Timothy Bradley Speaks: Is Manny Pacquiao or Devon Alexander Ready for “Desert Storm"

Exclusive Interview by Marc Anthony

MA: What conversation is most heard at the Timothy Bradley camp?
When am I going to get a chance to fight Manny?!
That’s the most heard conversation! Not just in my camp, it’s everywhere. I walk around town and everybody is like “Man, when are you going get a shot at Manny?” They tell me “You have a great opportunity to beat this guy when are you going to get a shot at him?” I tell them, “whenever Manny and his people want it.” I have to build myself up a little bit more before I get an opportunity; it’s all about the money.

MA: Your sparring partner is staying in the hospital for a collapsed lung from a body shot, this true?
Yeah, it was bad. I was scared for the kid. I was really scared because, we sparred in the past (last week) but yesterday I caught him in the same spot a couple of times during the last round. He got out of the ring and he said his shoulder was hurting. I was training and everybody else was taking care of him, and then someone yelled: “Call 911!” I stopped and said “What! Is this for real?” Then I was told: “Yeah, he can’t breathe!” So, they took him to the hospital.
After my training, I went to the hospital to check up on him and his whole right side was swollen, and I was like “Oh my goodness!” I asked him if he was hurting and if he was alright. He told me that he has been in the ring with many world champions, Antonio Margarito, Sergio Martinez, and Victor Ortiz, but he said that he has never been hit that hard in his life to the body. He smiled and told me hard work does pay off!
I was told that when he first went in, he had a collapsed lung at 25%. Then it went down to 15% then 5%. I was told that he can’t do anything for about ten days. He has to go today to get checked up again. The kid is alright though.
He told me when we first starting sparring, he told his coach that he has never experienced body shots like that in his life. He told his coach every time that I hit him it just hurt. His coach told him to put on those rib protectors like Floyd has. But he told his coach: “Man, I am a fighter! I am not going be some coward and get some rib protectors!”
He didn’t want people to think he was soft because he has rib protectors on. We had a conversation after he got out and I told him: It is part of the business and that he will grow from this.


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Tiimmy, Pacquiao would **** all over your desert storm.

 

Pac vs Bradley would make a good fight while it lasts. I'd love to see it..

 

Let's see him get passed Devon first.

 

Pacquiao would crush him.

I also kinda want Alexander to beat him... just for the hilarity of it all.

 

War Devon.

 

Looking past Alexander would be a big mistake. But I doubt he is. Bradley's a smart guy. He knows what he has in front of him. He probably also knows that Pac would knock him the f*ck out at this point. You need insane defense and counterpunching to beat Pac.

 

Bradley doesn't have the power to hurt Pacquiao...if Cotto or Margo couldnt hurt Pac, these 140 pounders sure as hell cant...Pac would TKO him in mid-late rounds

 

Pac would beat bradley easily.

 

timbo vs. pac would be way better matchup than ssm vs. pac

 

timmy is too small even for some of the 140 pounders.

 

Pacquiao should've fought Bradley last November. I'm not saying I would pick Bradley, but I would give him a much, much better chance to defeat Pacquiao than Mosley and Marquez.

 

Devon is gunna get the **** smacked out of him. I dont like him or his big mouth ***** of a trainer.

Bradley is the man

 

dude fought at 152 as an am

 

Ok Bradley who is this sparring partner? sometimes the guy walk overs, I can't imagine Bradley with that kind of power