Timothy Bradley

Timothy Bradley
Statistics
Real name	Timothy Ray Bradley, Jr.
Nickname(s)	Desert Storm
Rated at	Light welterweight Welterweight
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Reach	69 in (175 cm)
Nationality	American
Born	(1983-08-29) August 29, 1983 Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	36
Wins	33
Wins by KO	13
Losses	1
Draws	1
No contests	1

Timothy Ray "Tim" Bradley, Jr. (born August 29, 1983) is an American professional boxer. He is a two-time WBO welterweight champion, currently in his second reign, as well as a two-time former WBC light welterweight champion and a former WBO light welterweight champion. Bradley has defeated twelve world champions over his career, including Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Márquez and Devon Alexander, and has ended four undefeated streaks. As of December 2015, The Ring magazine currently ranks Bradley as the world's #4 welterweight and #10 pound for pound.

Professional career

Light-welterweight

Bradley had his first professional bout on August 20, 2004, knocking out Francisco Martinez in the second round. In his rise through the ranks, he won the WBC youth world welterweight and super lightweight crowns. He also beat future IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez by a unanimous ten round decision.

Bradley vs. Witter

Bradley finally got his chance for a full world title when José Luis Castillo failed to make weight in a title eliminator for the WBC super lightweight belt. He then won the WBC super lightweight title by defeating British fighter Junior Witter in England. Bradley's bank account was down to $11 when he made the decision to go to England to fight Junior Witter. Bradley came into the fight a 6–1 underdog against Witter. During the fight, Bradley controlled most of the action, and dropped Witter in his corner during the 6th round. Though the fight was scored a close split decision for Bradley, most observers and analysts thought Bradley should have comfortably been given a unanimous decision verdict.

Bradley vs. Holt

On April 4, 2009, Bradley fought Kendall Holt to unify his WBC and Holt's WBO titles. Bradley was dropped in the first round by a huge left hook and was badly hurt but regrouped and outboxed Holt for most of the fight, before being sent to the canvas again in the 12th round. Nonetheless, Bradley got up and finished the fight. He won the fight by unanimous decision and became the new WBO champion.

Several days after his unification bout with Holt, Bradley was stripped of his WBC junior welterweight title, because of failure to fight Devon Alexander, his mandatory challenger. As a result, the title became vacant and Alexander stopped Witter at the end of eight rounds to win the belt.

The Alexander-Witter fight was on the undercard of Bradley's August 1 fight with Nate Campbell in Bradley's hometown of Palm Springs. Campbell, a former lightweight champion, was coming up in weight after he failed to make the lightweight limit in his last fight. Bradley's fight with Campbell only lasted three rounds after Campbell chose not to continue when a cut formed over and behind his left eye. Bradley was awarded the TKO victory, but the verdict was later changed. A replay showed that the cut was caused by an accidental clash of heads. The rules state that if a fight is stopped by a cut caused by an accidental headbutt before the end of round four, it should be called a no contest. The California State Athletic Commission therefore changed the result.

Bradley vs. Peterson

On December 12, Bradley took on mandatory challenger and future light-welterweight champion, Lamont Peterson. Bradley dominated the fight, knocking Peterson down in the third round and went on to win a lopsided unanimous decision.

Welterweight

In his HBO Debut, Bradley was scheduled to face Luis Abregu in a nontitle bout at welterweight. However, Bradley's promoter told ESPN.com that he had made a deal with Golden Boy Promotions to fight Interim title holder and knockout artist: Marcos "El Chino" Maidana, at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, only a few miles from Bradley's hometown of Palm Springs. The fight was scheduled to take place on June 19, 2010, but was postponed after Maidana had suffered a back injury during training for the fight. As a result, the initial plan to move up in weight was made and the fight with Abregu was back on, scheduled for the Agua Caliente Casino, along with a set fight date of July 17, 2010. Although clearly out-sized, Bradley proved too quick and too skilled for the hard-hitting Abregu winning by unanimous decision, with the judges' scorecards reading 119–111, 118–112 and 117–113. At the end of the fight, Bradley openly made a challenge to pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, calling for him to "Come break down this wall." Bradley also called out Devon Alexander, Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana.

