Bradley Slams Shakur Stevenson's Pursuit Of Manny Pacquiao

Tim Bradley has criticized Shakur Stevenson's interest in facing a 47-year-old Manny Pacquiao, calling the proposed co-feature on the Fury-Joshua card a soft option compared to available title challengers.

"Ain't nobody waiting on no damn Manny Pacquiao and you to fight, boy. Y'all talking about y'all supposed to be changing boxing? This ain't changing boxing. This downplaying and downgrading boxing," Bradley

Bradley, who fought a 33-year-old Pacquiao in 2012, noted that the version Stevenson would face hasn't recorded a win since 2019. He argued the fight offers commercial upside without proving much about where Stevenson stands among today's top fighters, and pointed to Raymond Muratalla and O'Shaquie Foster as more meaningful options.