Manny Pacquiao has yet to face Brandon Rios in Macau, with the fight scheduled on November 24, but rumors are rife that the next blockbuster fight featuring the Filipino boxing icon will be against American Timothy Bradley, Jr. who beat him in a controversial fashion last year.
Bradley, who defeated Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez last week to remain unbeaten, is salivating over the prospect of meeting Pacquiao again on the ring with the motivation of proving that his controversial win in 2012 was not a fluke as many boxing observers stress.
"I would love to definitely go back and revisit that chapter now and fight Manny Pacquiao again and beat him," he told Thaboxingvoice.com.
Bradley said that during his fight with Pacquiao, he had problems with his mobility that affected his performance in the ring. "Although I still won, a lot of people don't feel I won that fight," he said about the unpopular opinion on his win.
Bradley recently defeated Marquez on a points to retain his WBO welterweight title, the same belt he won after beating Pacquiao in an unpopular split decision victory. Marquez and Bradley are the two boxers who dealt successive losses to Pacquiao. While Bradley scored a controversial decision over Pacquiao, Marquez had a memorable knock-out of the Filipino boxing icon. But both Bradley and Marquez ducked Pacquiao, forgoing bigger paydays against the PacMan and choosing to battle each other. Now, Bradley says he's ready to face Pacquiao and prove once and for all that his earlier victory was no fluke.
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