Bradley to get about $5 million for Pacquiao fight
February 10th, 2012
By Chris Williams: As it turns out, WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) made the right move to turn down the $1 million + offer to fight former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan last year, because Bradley is set to make about $5 million smackers against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Wow! So Bradley is going to make five times the amount he would have received had he fought Khan. Does anyone now doubt that Bradley made the right move in skipping the fight against the hit and run Khan? It was a smart move by Bradley.
Bradley’s biggest paydays of his career came against Devon Alexander and 40-year-old Joel Casamayor in his last two fights, both of which netted Bradley a little over $1 million apiece. It’s obviously but not so good in comparison to the cash he’s going to get for the Pacquiao fight.
Bradley made his own opportunities when he left his former promoter Gary Shaw and signed with Top Rank Promotions. This then made it easy for Top Rank president Bob Arum to set up one of his usual in house fights, because Arum has almost completely run out of Top rank fighters to put in with Pacquiao. It’s down to Brandon Rios, Mike Jones [who may be too big], Miguel Cotto and Bradley. I suspect Rios, Jones and Cotto will all get a shot against Pacquiao before he retires but for now it’s going to be Bradley that gets the $5 million payday.
Arum was kind of stuck with Bradley, however, because the opponent that he wanted, Cotto, refused to weaken himself by going down to 147lbs to fight Pacquiao. With Cotto refusing to melt down, Pacquiao opted not to meet him at a catchweight of a 150. This left Arum with few choices. Lamont Peterson was mentioned as a possible Pacquiao opponent, but he’s not a Top Rank guy and doesn’t have much of a following. It was probably him not being a Top Rank guy that get him dismissed in the Pacquiao lottery.
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$5 millilion!! Brillant move against your promoters!! Now go out there and do what you do!!!
thats bubblegum change to what tim bradley will be earning in the not to distant future.
You can say that cotto will get 35 of the PPV, but the problem is will this fight make over 1M PPV. Wait after May 5!
this will be easy work for bradley.
This fight, Manny Pacquiao VS Timothy Bradley is a sure firecrakers. They are both offensive fighters. The winner is the SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
As usual, Manny Pacquiao is consistently demolishing CHAMPIONS. Look at the rear view of his recent previous fights, they are all CHAMPIONS AND EX-CHAMPIONS.
Bradley is fast and maybe a little faster than Manny but doesn’t really hit hard.. and he is right, Manny’s deteriorating and will need to overhaul his team…his leg cramps and his duties as congressman is keeping him in top shape. He no longer has fire in his eyes when he fights. I feel he is just there for the money while he still can. Bradley for a fact has a chance to dismantle Manny.
B e a r c a t says:
February 10, 2012 at 6:11 pm
how does bradley train his head?
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He sharpened it like a knife. lol
Pacman is should have opted for safer fights, lil floyd or Cotto at catchweight 150.
Chris Williams is going for Bradley … you all know what that means?
MANNY WILL WIN … and that’s a FACT!!!!
So Bob Arum did good this time, but Chris Williams is splitting black curly hairs trying to come up with something negative to say.
I thought the June date was needed to build the temporary stadium. I didn’t realize the MGM was now a temporary stadium.
It’s 1 million for the fight and 4 million for his retirement check.
oh and by the way, it’s by “FORBES” worlds famous
just searced worlds top paid athlete and PAC is among top 20 and floydPED is o where to be found!! just sayin….peace up
@ B e a r c a t
Every single Bradley article you mention his head. You are so dumb and retarded
I am not a Pac fan, but he wll mop the floor with Big Head Bradley lol
LOL @ POLO schooling the Pactards all the time.
Pacquiao is the biggest fraud in Boxing history
I just went on you tube and watched more high lights of Tim Bradley. He is a very light hitter so he will not knock out the Ped-man. He has a hard style but regardless will be an easy fight for Pacquiao which is why the signed Bradley.
@ you know im right,
This time you could be wrong or right. but at the moment pacman and bradley fight is interesting and more explosive. Pacquiao could lose or win but that’s the essence of the game: uncertainty and risks. High risk high reward concept must be new to you.
@Polo, I completely agree with you. But keep in mind, FMJ forced Arum’s hand. They wanted another drained Cotto at 148 LBS. Floyd agreed to fight Cotto in his living room at a full 154 LBS, and Cotto jumped at the chance. Cotto will be getting more money than he has ever earned in his entire life by fighting FMJ.