Return to Light-welterweight

Bradley vs. Alexander

Main article: Timothy Bradley vs. Devon Alexander

On January 29, 2011, Timothy Bradley defended his WBO junior welterweight title in a unification fight against fellow light welterweight title holder, WBC champion Devon Alexander, at the Silverdome Arena in Pontiac, MI. Bradley won via 10th round technical decision.

As stipulated in the contract of the fight against Devon Alexander, Bradley would be given a $1.3 million payday regardless of whomever he selected as his opponent for his next fight. While the public wanted Bradley to fight the then WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan and unify the division, Bradley opted to not take the fight.

Stripped of WBC Title

Timothy Bradley was stripped of his title as he refused to fight then World Boxing Association light-welterweight champion Amir Khan. Many have speculated that Bradley was not satisfied with the $1.3 million to fight a boxer of Amir Khan's caliber, although this was Bradley highest pay day in his entire career so far. Also, he had admitted that it was too risky to fight Amir Khan, asking rhetorically on the American radio show Leave It In The Ring, "What if I lose then I am out the sweepstake to fight pound-for-pound-king Manny Pacquiao for 7.5 million dollars?" Bradley's refusal to take the fight led to a falling out between him and his promoter Gary Shaw. Subsequently he was stripped of the WBC title due to inactivity.

Joins Top Rank

Timothy Bradley joined Top Rank and made his debut for them on November 12, 2011, defending his WBO junior welterweight title against former lightweight titlist Joel Casamayor, 40, on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III. Bradley won by TKO in the eighth round in making his case for a shot at Pacquiao.

Return to Welterweight

Bradley vs. Pacquiao

See also: Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley

Bradley fought Manny Pacquiao on June 9, 2012 for Pacquiao's WBO welterweight title. Bradley won a controversial victory over Pacquiao by way of split decision, with two of the judges scoring it 115–113 to Bradley and the other 115–113 to Pacquiao. The decision ended Pacquiao's 7-year undefeated streak and gave Bradley the title. According to Compubox, Pacquiao was ahead in punches landed, power punches landed, percentage of punches landed, and percentage of power punches landed. As a result of the controversial scoring, a special five-judge panel was created by World Boxing WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel to review the fight. All five judges of the panel reviewed a video of the bout and all 5 judges scored it in favor of Manny Pacquiao. Despite the panel's findings, WBO rules do not allow the decision to be overturned. The most the boxing body can do, according to Valcarcel, is to order a rematch.

Bradley vs. Provodnikov

Bradley won a close unanimous decision against Ruslan Provodnikov on March 16, 2013 for the WBO Welterweight Championship. Provodnikov was given the fight to serve as an easy target for Bradley, who was looking for a confidence booster after a controversial fight with Manny Pacquiao. Bradley came out on the attack mode early, fighting in an uncharacteristically aggressive fashion. Provodnikov made him pay, tagging him with hard shots in the first round, and staggering him in the second. Bradley said after the fight he was concussed by a shot Provodnikov hit him with in the first round. Bradley boxed more conservatively as the fight wore on, winning most of the middle rounds. In the last round, Provodnikov had Bradley hurt badly again but Bradley took a knee with just seconds remaining, and was able to beat the count, hanging on to win the fight on points. Bradley was impressed by Provodnikov's power and said "he's going to be a world champion someday."

Bradley vs. Marquez

Main article: Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez

Bradley's bout with Ring #3 ranked pound for pound, Ring #5 ranked junior lightweight and WBO junior welterweight champion Juan Manuel Márquez was October 12, 2013 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bradley was awarded a split decision win, in a fight where he wobbled Márquez in the final round with a left uppercut en route to winning via split decision with scorecards of 116–112, 115–113 and 113–115.

Bradley vs. Pacquiao II

Main article: Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II

Bradley gave Manny Pacquiao a rematch on April 12, 2014. Ironically, the second fight was closer than the first contest according to many pundits. Pacquiao pulled away on the scorecards in the second half of the fight winning with a unanimous decision (118–110, 116–112, 116–112), ending Bradley's undefeated streak.

