Sources close to the information have informed us that a welterweight showdown between Timothy Bradley and Brandon Rios has been agreed to. According to a tweet posted on the official Twitter page of Robert Garcia, world-class trainer of Rios, the fight will reportedly take place on November 7 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and will be televised live on HBO. Although that tweet, for whatever reason, has been removed, our source maintains that all the details are “most likely” done.
Bradley is coming off of a unanimous decision victory over previously unbeaten Jessie Vargas in a fight that saw him survive a last-minute knockdown to capture the interim WBO welterweight title back in June. Rios, on the other hand, hasn’t fought since January, scoring a relatively easy 3rd round stoppage of rival Mike Alvarado.
