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With last Saturday night's dominating unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Lamont Peterson, WBO junior welterweight champion Tim Bradley appears to have established himself as the world's best 140-pounder. "With Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather leaving the 140-pound division, the premiere fighter right now is Tim Bradley," promoter Gary Shaw said of Bradley, whose Showtime-televised effort from Rancho Mirage, Calif., improved his record to 25-0 with 11 KOs.
A 26-year-old resident of Palm Springs, Calif., who is nicknamed "The Desert Storm," Bradley dropped Peterson (27-1, 13 KOs) for the first time in his career with a third-round right hand to the temple.
From there, the talented Peterson, of Washington, D.C., fought hard, but simply could not catch up to Bradley.
"Tim Bradley will want to fight anyone -- from Devon Alexander to Amir Khan, to Manny Pacquiao, to Floyd Mayweather, to Juan Urango, to Zab Judah," said Shaw. "We would gladly fight Paulie Malignaggi or Juan Manuel Marquez."
Even though it looks as if Marquez, the Mexican great, and former world champ Ricky Hatton of England could face off early next year, there are plenty of other dance partners for Bradley.
A talented 22-year-old southpaw, Devon Alexander (19-0, 12 KOs), of St. Louis, M., has been on a tear.
In August, Alexander scored his fourth consecutive knockout in the eighth round against England's Junior Witter, earning the WBC crown.
The 23-year-old Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KOs), of England, is the WBA champ, and the Colombian-born Juan Urango (22-2-1, 17 KOs), a 29-year-old, resident of Cooper City, Fla., carries the IBF belt.
Another possibility is New York's Paulie Malignaggi, a slick-boxing, 29-year-old with a record of 27-3, with five KOs.
"Paulie Malignaggi is another name that we would fight, absolutely," said Shaw, although Malignaggi could be angling for a shot at Khan.
Still other potential rivals for Bradley include former world champs, Kendall Holt (25-3, 13) of Paterson, N.J., Andriy Kotelnik (31-3-1, 13 KOs) of Germany, and Nate Campbell (33-5-1, 25 KOs) of Jacksonville, Fla.
That list also could include rising star, Victor Ortiz (25-2-1, 20) of Oxnard, Calif., and Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KOs) of Argentina.
Bradley battled Campbell to a third-round, no-contest in August, and unanimously decisioned Holt in April. The 26-year-old Maidana has scored two straight knockouts, including a six-rounder over Ortiz, 22, in June.
Kotelnik, 31, decisioned Maidana in February, but lost a decision to Khan in July.
"Anybody at 140," said Shaw. "Timothy Bradley just wants to fight the best."
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