• Manny Pacquiao v Timothy Bradley

Bradley vowing to hurt Pacquiao

ESPN staff
February 25, 2012
The pleasantries between Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao will stop when the first bell rings © Getty Images
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Timothy Bradley has told ESPN that he is not stepping into the ring with Manny Pacquiao just to swell his bank balance.

Bradley has climbed through the ranks and became a light-welterweight world champion with victory over Britain's Junior Witter in 2008. He has taken his record to 28-0 with a string of defences, but will step up to welterweight to take on one of the greats of the game in Las Vegas in June.

Pacquiao's fights command huge audiences and Bradley is in for a bumper pay-day, but he claims the motivation is to take down the legendary Filipino.

"I touch gloves in the centre of the ring when the fight begins, I don't touch gloves during the bout," Bradley told ESPN.com. "I'm here to win, not coming here for a paycheck.

"What the fight fans can expect from me is putting it all on the line, because I want to win this fight, for my family, for my community. I want to upset this guy.

"I feel like I have the tools and everything it takes to beat Pacquiao. I'm going to hurt him, I have to hurt him, I gotta hurt him. Absolutely, I have to hurt this guy, and get respect from Pacquiao early.

"At the end of the night, I feel like I am going to be victorious."

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