Timothy Bradley = the Mayweather of the light welterweight division
February 14th, 2010
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) is quickly finding out the painful results of being considered the best fighter in the light welterweight division. None of the top fighters are interested in fighting Bradley. Amir Khan, Zab Judah, Marcos Maidana, and even Edwin Valero are thrilled at getting in the ring and trying their luck against Bradley. And who can blame them for not wanting to fight him.
In 2009, Bradley defeated Holt and Lamont Peterson. Bradley also fought former lightweight champion Nate Campbell in August. Their fight resulted in a 3 round no contest. Bradley looked to be on his way to winning that fight after dominating all three rounds.
As good as Bradley is, he may have to move up to the welterweight division if he wants to continue to get fights. The other top light welterweights aren’t in a hurry to face Bradley and thus risk getting beaten and have their market value lowered in doing so. It’s sad, because Bradley needs to be facing the other top fighters in the light welterweight division if he wants to become a mega star like Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, but if the other top fighters in the division are unwilling to fight him, what can he do?
Khan would be a great fight for Bradley. However, there’s no way that Golden Boy Promotions is going to put Khan in with Bradley and face an almost certain loss. It’s not that Bradley is a huge puncher, because he doesn’t hit as hard as some of the big punchers like Maidana, Holt and Ricardo Torres.
However, Bradley has good speed, an excellent inside game and certain sense of toughness that enables him to beat fighters that are bigger and stronger than him. But the harsh reality is that Bradley is probably going to have to move up to welterweight if he wants to get some interesting bouts. He doesn’t have to stay at that weight class, because he can always back and forth depending upon the opponents available, but he needs to seek out fighters from both divisions to ensure that he’s getting the best fights and building his name up.
It’s the same predicament that former welterweight champion Paul Williams found himself in while fighting at welterweight. After being ignored by the other top welterweights after he defeated Antonio Margarito, Williams was finally forced to move up to the light middleweight and then middleweight divisions just to find opponents.
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@ swift
Peterson my freind is another salita in my eyes and look what khan did to him inside 1 round.Im not daft bradley is a good fighter and to be honest i enjoy watchin him.What i am saying he will only go so far in my opinion i no boxing is not just about ko all the time its just against decent opposition bradley gets the job done i dont think that will be enough when he faces someone like khan even with the dodgy chin he has too many skills for bradley and would beat him.
@ anonymous – Do you really believe Bradley hasn’t fought anyone? He fought and beat Junior Witter after Witter didn’t lose for 8 years. He beat Kendall Holt who is a tough as anyone in the division and he beat an undefeated Lamont Peterson, who I believe is top three in the division. Guys like Khan, Maidana and Hatton are descent fighters, but not world beaters at all. Bradley beats Maidana every second of every round, he knocks out Khan in another easy fight and Hatton at this stage of his career will get the same thing mayweather gave him. Bradley’s toughest fight will be Alexander, but I think he would get by him as well… You don’t need to knock everyone out to be a good puncher. Bradley is a good puncher, Malinaggi is a weak puncher there is a big difference between the two of them!
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@ BRANDON
i like how you say he doesnt duck elite fighters which elite fighter has he faced??
look if bradley was so good like you and oli dolly reckon why hasnt he got anyfans compared to other fighters???
Because eveyone can see he is nothing speacial decent speed and chin thats it!!!
Hatton would walk through bradleys punches send him to the ropes and tko him.
Khan would outbox him with speed and bradley hasnt the ko power to make khan retreat.
maidana would pose a bigger threat.
BRADLEY SHOUTS OUT EVERYONE THEN DISAPEARS ITS A SMOKE SCREEN HE KNOWS HE WILL BE EXPOSED AND SO DO YOU.
Wow!! A lot of Bradley hate in here! To the author, let me explain something. Bradley is looking for the best opponents who ever they are. Mayweather is looking for the best paper, with least resistance. Tim Bradley has all the respect in the world because he will fight anyone. As far as these clowns who think Valero can beat him? you guys are nuts!! He will beat Valero from post to post, it will be worse than a rich guy walking through the projects with money hanging out of his pockets after 12pm…
@Anonymous
You will never get it… Unless Bradley cloaned himself and was able to fight Nate Campbell and Alexander @ the same time, he had to give up one belt… He would love to fight Alexander, and he will beat him… Bradley is not afraid of anyone, especially “hitman”. He doesn’t duck the elite fighters like Khan and Hatton…
Bradley’s head butt with Campbell was an accident, it happens in boxing and mma. Bradley is also shorter than most of his opponents, so he stays low and they banged heads… But to accuse him of head butting on purpose is childess, that is Anonymous … Grow up and quit hating, because Bradley is the real deal!
