Luis Sandoval catches WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley as he continues to train for his tough bout with Mexican former champion Juan Manuel Marquez at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Mexican star Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez (55-6-1, 40 KOs) is still steaming over his 2011 decision loss to Manny Pacquiao. Marquez avenged the controversial loss with a sixth round knockout of Pacquiao in 2012 - but the WBO welterweight title was only at stake in 2011. Before their fourth meeting happened, Pacquiao lost the title to Tim Bradley. On October 12th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Marquez will get a second chance to capture that WBO title when he faces Bradley (30-0-1, 12 KOs).
At the famous Romanza Gym in Mexico, former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez is working very hard, under the direction of Hall-of-Fame trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain, for his upcoming fight with undefeated WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, which takes place at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Marquez-Bradley will be carried by HBO Pay-Per-View.
Indio, Ca. "DESERT STORM IS READY" --- Undefeated WBO World Welterweight champion Timothy "Desert Storm' Bradley works out during media day for his upcoming world championship fight against four-division champion Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday, Oct 12 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas,Nevada. Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Zanfer Promotions, Wynn Las Vegas, Márquez Boxing, and Tecate, Bradley vs. Márquez will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley explains the reasons behind his strict vegan diet and the benefits of sticking to this strategy when a fight is coming up. On October 12th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Bradley will defend his championship against former four division beltholder Juan Manuel Marquez.
Former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez reflects on how he left his successful accounting career behind to focus full-time on boxing. On October 12th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Marquez will challenge undefeated Timothy Bradley for the WBO welterweight championship. Even though you were a successful accountant in Mexico, you gave it up to focus on boxing full-time. What was the motivation behind the career switch? Is accounting something you would like to return to after boxing?
By Thomas Hauser - On October 12th, Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez will meet in the ring at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The fight (which is being promoted by Top Rank and televised by HBO-PPV) falls midway between two more heavily hyped pay-per-view match-ups involving Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. That said; if Bradley wins, it will force the boxing establishment and boxing fans to give him his due. That would be good for Bradley and good for boxing. Bradley comes across as a man you’d let babysit for your children. “I try to be the best person I can be,” Tim says. “I focus on my family and my job, which is boxing. I stay out of trouble. I always try to do the right thing. I don’t like a lot of drama in my personal life.” In nine years as a pro, Bradley has fashioned a 30-and-0 record and beaten opponents like Junior Witter, Nate Campbell, Lamont Peterson, Luis Abregu, and Devon Alexander. On June 9, 2012, he won a twelve-round split-decision over Manny Pacquiao. “First round of the Pacquiao fight, “Tim recalls, “I was like, ‘Wow; this is it?’ This is the best fighter in the world? I can deal with him.’ Second round, something in my foot popped. I’m like, ‘Damn! I think I broke my foot. I can’t believe this is happening.’ I’d spent years trying to get to that place. It was the biggest fight of my life. So I told myself, ‘Forget about the pain. Do what you gotta do.’”
“Victory. It is every boxer’s most essential objective, even if the greatest triumphs, for any number of reasons, are sometimes shadowed by that most fundamental of questions: what comes next?” And with that taste of melodrama against a backdrop of slow motion, the seductive intonations of Mr. Naomi Watts brings us to the commercial at hand. “This is Bradley-Marquez, 24/7.”
There were several mixed opinions in the air following Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s controversial ten-round decision over Brian Vera on Saturday night. Inside of the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., Chavez would see scorecards of 98-92, 97-93, and 96-94 favor him, yet the tallies didn’t do justice to just how persistent and determined Vera was during their HBO showdown. Sharing his thoughts after the action, Tim Bradley, the sport’s reigning WBO welterweight champion, seemed to side with Vera’s activity over Chavez’s power punches. “I thought it was an interesting fight, man,” Bradley stated. “I thought [Vera] was the busier fighter. I thought he won the early rounds, some of the end rounds. But I thought that Chavez definitely landed the harder punches. He hurt him in numerous rounds with good shots. “Personally, I would have went for Vera,” Bradley continued. “He was busier and he was landing the punches and he came to fight.” There was much confusion in the days leading up to the fight, as Chavez revealed this past Tuesday that he wasn’t going to be able to make the contracted catch weight limit of 168 pounds. The two sides agreed to come in at 173 pounds and there was talk all week of a serious lack of discipline from Chavez’s end. Speaking on the Mexican star’s future, Bradley thinks he needs to look in the mirror and decide if this sport is truly his calling. “He really just got to refocus himself and see what he want to do; if boxing is still for him or not,” Bradley explained. “You can’t be coming in overweight like that and changing weight last minute. You can’t be doing that. You’ve got to be serious.” As for his own training camp, Bradley insists all the wheels are in motion leading up to his Oct. 12 pay per view melee with Juan Manuel Marquez. Bradley has been putting in solid work inside of the Indio Boys and Girls Club and claims that a vegan diet is helping him maintain his weight.
Luis Sandoval catches up with WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, undefeated super featherweight Mikey Garcia, and junior welterweight Brandon Rios, as they discuss their upcoming fall fights. Bradley faces Juan Manuel Marquez, with Garcia going against WBO champion Roman Martinez, and Rios travels to Macau to take on Manny Pacquiao.