Bradley: Chaves Fight Could Be Like a Provodnikov War

By Edward Chaykovsky

Former two division world champion Timothy Bradley (31-1, 12KOs) says his upcoming fight with Diego Chaves (23-2, 19KOs) could end up being another "Fight of The Year" war, similar to last year's twelve round slugfest with Ruslan Provodnikov.

The fight with Chaves takes place on December 13th from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

"I think it’s a really good match up, honestly. Diego Chaves, a lot of people don’t really know him, a lot of people got to know him against Rios just a bit and how he’s a dirty fighter. They haven’t seen that much of him but he’s actually a pretty good fighter," Bradley told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.

"He’s a really, really tough opponent, especially coming back off a loss to Manny Pacquiao. Most guys saying, “Oh you should do a tune up fight.” I just want to fight the best, just bring it on. It’s another one of those types of fights where it could end up like Provodnikov and myself or it could end up being like a Juan Manuel Marquez-Tim Bradley fight all over again. It just depends on how I feel that night."