P.S. U sound like your English??? Typical……
is mayweather really that invincible that elite fighters at welterweight ducks him? the answer is a resounding naaaah!
is mayweather really that formidable at welterweight that even marquez – the lightweight champion – was so scared of him? the answer is again, naaaah!
in fact its the other way around, mr dower. your so called invincible fighter in mayweather is the one doing the ducking of the best at welterweight.
@ brandon and oli
Bradley ducked devon fact.
The hitman would ko him like castillo.
Bradley is an overhyped headbutter.
Bradley is just an average running fighter,you who talk about spped means running to me its all bull Bradley cant punch and if he chosses to fifgt like a warrior he will go the way of all thoes fast boys who got caught. As for Paul williams he so good dam tall that and he punches like hes swating flies he is not a big deal and I saw the Margo fightb and i believe he beat williams
bradley is no mayweather, valero will ko him in side of 4 rds. bradley is to me overrated like pac riod the human cheater….
@brandon………da only thing bradley is gud at is head buttin his oppenents wid his oversized head to weaken them up……..bradley is a cheat……..boooooooooo
@ brandon……yh bradley wud hav success against khan or hatton by using his big head. bradley is nothin bt a god damn cheater who headbutts all his opponents 2 weaken them up…….da only weapon dat workz for bradley is his oversized head
Brandon- I think we have covered everything now, theres not a lot else to add. The facts are there.
Bradley is ranked number 1 in the world, for anyone to claim they are the best now they have to beat Tim Bradley, so if hatton or khan think they can do it easy, they should put their money where their mouth, otherwise shut the f”k up.
@This GUYchatsSomeBS says
You are dreaming… What part of Khan saying and I quote “I’m not ready for Tim Bradley yet, maybe by the end of the year”
Let me translate for you… Khan is scared he knows he would lose to Bradley, and he is just taking on weaker opponents, buying time so he doesn’t have to face Bradley… Khan has already been beaten, and hasn’t fought one top 20 contender EVER… Bradley has fought 5 top 10 contenders and is still undeafeted!
Golden Boy said no way to Bradley, why??? They don’t want that little english boy’s stock to fall down to nothing, after Bradley dominates Khan.
I wish Khan or Hatton would agree to fighting Bradley, he would show England how we do in the states, kind of like the way he beat Junior Witter( In England)!!!
For the last time people, Bradley has never ducked anyone!!! He wants to fight everyone and anyone… Alexander was just a phone call to late, he signed to unify with Nate right before Alexander’s people attempted!
P.S. I think we saw how Nate quit once he realized he was in for a long ass whoppin!!!
Bradleys a good fighter, but the people he has beat are average or over the hill. I do think he has skills, but he is not a big puncher, not that quick, but he does work hard. He only just beat a below par witter, a shot holt & unproven Paterson. I have watched several of his fights now & I don’t see a spark or something that makes people want to watch. Good solid pro, but I think he is at his level and that’s it. Comparing records with hatton is pointless. Hattons record is better and fighters beaten are better. But even if they weren’t it’s not always who you beat, but how you beat them and bradley is never spectacular or clinical.
Yeah Valero must be petrified of Bradley right? Even though he is calling out Pacquiao & Mayweather jr! lol Boy do you guys at Boxing24 chat some S***!
I Just want Khan to get in that ring & Blitz Bradley so i won’t have to hear such utter bullsh*t! Bradley this & bradley that, such a shame he is America’s best boxer apart from Mayweather/Mosely, who is sadly at the end of he career!
Bradley is no Mayweather he beats Peterson and all of sudden he’s Mayweather. Peterson fought tomato cans so you can’t go on that fight. Valero stops him in 9 rounds
Semtex… Still persevering with this devon alexander argument?? Having two belts means having two mandatories. How can he fight both on the same night? You just said its a bussiness, then in the same breath you slagged him off taking a bigger fight! Your a complete tosspot weirdo. If they can all destroy him, then where are they?
Bradley WANTS to fight. They DONT. Its like saying paul williams is a ducker who hasnt fought anyone. If your favourite cowards dont want to fight him then theres not really much else he can do.
Anonymous- Your regurgitating the same tired crap thats already been proved wrong. BRANDON has laid the facts down and snapped your argument in half. Theres nothing you can say.
