by Edward Chaykovsky
Size won't matter, says former two-division world champion Timothy Bradley (31-1, 12KOs), who on December 13th returns to action against Diego Chaves (23-2, 19KOs) at the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Two of the biggest fights within Bradley's reach are in the higher weight divisions against superstars Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Miguel Cotto.
Bradley has no issue with facing either boxer at 154-pounds or even 160-pounds. Canelo fought his last two bouts at 155-pounds and Cotto is the WBC's middleweight champion.
"154-pounds, a lot of people think I’m crazy that I’m going to 154 because I’m a small guy, but let me tell you, I fought many years as an amateur at 152-pounds against guys that were 6′, 6’2, 5’11. Big guys, like the Dirrell brothers, just to give you an example of how big those guys are and I fought them in the amateurs. I don’t have any problem going up in weight to face them. They’re about my size, I don’t even think they’re that big, they’re just stocky," Bradley told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
"Going up to 160lbs, why not? I walk around at 170lbs, sometimes I get even above 170lbs. When I’m not training, when I’m not doing anything, I eat and my body naturally goes up to a higher weight. 160 is not bad for me, it’s not bad at all."
