Timothy Bradley: record, next fight and profile →
According to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, he offered up Timothy Bradley as a potential opponent for Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 12th. There was no response from the Mayweather camp and then a deal was announced with Andre Berto. Bradley, the current WBO welterweight champion, will defend his belt on November 7th against Brandon Rios at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
WBO welterweight champion Tim "Desert Storm" Bradley was recently in Las Vegas to call the action on Friday's truTV Metro PCS Friday Night Knockout card at the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino. Bradley made more than his fair share of headlines when he parted ways with longtime trainer Joel Diaz and replaced him with tough as nail coach and ESPN commentator, Teddy Atlas.
The last time the public was Brandon Rios in the ring was on January 24th when he dismantled Mike Alvarado in three rounds. Since that point he's been on waiting and stewing on the sideline. Rios was close to getting a crack at IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook of the UK, but the fight fell though. According to Rios, there was a mountain of demands and conditions demanded by Brook.
Former lightweight champion "Bam Bam" Brandon Rios (33-2-1) is excited to finally get back in the ring. On November 7th he faces Tim Bradley at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rios hasn't fought since his three round destruction of Mike Alvarado in January to win his trilogy with the brawler from Colorado. The 29-year-old hasn't fought since then and let it be known he wasn't happy with the long stretch of inactivity.
As he embarks on his journey to face Brandon Rios on November 7th at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Tim Bradley will be doing so with a new trainer - Teddy Atlas, best known nowadays for being the color commentator for ESPN. Atlas is a no-nonsense disciplinarian, which is just fine with 'the Desert Storm' who recently broke off his decade-long union with trainer Joel Diaz.
The undercard is still taking shape for the November 7 HBO-televised welterweight clash between Timothy Bradley and Brandon Rios, but will include no fewer than two Olympic Gold medalists. Ryota Murata joins fellow 2012 Olympic Gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko in supporting action, with both fighters appearing in separate bouts at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lomachenko—who claimed Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012—defends his featherweight title versus Mexico’s Romulo Koasicha in the opening bout of the HBO doubleheader.
LAS VEGAS, NV. - Two-division world champion TIMOTHY "Desert Storm" BRADLEY JR. and former world champion BRANDON "Bam Bam" RIOS, both who have fought in Fights of the Year in 2013 and 2012, respectively, will collide for Bradley's World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world championship crown in an all-Southern California showdown. Bradley vs. Rios will take place on Saturday, November 7, at the Thomas & Mack Center, located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The telecast will open with two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist VASYL LOMACHENKO, defending his WBO featherweight world title against Top-10 world-rated contender ROMULO KOASICHA of Mexico.
LAS VEGAS, NV. - Two-division world champion TIMOTHY "Desert Storm" BRADLEY JR. and former world champion BRANDON "Bam Bam" RIOS, both who have fought in Fights of the Year in 2013 and 2012, respectively, will collide for Bradley's World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world championship crown in an all-Southern California showdown. Bradley vs. Rios will take place on Saturday, November 7, at the Thomas & Mack Center, located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The telecast will open with two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist VASYL LOMACHENKO, defending his WBO featherweight world title against Top-10 world-rated contender ROMULO KOASICHA of Mexico.
LAS VEGAS, NV. - Two-division world champion TIMOTHY "Desert Storm" BRADLEY JR. and former world champion BRANDON "Bam Bam" RIOS, both who have fought in Fights of the Year in 2013 and 2012, respectively, will collide for Bradley's World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world championship crown in an all-Southern California showdown. Bradley vs. Rios will take place on Saturday, November 7, at the Thomas & Mack Center, located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The telecast will open with two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist VASYL LOMACHENKO, defending his WBO featherweight world title against Top-10 world-rated contender ROMULO KOASICHA of Mexico.
Welterweight contender "Bam Bam" Brandon Rios (33-2-1) plans on using his November 7th showdown against Tim Bradley to prove that he is still at the top of his game. "(I'm going to show) that I'm back. I haven't gone nowhere. Just like in the Alvarado fight. I have that hunger and motivation and it will show," said Rios.