Timothy Bradley open to a third fight with Manny Pacquiao

Given the chance, Timothy Bradley would love to settle the score with Manny Pacquiao by going against the Filipino ring icon for a third time.

 

Each pound-for-pound star holds a win over the other, having fought in 2012 and 2014. Bradley, 31, revealed shortly after the second bout that he fought with an injured leg so he wasn't able to perform the way he wanted to during the rematch.

 

"Manny feels that he could have done better against Mayweather if he would have had his left hand, and I feel I would have done a lot better in the second fight if I would have had my right calf, to be able to move and do the things that I was planning on doing," Bradley (32-1-1, 12KOs) told ontheropesboxing.com.

 

"The second half of the fight I could have used my legs more if I had my legs underneath me and moved and made Manny Pacquiao miss more. But I didn’t have that ability, I didn’t have that mobility to be able to do that," added the American fighter, who won the vacant WBO welterweight title this past weekend against Jessie Vargas. Pacquiao held the same title before losing it to Floyd Mayweather, who vacated it shortly after the bout.

 

While he won't guarantee victory in a third fight, Bradley is confident that he will do better against Pacquiao compared to their second matchup.

 

"Of course, I wouldn’t mind a third match up with Manny Pacquiao, let’s run it back," Bradley quipped. "I know if I’m injury free during the course of the fight, I know it will be a better outcome." —JST, GMA News