
Timothy Bradley's Trainer Talks Making Weight, Sparring
Timothy Bradley is currently walking around at 162 pounds—15 over the limit for his June 9 showdown with Manny Pacquiao, but right on track if you ask Joel Diaz, his esteemed trainer.
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Timothy Bradley is currently walking around at 162 pounds—15 over the limit for his June 9 showdown with Manny Pacquiao, but right on track if you ask Joel Diaz, his esteemed trainer.

WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. believes Timothy Bradley made a mistake by not requesting an Olympic style drug testing protocol for his fight with Manny Pacquiao, scheduled for June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Bradley, the WBO's champion at 140-pounds, will move up in weight to challenge Pacquiao for his WBO title at 147.

WORLD Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman has warned pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao not to take undefeated junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley lightly for their June 9 showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Tickets for the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9 have gone so well in the sales on opening day that only 3,000 tickets remain.

STRENGTH and conditioning coach Alex Ariza believes Manny Pacquiao will be the same fighter that demolished the likes of Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto when he defends his World Boxing Organization welterweight title against undefeated Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on June 9.

Tim Bradley is ready, more than ready really, for his close up. The 28-year-old fighter from Coachella Valley, California, is sharing the platform from now until June 9 when they will share a boxing ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Bradley just got a sample of the media/p.r. chores he will be part of this during this past week when he and Manny Pacquiao held press conferences in Los Angeles and New York. When Pacman was winging his way to Hong Kong and then back to Manila, Bradley was taking a limo from the city up to ESPN's studios in Connecticut.

NEW YORK — Devon Alexander wasn’t good enough to defeat Timothy Bradley, but Bradley believes Alexander will beat Marcos Maidana later tonight in St. Louis.

Timothy Bradley is on a collision course with superstar Manny Pacquiao as they will battle it out on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. During the press tour which started at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Bradley spoke to BoxingScene.com and made it clear that even though he’s moving up to 147 pounds, he’s not the smaller fighter.

NEW YORK — Timothy Bradley genuinely appreciates the career-changing opportunity Manny Pacquiao has given him.

By Robert Morales - There is no truth to the rumor that Timothy Bradley attended the Evander Holyfield School of Head-Butting. Yet his reputation as a fighter who leads with his head was a hot topic when Bradley and Manny Pacquiao played host to a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, expressed concern about this even before the June 9 welterweight title fight between Pacquiao and Bradley slated for the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (on HBO pay-per-view) was a done deal. As Roach sat at a table scarfing down some food ahead of the news conference, the Hall of Fame-bound trainer went into detail about this. Interestingly, he didn't accuse Bradley of maliciously trying to open cuts on opponents with his head. "You know, he does come in with his head quite a bit, but when you fight a southpaw, that happens more often than not," Roach said; Bradley is orthodox, Pacquiao a lefty. "I think he will come forward with his head first and so forth, but I think I have that covered with Manny.