Boxing News 2015: Timothy Bradley Wants Fight Against Canelo Alvarez, Miguel Cotto
Timothy Bradley is looking for big fights after his recent win, and the former world champion expressed interest in facing either World Boxing Council middleweight champion Miguel Cotto or Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
Bradley, who holds a 32-1-1 record with 12 knockouts, is coming off a unanimous decision win against Jessie Vargas in their non-title welterweight fight at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Saturday night.
Following his victory against Vargas, Bradley declared that he is willing to move up in weight to face the best fighters available in higher weight class.
"I want to fight the best fighters available. 154 is a feasible weight for me. I walk around at 165, 170, 175. I can even get to 185," Bradley said via BoxingScene. "Look at my pops at how big he is. I can go up and bring my skill."
Bradley, whose lone defeat came in the hands of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao last year, has been campaigning at the welterweight division over the past several years, but the 31-year-old insisted he will be even stronger at 154 pounds or the junior middleweight division.
"I have no problem at all," Bradley said of moving up to 154. "At 154 I'll be even stronger. Anything is possible. I can go to 154, I can stay at 147. Anything is possible. I will fight anybody. I would love to see how good I can be."
Cotto and Canelo are currently the top junior middleweight fighters, and the two boxing superstars could face each other for the WBC middleweight title later this year. The two camps have yet to finalize a deal, but Cotto's legal adviser said in a recent interview the fight could happen on November 21.
"There is a lot of movement in every direction," Penagaricaño said of the negotiations for the Cotto-Alvarez fight. "Where will the fight take place? That's something that we have not determined. On November 21, that it is a possibility. But even that is not entirely defined. The date will be linked to the location."
But while Bradley is an intriguing option for both Alvarez and Cotto, he will have to wait for his turn because unbeaten middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is in line to get a title shot.
Golovkin, who has a perfect 33-0 record with 30 of his victories coming by knockout, including his last 20 wins, is the mandatory challenger for the WBC middleweight title that will be at stake in the planned Cotto-Alvarez bout.
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