Bradley Ready For Cotto

WBO welterweight champion, Timothy Bradley (29-0, 12KOs), has hinted that he is certainly open to the idea of fighting the former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30KOs).

Bradley is hoping to fight Manny Pacquiao in a rematch on 10 November. If Paquiao decides to move in another direction, then Bradley will pursue a fight with the WBC champion, Flyod Mayweather Jr. If Bradley is unable to secure either fight, then he will accept the biggest opportunity possible.

“I want to fight the best out there. Danny Garcia is looking really good right now, So that’s a potential fight. Lamont Peterson is coming back. There are a lot of big fights out there. That’s the reason I chose to move up to 147, because there are a lot of big fights out there,” Bradley told BoxingScene.com.

“There is the possibility of a Cotto fight…you never know. I like Cotto a lot. He is a good fighter. I ran into him a couple of times. He is very respective. I respect him and he respects me. There are a lot of great fights out there. I just want to fight the best. No more tuneups. No more Casamayors…only the best,” he said.

Fresh from a tough decision loss to Mayweather, the Puerto Rican star is looking to return in December.

Earlier in the year, there were discussions for a rematch between Cotto and Pacquiao but the two fighters were unable to agree on the weight. Pacquiao refused to face Cotto at the junior middleweight limit. Bradley, however, has no problem with fighting Cotto at 154.

“Oh yeah, oh yeah. I would fight him at 154. A lot of people don’t realise that in the amateurs I fought at 152-pounds and fought guys coming down from 185, 190-pounds to make 152-pounds,” Bradley said.