By Ryan Burton
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada - BoxingScene.com caught up with WBO welterweight champion Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley after his 9th round knockout of Brandon Rios. The fight was televised by HBO who also broadcast Vasyl Lomachenko's 10th round knockout of Romulo Koasicha.
Even though he won every round, Bradley absorbed a few big shots early on. In the fifth round Rios slowed down considerable and the two-division champion dominated the rest of the way and stopped Rios with a body shot.
After the fight Bradley said that it was one of the best fights of his career.
"This is probably one of my most satisfying performances. I felt pretty comfortable in there. I told you guys I wasn't going to run around in there. I told you I was going to stay in there and fight," said Bradley.
Bradley is 1-1 against Manny Pacquiao but his win in 2012 was a disputed victory that many felt should have been awarded to the Filipino. His name along with Terence Crawford and Amir Khan have been mentioned as candidates for what will likely be Pacquiao's final fight on April 9th, 2016.
Bradley said that he is confident that a third fight would be a different story with new trainer Teddy Atlas in his corner.
"He would come up with a masterful game plan. We would work on it day in and day out and things could quite possibly be different. We haven't reviewed that tape (of the fight) but I am sure if we got that fight he would eliminate my mistakes," Bradley told BoxingScene.com.
As for when he wants to return to the ring, Bradley said, "Probably the beginning of next year like March or April,"
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