"I'm ready for this challenge. I know it's going to be hell in the ring with Manny Pacquiao...June 9th is my time. Manny Pacquiao has reigned for a very long time and I feel that I'm the new face of boxing, and I feel that it's going to be one heck of a challenge, but I'm up for it and I feel that I'm capable of winning this fight," stated undefeated jr. welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, who along with 8-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, kicked off their two-city, coast-to-coast media tour earlier today at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Check out what else he had to say.
TIMOTHY BRADLEY:
First of all, I want to give honor to God for allowing me to be here today. I want to thank my team and my wife for the support, and Cameron Dunkin, best manager in the business, hands down, my trainer, Joel Diaz, my father, Team Bradley, and I also want to give a special thanks to Top Rank, you know, for making this possible, and a big, big, warm thanks to Manny Pacquiao and his team for this opportunity.
This is something I dreamed of my whole life, 18 years of my career, you know, since I was an amateur, to be in a position of a super mega-fight against the best pound-for-pound fighter in the game, probably the best fighter in the history of boxing by some people's standpoint.
I'm ready for this challenge. I know it's going to be hell in the ring with Manny Pacquiao. I don't have to say anything negative or anything bad about him. He's a great person. He's a great role model for the kids. I really like Manny Pacquiao a great deal in and outside of the ring.
I think that, you know, June 9th is my time. Manny Pacquiao has reigned for a very long time and I feel that I'm the new face of boxing, and I feel that it's going to be one heck of a challenge, but I'm up for it and I feel that I'm capable of winning this fight.
So thank you all for coming and don't miss it, June 9th, you're going to see history being made.
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