Bradley vs. Chaves

On December 13, 2014, following his first career loss to Manny Pacquiao, Bradley fought former WBA welterweight interim champion Diego Chaves of Argentina, in Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada. The official scorecards led to a controversial split-draw (Julie Lederman 112–116 for Chaves, Burt A. Clements 115–113 for Bradley, while Craig Metcalfe 114–114 for an even). Harold Lederman, HBO's unofficial judge, had it 116–112 for Bradley and the Compubox statistics heavily favored a Bradley win as they stated he had connected with 225 of 572 punches punches versus the 152 of 570 blows Chaves connected with.

Bradley vs. Vargas

Bradley fought and beat the undefeated boxer Jessie Vargas on June 27, 2015 at Stubhub Center, CA, USA on HBO World Championship Boxing to capture the WBO Welterweight Interim title. He won the fight by unanimous decision. On July 6, the WBO welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather was stripped of his title for failing to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee for his bout with Manny Pacquiao and for not relinquishing his world titles in the Junior Middleweight division, as the WBO rules mandate that a champion of theirs can only hold titles in one division at a time. Therefore, Bradley was promoted to the full time WBO welterweight champion.

Bradley vs. Ríos

Bradley fought and beat former Lightweight champion Brandon Ríos on November 7, 2015 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas to retain the WBO Welterweight title. He won the fight by technical knockout in Round 9 at 2:48, after he put Ríos down with a body shot and followed it up with a barrage of punches, dropping Ríos again and prompting referee Tony Weeks to wave the fight off.

Professional boxing record

36 fights, 33 wins (13 knockouts), 1 loss, 1 draw, 1 no contest
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
N/A	N/A	Manny Pacquiao	N/A	- (12)	2016-04-09	MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	For WBO and vacant lineal welterweight titles.
Win	33-1-1 (1)	Brandon Ríos	TKO	9 (12), 2:48	2015-11-07	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBO welterweight title.
Win	32-1-1 (1)	Jessie Vargas	UD	12	2015-06-27	Stubhub Center, Carson California	Won interim WBO welterweight title.
Draw	31-1-1 (1)	Diego Gabriel Chaves	SD	12	2014-12-13	Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada	Non-title fight. Catchweight at 146 lbs.
Loss	31-1 (1)	Manny Pacquiao	UD	12	2014-04-12	MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost WBO welterweight title.
Win	31-0 (1)	Juan Manuel Márquez	SD	12	2013-10-12	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBO welterweight title.
Win	30-0 (1)	Ruslan Provodnikov	UD	12	2013-03-16	Home Depot Center, Carson, California	Retained WBO welterweight title. The Ring magazine Fight of the Year.
Win	29-0 (1)	Manny Pacquiao	SD	12	2012-06-09	MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won WBO welterweight title.
Win	28-0 (1)	Joel Casamayor	TKO	8 (12), 2:59	2011-11-12	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBO light welterweight title.
Win	27-0 (1)	Devon Alexander	TD	10 (12), 3:00	2011-01-29	Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan	Retained WBO light welterweight title. Won WBC light welterweight title.
Win	26-0 (1)	Luis Abregu	UD	12	2010-07-17	Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California	Non-title fight. Catchweight at 146 lbs.
Win	25-0 (1)	Lamont Peterson	UD	12	2009-12-12	Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California	Retained WBO light welterweight title.
NC	24-0 (1)	Nate Campbell	NC	3 (12), 3:00	2009-08-01	Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California	Retained WBO light welterweight title. Fight stopped due to a cut on Campbell's eye.
Win	24-0	Kendall Holt	UD	12	2009-04-04	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained WBC light welterweight title Won WBO light welterweight title.
Win	23-0	Edner Cherry	UD	12	2008-09-13	Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi	Retained WBC light welterweight title.
Win	22-0	Junior Witter	SD	12	2008-05-10	Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	Won WBC light welterweight title.
Win	21-0	Miguel Vazquez	UD	10	2007-07-27	Omega Products International, Corona, California	Retained WBC Youth light welterweight title.
Win	20-0	Donald Camarena	UD	10	2007-06-01	Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California
Win	19-0	Nasser Athumani	TKO	5 (10), 1:35	2007-04-13	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	18-0	Manuel Garnica	UD	8	2007-02-02	Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California	Retained WBC Youth light welterweight title.
Win	17-0	Jaime Rangel	TD	8 (8), 1:54	2006-12-01	Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California
Win	16-0	Alfonso Sanchez	KO	1 (8), 2:44	2006-10-16	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	15-0	Martin Ramirez	RTD	5 (8), 3:00	2006-08-18	Omega Products International, Corona, California
Win	14-0	Arturo Urena	TKO	3 (10), 0:27	2006-06-23	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California	Retained WBC Youth light welterweight title.
Win	13-0	Jesus Abel Santiago	KO	6 (8)	2006-05-13	Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, Lancaster, California
Win	12-0	Eli Addison	UD	8	2006-03-31	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California	Retained WBC Youth light welterweight title.
Win	11-0	Rafael Ortiz	RTD	2 (10), 3:00	2006-02-17	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California	Retained WBC Youth light welterweight title.
Win	10-0	Jorge Alberto Padilla	RTD	9 (10), 3:00	2005-11-21	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	9-0	Francisco Rincon	MD	10	2005-09-23	Omega Products International, Corona, California	Won vacant WBC Youth light welterweight title.
Win	8-0	Juan Yoani Cervantes	UD	6	2005-08-26	Omega Products International, Corona, California
Win	7-0	Marcos Andre Rocha Costa	KO	5 (6), 2:15	2005-07-21	Athletic Club, Los Angeles, California
Win	6-0	Justo Almazan	SD	6	2005-06-03	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	5-0	Ramon Ortiz	TKO	3 (6), 2:49	2005-04-25	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	4-0	Carlos Parra	RTD	1 (4), 1:59	2005-03-28	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	3-0	Luis Medina	KO	1 (4), 0:18	2004-11-22	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	2-0	Raul Nunez	UD	4	2004-10-29	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	1-0	Francisco Martinez	TKO	2 (4), 1:17	2004-08-20	Omega Products International, Corona, California	Professional debut.

