Bradley – “What about me?” [for a fight with Pacquiao or Mayweather]

By James Harold: Now that the mega-bout between five-time wold champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and seven-division champ Manny Pacquiao appears to be in pieces, World Boxing Organization light welterweight star Timothy Bradley has something to ask the two best fighters in the world, “The real question is what about Tim Bradley.” The 26-year-old World Champion, who is 25-0 with 11 knockouts is arguably the best light welterweight in the world bar the Filipino sensation Pacquiao.

Bradley is coming off of last month’s lopsided, 12-round unanimous decision victory over 25-year-old Lamont Peterson, who lost every round and was floored for the first time in his career by Bradley, despite entering with a record of 27-0, with 13 knockouts.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but now that they’re not fighting each other, you’ve got a gentleman right here, and I’m screaming and I’m waving my hands up in the air saying, ‘Let’s fight!’ You know? ‘Come on, let’s fight!'” commented Bradley, from his home in Palm Springs, Calif.

This would be a great fight for either Floyd Mayweather or P4P King Manny Pacquiao, as Bradley is very much a hot fighter right now, who is highly regarded in the boxing world. His scalp would be a great name to have on both fighters impressive resumes.

When questioned about any future fight he replied “I don’t know how true this is, but this is what I’m reading is that I understand that I guess that Floyd is supposedly trying to get a fight with Paulie Malignaggi. But I’m like, ‘Malignaggi? What about me?'” said Bradley, who looked fantastic from the start to finish against Peterson.

“And then, you’ve got Pacquiao going up to try to make history by winning his eighth title by going up and to face Yuri Foreman?” said Bradley. “I’m like, ‘Who is Yuri Foreman? He just won a world title and he gets a title shot already?'”

Malignaggi, 27-3, five KOs, is a feather fisted 140-pound pure boxing slickster known for his brilliant courage in his loss to a then in-form Miguel Cotto. Foreman, on the other hand, 28-0, eight KOs is a relatively unknown, unexciting fighter, who lacks the power to hurt Manny, beat Daniel Santos in November to become WBA junior middleweight champion.

“I’d go up to 147 pounds to face any of these guys. And I’m a 140-pounder. I’ll do whatever it takes,” said Bradley. Bradley in my opinion deserves a shot at one or both of these great fighters, and any fight that may happen would be an exciting affair.

When asked about a potential fight with the 23-year-old WBA champ, Amir Khan, 22-1, of England, he responded “I’m reading that Amir Khan don’t want to fight, and he’s got a purse bid coming up against Maidana, and that if he has to face Maidana then he’s going to vacate”.

Hopefully this fight can be made for later this year, and with the right promotion and at least a top quality performance, Bradley can become one of the top P4P fighters in the world and make him an instant household name. Bradley posses alot more skills in the sweet science than most of the names being thrown around as future opponents for Money and Manny.