Good question..who HAS hatton beat? Even better question WHO has khan beat. Whats hilarious is that YOU Amir Khans number 1 trumpet blower, can come on here and try to say Bradley and the rest and ducking people! Amir khan is the most protected fighter in world boxing, hes ducked EVERYBODY.
You can say whatever u like, the main fact and the bottom line is…Hes ranked number one in the world. Bradley DOES want it, if hatton, khan and the other cowards want it, where are they then?
For starters, he needs to get a marketing/publicist/lawyer type agent
Grow some hair, he looks like a boy, a peanut…
Grow a thicker stache, or if he can’t, thin it out cubano style
He needs to man up and market himself appropriately if he wants to succeed and get the big fights with the big boys.
Who wants to fight a low reward unknown to the general public
PBF is going to whip Mosley’s a!!!!!! As long as he doesn’t try to mix it up with him. I do agree that Mosley is a new man but PBF knows not to mix it with him.
Bradley is the true he fights for legacy, he wants prove he is the best. How could you say he duck devon if instead he took fight with Nate Campbell instead.Bullsh*t he has called out both pac and mayweather who keep ducking him. Pacman was considered a top fight in 140 at when he fought Hatton, he express interested in fighting both fighters saying that how could this two be te top fighters at 140 when he held 2 of the major titles. He would kill hatton and beat pac on points, and give mayweather a excellent fight. It’s a reason that people are ducking him. Plus most fighter would have looked at the Peterson fight are crazy fight to take. Let not forget how good Peterson is he could beat most of the champion at 140 including khan and Urango with ease. Timothy is just that good, I want peterson to win. He is young, rangy, with good speed, and was coming off the rumors of taking Mayweather to war in their sparring section. But Bradley destroyed him I was shocked how bad he whopped him more then the fact that he won. Time tells all and about 2 year Bradley hater will see how great he is
@Anonymous
Let’s see. who has Bradley beat? (Witter,Cherry, Holt, Campbell,Peterson) The question is who has Hatton beat??? No one @ Bradley’s level… How about Khan? Oh that’s right he hasn’t beat anyone… Think what you want, when Khan or Hatton man up, Bradley will handle them with ease…
Come on ANONYMOUS, Bradley is the man @ 140… He didn’t duck Devon, he had to unify 2 belts and had agreed to fight Campbell first… He wants Devon, but Devon is already set to fight soon…
All you hating on Bradley, what do u want him to do? He is trying to fight the best… That’s what you do, when you are one of the best…
I really wish Hatton would step up to Bradley, Bradley is the future and the present @ 140-147!!! Remember you heard it from me!!! That is Anonymous!!!
Bradley is such an exciting superstar that he fights in front of about 55 people everytime he steps into the ring…
@ Anonymous
And who has Ricky Hatton fought that he beat that wasn’t past their prime? Oh that’s rite… Mayweather & Pac and they both made him look like the bum he is! Castillo and Kosta Zu were over the hill when they fought.
Bradley is the current top jr welterweight, look at ring magazine rankings. However, he has ducked devon alexander and has not faced world class oppistion. So until he shows it o would not consider him the next mayweather.
Bradley is a nobody at the moment and until he fights a somebody he will remain a nobody. Even then he will get beaten then disappear back into obscurity.
Hatton would beat him by either KO or on points with no problems.
Khan would simply overwhelm the guy and KO him before the 9th round.
Even Malignaggi would beat Bradley on points.
Stop trying to hype him up your not fooling anyone except yourself.
@SA Mayweather Fan: must have got the PBF fans all rowdy! I didn’t say anything about age, I think I implied that Mosley was going to whoop on PBF regardless of his age. I’ll talk to you after May 1 just like you say, but I’ll be telling you who’s PBF going to fight now. When Mosley wins it’s going to be Pacquiao vs Mosley and PBF will be on the sidelines. Why don’t you come talk to me after May 1st and ask me who I think PBF will fight next.
First of all Tim Bradley walks the walk, he will fight anybody!!! He didn’t duck Devon, he had to unify two belts and he had agreed to fight Nate before Alexander… You want Bradley to be in two places @ once??? He has said yes to everyone and anyone that would be a worthy opponent! Bradley will beat anyone @ 140… For all of you Khan and Hatton lovers, sorry Khan said he wasn’t ready for Bradley? How can Khan have a belt @ 140 (just like Bradley) and not be ready to face the best @ 140? Khan will never beat Bradley, and Hatton wants to make a come back… Fighting Bradley will put him back into retirement! Hatton is too slow and can’t hang with Bradley’s foot movement and busy boxing! Do not compare Bradley to Paulie, paulie can’t beat the guys Bradley can… Paulie is maybe top 10 @ 140, Bradley is #1 @ 140! Bottom line, no one can beat Bradley @ 140 and he will fight anyone…
@ oli LMAO HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!
your right i am a nob but what i write is fact son.
