Bradley, who will challenge Pacquiao on Saturday for the World Boxing Organization welterweight title in a pay-per-view bout at the MGM Grand Garden, doesn’t share the same concerns as Mayweather.
He’s so eager to prove that he’s one of the world’s elite that he’d fight Pacquiao even if he had proof Pacquiao had used an illegal substance.
“He’s going to have to be on something to beat me,” Bradley said with a shrug of his shoulders.
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Pacquiao is better than a 4-1 favorite to retain his title and win his 16th fight in a row, but Bradley scoffs at the odds. He’s unbeaten, too, but he’s far less known and few are likely to bet on him. As a result, bookmakers pushed the number higher on Pacquiao anticipating heavy action on him.
That, though, has no impact on Bradley or his belief in himself. He’s chased the dream of a mega-fight for years, since his amateur days, and has always seemed to be on the outside looking in when the big matches were made.
This time, he landed the big one and isn’t going to let anything – not even PEDs – get in his way.
He said that even if he saw Pacquiao injecting himself, he would still take the fight.
Timothy Bradley’s aggressive, head-first style has caused problems for many opponents. (Getty)
“Hell, yeah,” Bradley said. “Why not? Take whatever you want. It don’t matter to me. I don’t care. Someone said to me, ‘What about drug testing?’ I said, ‘I don’t care.’ It don’t matter to me. He’s going to need it.”