Timothy Bradley
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum could have a June 9th fight between Tim Bradley and Manny Pacquiao finalized this weekend, according to RingTV. Arum promotes both Bradley and Pacquiao so there shouldn’t be any issues.
The fight will likely be a lot easier to make now that Arum’s main target Miguel Cotto is no longer available for the Pacquiao fight due to Cotto signing to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Chris Williams: It looks as if Oscar De La Hoya’s prediction about Top Rank promoter Bob Arum matching Manny Pacquiao up with Timothy Bradley is about to come to fruition, as the 80-year-old Arum is talking about Bradley being the likely next fight for Pacquiao on June 9th in Arum’s four fighter tournament.
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Top Rank CEO Bob Arum says that undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) is now the frontrunner to face Filipino superstar WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) in June. If Bradley does land the fight with Pacquiao it would be by far the most lucrative payday of his career.
By Julian Valenzuela: I really cant believe what I’m reading in all of the comments people are leaving on articles speaking of Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley. People actually think Bradley has a chance to win this fight.
By Chris Williams: Miguel Cotto is still the guy that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants to match against his fighter Manny Pacquiao on June 9th, although the negotiations have reached an impasse due to Pacquiao not willing to fight above 147 and Cotto not willing to fight below 150.
By Chris Williams: According to RingTV, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is thinking about matching Manny Pacquiao up with WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley next along with a fight between Lamont Peterson vs. Juan Manuel Marquez in what would be a four-man mini tournament.
By Chris Williams: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) could be the last man standing if Manny Pacquiao’s personal advisor Michael Koncz isn’t able to make a deal with Floyd Mayweather Jr. for him to face Pacquiao on May 26th or on June 9th.
By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach sees Top Rank CEO Bob Arum opting to skip Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the next opponent for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and instead look to put him in with one of his Top Rank fighters Miguel Cotto or Timothy Bradley next in a move likely done to maximize profits at the same time keeping his Top Rank fighters happy.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach openly admits that Pacquiao will be fighting someone else in his next fight in June and not Mayweather. Roach doesn’t do the selection of who Pacquiao fights, but he thinks it’s going to be Timothy Bradley or Lamont Peterson who get the call for the fight and not Miguel Cotto or Juan Manuel Marquez.
By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is fed up with Bob Arum of Top Rank making useless predictions about what his Golden Boy Promotion fighters will be fighting next. For example, Arum recently picked Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Robert Guerrero, which Schaefer has already pointed out won’t be happening.