By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley is making it known that he’s not going to lay down like a dog and give Manny Pacquiao back his World Boxing Organization title just because people are unhappy with the results of the fight last Saturday night when Bradley pulled off a big upset by defeating the aging Filipino on HBO pay-per-view in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bradley told ESPN 1100 “I earned the belt and I’m not giving the belt back. Anybody out there that thinks I should give the belt back, the belt is not going back. I deserve the belt. I won the fight regardless of what anyone thinks…I’m telling you I gave this guy hell.”

I agree with Bradley 100 percent. He doesn’t have to give Pacquiao anything back, because he beat him fair and square last Saturday night. I know it probably hurts Pacquiao to take another loss his record, but I’m sure it also hurt Juan Manuel Marquez when he lost a controversial decision to Pacquiao the last two times he fought him. I didn’t see Pacquiao rushing out to give Marquez the title belt in those two fights, so why should Bradley hand his title back.

Pacquiao finally has found out the hard way what Marquez has had to deal with in his fights with him. I know it’s got to hurt, but that’s the way it goes. Bradley fought beautifully, out-boxing Pacquiao and making him look more like a 40-year-old than a 33-year-old. I thought it was Bradley’s best fight of his career in terms of showing his talent, and to think that he did it with two serious injuries in his feet. That shows you how good Bradley is.

I hope Pacquiao and his fans aren’t waiting for Bradley to give back his WBO title, because it’s not going to happen. That’s Bradley’s belt now. If Pacquiao wants the strap back, he’s going to have to either fight Bradley or wait for him to vacate it. I think Pacquiao doesn’t have enough time left in his career to wait Bradley out, so he should just move on and look for easier targets that can’t move or box. Pacquiao does good against stationary fighters, so maybe he should look for some guys that aren’t able to move.