Argentina’s Diego Chaves in Las Vegas ahead of his match vs. Tim Bradley (Photo: Chris Robinson)

By Chris Robinson

For Argentina’s Diego Chaves, this must seem a little like Deja Vu.

Once again the hard-punching, soft spoken pug will find himself inside of The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on Saturday night, the same location Chaves was when he lost a ninth-round disqualification to Brandon Rios just three months ago. This time, Chaves’ ring foe comes in the form of ultra confident former two-division titlist Tim “Desert Storm” Bradley.

For Chaves (23-2, 19 KO’s), whose only other career blemish was a competitive 10th round TKO loss to Keith Thurman in July of last year, there are plenty of reasons to be confident.

In Bradley (31-1, 12 KO’s), Chaves will be squaring off with a man who is regarded as perhaps the most complete fighter he has faced. When asked to compare Bradley to Thurman, Chaves kept it brief.

“Keith Thurman is a powerful boxer, but Tim Bradley is a quick boxer with lots of movement in the ring,” he stated.

Bradley is also coming off of a defeat, as he dropped a 12-round unanimous decision to Manny Pacquiao this past April.

Pacquiao would go on to win a clear points victory over Chris Algieri last month, dropping the New Yorker six times in a one-sided match.

“The fight that [Pacquiao] did was way superior than Ruslan [Provodniko],” Chaves stated. “He was way superior and I felt Algieri was scared of Pacquiao.”

*** Check out the FULL interview with Chaves below, where he discusses more about his fight with Keith Thurman, as well as his history with Marcos ‘Chino’ Maidana

Chris Robinson can be reached at CRobinson@hustleboss.com