Bradley ducked devon!!!!!!! end ov get over it.
You call hatton and khan for ducking your man does it also!!!!!!!!
Ive heard bradley has called haye out aswell oli im dead certain he means it LOL!!!!!
Your a joke oli you dont understand boxing its a buisness son not playing fight night round 4 on the xbox!!!!
Bradley=paulie
Paulie has more heart and a better chin though he dare face cotto and the hitman.Meaning he is all talk and action .
Bradley is all talk!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to fight the best hey nate will you please eat a couple of burgers so i dont have to face devon.
Or now i will fight paterson another fearther puncher with a 46% ko rate.
WAKE UP OLI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Juan Diaz vs Ricky Hatton
Amir Khan vs Marcos Maidana
Devon Alexander vs Tim Bradley
Nate Cambell vs Juan M. Marquez
Winners fight each other.
Losers fight each other.
i see his getting koed by khan, valero or even beaten by hatton..period!!!!!
he is all talk..btw mayweather is a megastar? you have to be popular..to be a megastar..lol
Now we have May vs Mosley because Mayweather had no other option, Mosley been trying to fight him. I don’t want to hear everyone screaming about he called him out 10 years ago, I would’ve fought De La Hoya for the money too instead of PBF
Vinny, I agree with you after Pacquiao, Mayweather had no option in terms of the next big paying fight available and no other criteria here.
When other fighters choose the best paying fights it is fine for them but when it’s done by Mayweather, it is not ok.
Talk to me after May 1, don’t come up with excuses about Mosley’s age, he is the one who dissed PBF after the JMM fight.
Tell Pacquiao and Arum to stop talking Valero and deal with the Mayweather nightmare first.
@ pimpsmack
who has bradley faced that even comes close to the calbre of fighters hatton has faced??????????
IL answer it for you none.
Ricky Hatton is a joke and always has been!!! Timmothy Bradley would destroy him like any other good fighter. He never beat anybody that was good in their prime, the only big names he has beaten were all washed up! Timmothy Bradley is a good fighter and would most likely beat everyone at 140.
Paul Williams is most defo an avoided fighter but Bradley I’m soz is not!!! To even compare him to mayweather what a joke of an article haha
Not saying hes anything like mayweather but SEMTEX..what a nob.
Khan- doesnt want to fight him
Hatton- doesnt want to fight him
Valero- doesnt want to fight him
agree wiv u hatton would destroy him hattins inside game is far better u mug
What a laugh LMAO!!!!!!!!!
Has oli written this????????????
Bradley ducked devon to fight a blown up nate thats a fact for you son.
He beat a fellow feather puncher peterson with a 46% ko record who salita would probebly drop HA HA HA!!!!
Couldnt even beat convincingly witter the quitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Valero would eat this guy.
Khan would even drop him HA HA HA
Hatton would destroy him aswell.
BRADLEY=THE NEW PAULIE OF THE 140 DIVISION ALL TALK !!!!!!!!!!!!!
wants to fight the best but best dont to fight him. Ducks nobody and is willing to step up anytime to anyone. If more fighters were like this the better fights would get made, the sport would be more exciting, and we would know who the best really is. Bradley and paul williams = avoided fighters.
The mayweather of the light welterweight division? It’s not that people are not wanting to fight Mayweather, it’s that Mayweather isn’t taking fights at WW and is making excuses. I think it should read Timothy Bradley = Paul Williams. Now we have May vs Mosley because Mayweather had no other option, Mosley been trying to fight him. I don’t want to hear everyone screaming about he called him out 10 years ago, I would’ve fought De La Hoya for the money too instead of PBF.
timothy bradley the mayweather erm not gonna read the rest , what a mug
Madiana won’t face bradley cuz their aint money involve n he has a shot at khan pendin!! Valero won’t cuz he needs to get a few tune up if he goin to move up to 140 n khan well khan is just a p—y.
Jim
Please Please Please
You are making a mug of yourself. Bradley aint fit to lace Mayweathers boots
Lol. Mate, People don’t fear him. It’s become he doesn’t bring any money to the table. Hardly any casual fans know him. Stop trying to hype him up.