Personal life

Timothy Bradley, Jr. was born in Palm Springs, California on August 29, 1983, and grew up in Cathedral City, California. He went to Cathedral City High School, along with future mixed martial artist and current UFC contender Cub Swanson. Prior to becoming a professional boxer, Bradley worked as a dishwasher and as a waiter. He married his high school friend, Monica Manzo, in 2010 and became an adoptive father to Manzo's two children, all together the couple have five children. In 2015, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.

Vegan diet

Bradley has been on a vegan diet for his fights since 2008. He said that he first tried the vegan diet when he was preparing for his fight with the World Boxing Council super lightweight champion Junior Witter. In this fight Witter was knocked down in 6th from overhand right. Bradley won the fight by split decision. After the fight he was proud of the results and maintain his diet. He also said when he is on the vegan diet he feels superior over any athlete who gets into the ring with him because it gives him energy, and helps with his reflexes and balance.

See also

• List of male boxers
• List of current world boxing champions

External links

• Professional boxing record for Timothy Bradley from BoxRec

Achievements
Preceded by Junior Witter	WBC super lightweight champion May 10, 2008 – April 28, 2009 Stripped	Vacant Title next held by Devon Alexander
Preceded by Kendall Holt	WBO junior welterweight champion April 4, 2009 – June 27, 2012 Vacated	Succeeded by Juan Manuel Márquez Interim champ promoted
Preceded by Devon Alexander	WBC super lightweight champion January 29, 2011 – July 28, 2011 Status Changed:Emeritus champion	Vacant Title next held by Erik Morales
Preceded by Manny Pacquiao	WBO welterweight champion June 9, 2012 – April 12, 2014	Succeeded by Manny Pacquiao
Vacant Title last held by Kermit Cintrón	WBO welterweight champion Interim title June 27, 2015 – July 6, 2015	Promoted
Preceded by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Stripped	WBO welterweight champion July 6, 2015 – present	Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Juan Manuel Márquez KO6 Manny Pacquiao	The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year W12 Ruslan Provodnikov 2013	Succeeded by Lucas Matthysse KO11 John Molina, Jr.