Tim Bradley Blasts Shakur Stevenson for Pursuing 47-Year-Old Manny Pacquiao

Former two-division champion and commentator Timothy Bradley Jr. went viral across boxing channels for harshly criticizing Shakur Stevenson's proposed co-feature clash against Manny Pacquiao on the Joshua–Fury Cardiff card. Bradley dismissed the matchup as a soft money grab that risks alienating boxing purists.

Bradley publicly called out Stevenson for hunting down an opponent who is 47 years old and has not won an official sanctioned bout since 2019. He argued that a defensive, low-output decision by Stevenson would be booed by 80,000 spectators at Principality Stadium, while stopping a faded icon would look exploitative. Bradley challenged Stevenson to defend his light welterweight belt against active, prime contenders like Raymond Muratalla or O'Shaquie Foster instead of chasing nostalgia matchups.