughter ] ♪ >> june 9, you taking manny down. ♪

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