Manny Pacquiao had no other choice, and will get his biggest nightmare by having to fight Timothy Bradley.
WOW i am so surprised they r overpaying him. Remember Marquez couldnt get his 2nd fight w/ Pacman bcuz he was only offered 1.2 million? Even Marquez vs Pacman 3, Marquez only received 5 million SO MARQUEZ DESERVED A WHOLE LOT MORE BCUZ HE IS MEXICAN w/ all his fans.
@p4p…. Why would he pick peterson????? Why would he pick clottey who just lost to cotto… Cotto who was just knocked out by margarito ….margarito who was just knocked out.by mosley… Hatton who was just knocked out by floyd???? Marquez who was.just shut out by floyd????? But bradley is finally a good choice.. Undefeated world champion ranked top ten p4p… In the world…. Will buy this fight….
Well done Tim.
Wow, 5 million dollars. That’s 1 million for the fight and 4 million to take a dive.
Let’s see Arum talk about what he will make off the fight. That would be more interesting. Trouble is, he doesn’t know the difference between the truth and lies so no one could take him seriously about anything.
We know Pac will fight any one. As long as…..
Bob hires at least 2 out of 3 judges..
Got to have a catch weight.. OF COURSE…
The fighter has to sign with Top Rank…
You can not request any test for PEDS…Pac is clean so no test needed..
Why would Arum choose Peterson when Bradley annihilated Peterson.. You make no sense like usual CHRIS!!!
Why would Arum choose Peterson when Bradley annihilated Peterson.. You make no sense like usual Scoty.
@ pac you… Sometimes I wonder about ur mental health. Cotto is making more then manny and bradley combined for his fight…. We won’t even get into what floyd is to make.
@anonymous…. Don’t be a haiter cotto is making 30 mill vs floyd. He is getting 35 percent of everything floyd getting 65 percent of everything…. That’s what happens when u are ur own boss u get paid….. Ortiz was stupid shoul have held out could have gotten five mill or more floyd had no othet big money options at the time….
Cotto can only make $1.5-million to the scared and coward Floyd Jr bcoz this fight si too boring.Bradley deserves to get $5-million bcoz although he fights Pacman which is the biggest earning boxer in this era but Bradley is still a neophyte,ok?Bwahahahahahaha!
Watch how much money Bradley commands on June 10th. The day after he defeats Pacquiao! Pacquiao will be getting $5 Mil in the rematch!
rubbish if pacs biggest pay day was 7mil then cotto never got 10! cotto can make much more now because he’s promoting himself so he makes much more cash its not lining arums pocket instead.
Cotto got upwards of $10 million for the Pacquiao fight. Now against Mayweather he’ll get upwards of $15 Million (don’t believe the $20-30 million hoax). That’s 10 times Ortiz’s take home pay from Mayweather. You think Cotto would let Floyd maul him with that money. I say maybe but on second thought Cotto might take it to mean he will have to maim Mayweather. That we’ll see.
he could have fought khan no probs and got more for this chris you are a cack hack you have to go
Bradley to get about $5 million for Pacquiao fight ? Is that good enough for him? Ortiz got $1.5million from Mayweather and didn’t mind getting punched black and blue. Well he deserved both the money and the punches. Mayweather truly is generous both ways. Lol.
I think this will be the biggest money that Bradley can get bcoz after this fight,surely he’ll lost to Pacman by knock-out.And this will be a sign that Bradley is going down.Bwahahahahahaha!
@hahahaha. Good point dude
I guess Peterson learned from he’s fight with Bradley that the head is a good weapon, khan will be ready for it this time
Styles make good fights khan would of beaten Bradley …he would of expected bradley to come with the head not peterson
if its TOP RANK no good 4 mr. williams…my verdict??? william s “JEALOUS”
@scot.the snot…. U mean the same khan that lost.to Peterson who bradley destroyed when they fought??????
You mean if he had fought Khan he would have lost. Otherwise he would be getting more money.
great artical but hit and run khan the guys a great boxer.in and out fast and A BIT OF POWER the art of boxing is to hit and not get hit hes not stupid knows his chins not great so fights to his strenghts.
great articles like usual. good stuff