By Edward Chaykovsky
Former two division world champion Timothy Bradley is still not on board with Manny Pacquiao's injury excuse for last month's twelve round decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao said he injured his right shoulder a few weeks before the fight and made a decision to move forward. He further injured himself during the fourth round and had shoulder surgery a week later.
Bradley, who fought Pacquiao twice and suffered leg injuries during both matches, says the Filipino superstar has to deal with his decision to go forward with the bout and the consequences that followed.
"Injuries happen. They can happen in the course of a fight, they can happen in training camp. But you make that decision going into the biggest fight of your career, to fight a fight when you are not 110%, that’s your fault. You can’t blame anybody else, that’s your fault," Bradley told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
"If Manny was hurt going into the fight, that’s his fault. He could have postponed it, he could have fought on another date, but obviously he made that decision, and his team made that decision with him. So you got to deal with the result, that’s another loss on your resume."
"It does affect you, I have been injured in both of my Manny Pacquiao fights, I felt I would have done a lot better if I was not injured, but that was not the case. I am not making any excuses, Manny Pacquiao is a great, great fighter, one of the best in this generation no doubt. I felt I could have done better, but that was just not the case."