Tim Bradley To Pacquiao: I'm Ready To Take The Throne - Boxing News

Pacquiao vs Bradley - If Timothy Bradley is far from being the most popular fighter in the business, the Palm Springs native is approaching his Las Vegas showdown with Manny Pacquiao on June 9 like he is just about to be.

Bradley's reign as a world light-welterweight champion, which began in fine style with a win over Junior Witter in Nottingham in 2008, has been scarred by no-contests and accusations of a reluctance to engage by rivals.

Bradley's big unification clash with Devon Alexander in January 2011 was supposed to send the winner towards superstardom but instead ended prematurely with Bradley taking the verdict after an accidental headbutt.

A previous Bradley title defence against Nate Campbell was also stopped due to cuts, and declared a no-contest. Add to that Bradley is not exactly known as a big puncher - only 12 of his 28 fights have ended early.

Bradley was accused of ducking out of a natural fight with Amir Khan towards the tail-end of last year when both held the main portions of the 140lb belt - a jibe Bradley is partly addressing by agreeing to take on Pacquiao.

While Bradley, for all his undoubted talent, can hardly be regarded as the biggest...
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