"I mean there's not a whole lot left for me at 147, honestly. I'm thinking about moving up and testing the waters at 54. I honestly am, dude," stated two-division former world champion Timothy Bradley, who is strongly considering a move to the jr. middleweight division following his upcoming clash this Saturday with Diego Chaves. Although Bradley isn't ruling out the idea of staying at 147 pounds, it sounds like he might be much more interested in pursuing a path that will lead him back to the pay-per-view promised land.
"There's some smaller 154-pounders out there. You got Bundrage out there, you got Miguel Cotto, you got Canelo. These are big fights that's out there and guys that are not necessarily enormous; they're not big, you know what I mean. They got big names, but they're not like big guys, so my next assignment might be something like that in the near future," Bradley explained during a recent interview with FightHype.com. "You know, boxing, there's always the business too, man. It's not only a sport, you know, it's a business at the same time, so I definitely will weigh my options. If something materializes at 147, then why not? Why wouldn't I do that? If Marquez wanna get on it again, we can get it on again, no problem. If Manny Pacquiao vacates the 147-pound championship and Marquez wants to get it on with somebody, then let's do it. He's gonna get that boxing lesson (laughing). He's gonna get that boxing lesson even worse this time because I know him pretty good now (laughing)."
Bradley added, "Like I continue to say over and over again, I will fight anybody, man. If it makes sense, let's do it, man. I'll fight anybody. It don't matter. It don't matter, man. I've accomplished a lot in my career. I'm not gonna sit back and try to hide behind picking this guy and this guy. Nah, man. Fight the best, man. Let's fight the best out there and let's give the fans what they want to see."
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