Most boxing fans are excited for a showdown between WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez this fall, and hoping that the winner steps inside the ring with Gennady "GGG" Golovkin. Timothy Bradley is throwing his hat in the ring too.
Bradley is coming off a victory over previously undefeated Jessie Vargas on June 27 at 147 pounds, and in his post fight interview offered to fight Golovkin. Days later, Bradley isn't backing off his willingness to fight Golovkin, and has added Cotto and Alvarez to his list.
"I have no problem at all going to 154, I'll be even stronger," Bradley said. "Anything is possible. I can go to 154, I can stay at 147. Anything is possible."
Bradley is unlikely to land such a major fight without earning a bigger victory than Vargas in between, but his tact is running contrary to what Cotto has done since winning his belt. While Bradley is begging for tough fights, Cotto has been accused of careful matchmaking. His win over Sergio Martinez to win the title has been diminished some by the perception that he picked on Martinez who was hobbled.
He was criticized further for facing Daniel Geale this summer instead of agreeing to face Alvarez in May, or scheduling a unification fight with Golovkin. Cotto also imposed a 157-pound catch weight on Geale.
Bradley's words are the total opposite of careful matchmaking. "I want to fight the best fighters available. 154 pounds is a feasible weight for me. I walk around at 160, 170, 175. I can even get to 185. Look at my pops at how big he is.
"I can go up and bring my skill. I can do it anytime they want to do it. I'm willing to face the best but all these guys have to be willing to fight me."
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