MANILA, Philippines - Timothy Bradley welcomed a busload of mediamen to his training quarters in Indio, California yesterday, and declared himself ready for Manny Pacquiao.
It was media day for the undefeated 28-year-old American, and he used it as a perfect tool to show how ready he is for the biggest fight of his life.
The fight is set June 9 in Las Vegas.
Bradley has never been to a fight this big, and he told the media, who rode separate buses from Los Angeles and Las Vegas, courtesy of Top Rank, that he is.
Bradley flexed his muscles, and showed off his famous abs. As he worked out inside the ring, he wore ankle weights perhaps weighing five pounds each.
They’re designed to improve the power and quickness of the legs and feet. Yes, it may help him match up with Pacquiao, but not in terms of hand speed.
Bradley said everything’s fine. He said he’s ready to go.
“I am so ready,” he was quoted by www.ringTV.com as saying at the packed Indio Boys and Girls Club which has probably never seen a crowd as big as this one.
“I am no longer watching Pacquiao video. Nothing about Pacquio concerns me anymore. I am that ready,” said the hungry challenger to Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight crown.
“I am on weight, primed and ready. I have just a few more rounds of sparring and that is it.”
Pacquiao is doing the same thing over in Los Angeles, getting ready for the fight. He will hold his media day on May 29 (Wednesday in Manila) at the Wild Card Gym.
Chief promoter Bob Arum welcomed the media to the Bradley show, and will be there for Pacquiao.
“He looked sensational. He just looked very, very fresh,” said Arum of Bradley.
He’s saving the nicest words for Pacquiao.