Timothy Bradley interested in fighting Devon Alexander
March 10th, 2010
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) says that he’s interested in fighting IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KO’s) in June if possible.
In an article at Boxing Talk, Bradley said “Let’s do it” when asked if he’d be interested in facing Alexander in June. However, Bradley says that the “money has to be right” for him to fight Alexander.
Bradley goes on to say that he thinks it would be a close fight in the first six rounds but that he’d get to Alexander in the later rounds of the fight. Bradley, 26, who is considered to be the best fighter in the light welterweight division by many, says that he thinks Alexander is very talented and a tough fighter.
Judah, at one time the IBF/WBA/WBC welterweight champion, has been mostly a gate keeper in the welterweight division since losing his last title, the WBC belt, to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2006. Judah has fought three times in the past two years, beating Ernest Johnson and Ubaldo Hernandez while losing to Joshua Clottey.
Judah is a better known fighter than Bradley among casual fans of the sport, but it’s hard to tell how much he has left at this point in his career. It’s been five years since Judah beat a high quality fighter, defeating Cory Spinks by a 9th round stoppage in 2005 to capture the IBF/WBC/WBC welterweight titles.
But since that time, Judah has failed in fights against top level opposition, losing to Carlos Baldomir, Mayweather, Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey. The only real opposition that Judah has been able to beat is 2nd tier fighters. At 5’7”, Judah should have moved back down to the light welterweight division long ago where he would have had a better chance at competing than at welterweight.
Alexander looked very impressive in defeating International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Juan Urango last Saturday night on March 6th in an 8th round TKO. Alexander ended the fight with a big uppercut to the head of Urango. Alexander had knocked Urango down moments earlier with an identical looking uppercut.
If Alexander wanted to get attention immediately from hardcore boxing fans, a fight against Bradley would be the way to go rather than taking on Judah. Bradley is probably the much tougher opponent and the one that would give Alexander more of a name than beating up on Judah at this point. Judah doesn’t have a title like Bradley does, and Zab has been beaten in four out of his last nine bouts.
If you take away Judah’s wins against 2nd tier opposition among the nine fights, Judah’s record is 0-4-1, which is pretty poor to be given a title shot. Despite Judah’s lack of wins over top level opposition in the past four years, he’s ranked at number #7 in the IBF light welterweight division.
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thank you anonymous you have spoken the truth i wanted to be told for the longest. Timothy Bradley needs to be exposed for real. While Bradley fans are riding his coat tail they will fore ever neglect to mention the fact that Tim has given up a world title belt not to fight Devon. Sure hes going to blame it on the money issue ,if you call yourself a professional fighter trying to make it to the top and call yourself the best, who in the hell would give up a world title belt, if your the best the money will follow.Hes just so shook to fight Devon that he will come with excuse after excuse, plus they knew each other in the amatures so Bradley knows what Alexander the Great is capable of.
I’ve always believe the top two ranked in any division should fight each other. All this talk about the money being right etc disappointments me. I appreciate i dont understand what goes on behind the seens, however I am confident what they would get paid in one fight is more than most would be paid in a year. So being paid 2mill or 5 mill or whatever would tell me they are well on the road to being catered for. If you love the sport you fight the best, when you be the best or at the very least put in a great performance your value would increase anyway. Let the promotions team and managers do the hype job. I feel boxers should do more to fight the best in their division. There’s enough money around for all to get paid, man if they can fight in UFC for a lot less then you got to feel that some boxers are being greedy. They are putting money before their boxing record, which should be about who you beat, what title you have etc.
I would like to see Timothy Bradley fight Edwin Valero or even Gamboa
If the money is right, Zab will fight Devon no question. Zab is still the man in my book, Zab need to get with Hunter, Anthony and Lamont Peterson Trainer and come up with a game plan. Zab is still P4P in my book.
Bifrin, I agree but Judah is always dangerous for 4 rounds. If Alexander makes it to run 5 he wins
Bradley UD over Alexander
@sardo noomski
Here in America. We are not impressed by over hyped idiots who use shot, small, aging boxing legends as stepping stones to further their over hyped career. Please tell A mere Con to fight legitimate competition for second time in his career (the first time was against Breidis Prescott) or to just stay in the UK where over hyped idiots are appreciated.
@ brandon
your the idiot !
who has bradley fought ??
peterson = salita
nate = barrera
why dosnt bradley fight maidana ?? people call khan for ducking him.Why dont bradley step up?? bradley will duck devon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This bull s il fight anyone any time is a smoke screen and idiots like yourself believe it !!!!
Bradley is a decent all round fighter with a decent chin thats it.
I would be shocked if khan and devon lossed to him.It aint going to happen brandon bradley has hit his peak while khan and devon are improving all the time.
Props to bradley thou he has all his fans fooled
Bradley vs Alexander…a great unification fight between two top light welterweights who Amir Khan DUCKED.
They might aswel get it on next, because they might die of old age before Amir Khan agrees to fight someone good
@Anonymous- There you go, the top two fighters in the division wanting to fight each other, isnt that great! But when will we hear Amir Khan say, “i want to fight Bradley or Alexander”. Probably never. Bradley and Alexander BOTH wanted to take that little belt off Khan and he didnt want to know. So dont talk about bradley ducking devon, because Khan ducked them BOTH recently AND he ducked maidana.
Bradley will fight anyone, Khan needs protection, its as simple as that
They need to wait on this fight so each grows in popularity. I think its smart for Alexander to pad his resume with names like Judah. Bradley should fight guys like Maidana or possibly Marquez so more people see his skills. They should put a tourney like the Super Six together and have Alexander, Bradley, Khan, Ortiz, Maidana, and Marquez.
To R.A.W. Bradley also beat Kendall Holt and Edner Cherry, he’s always fought the top fighters and although he may not yet be ready for Pacquoi and Mayweather, he’s called them out as well. Check Bradley’s rapsheet, he’s got the skill,desire and toughness to be great, and his work ethic is unmatched.
“$ has to b right” it was not right b 4, and it won’t b now. Alexander’s promoter is Don King, come on now, Y do u think Bradley vacated the WBC belt. Got a better pay day w/ old as crybaby Campbell. Zab is gonna get the ugliest tune up of his life, lol. Lets just wait and see how long Bradley will stick to no pay days. Or take a low payday.
Both have got good handspeed but Alexander has the edge in power.
It would make no sense for Alexander to fight Bradley instead of Judah next. Bradley is a better fighter, but Judah has a bigger name and would probably bring him more money. After beating Judah, and if Bradley wins against a good opponent in June, than Bradley-Alexander late this year would be a lot bigger and bring both fans more money and the loser wouldn’t take as big a hit in marketability. I really believe if Alexander beats Judah and Bradley gets another quality win, then they meet, it would really boost the winner’s name recognition and would be considered a pretty big fight and probably the biggest fight on regular HBO this year.
@r.a.w.
A mere Con continues to complain about not getting fights, but always ends with the phrase “I won’t get any recognition”. Marcos Maidana would give him the opportunity to show that he is not a coward. (Maidana hits harder than Breidis Prescott). Once he does that, the big names have to come after him. At that point, the money will come. So with A mere Con, he needs to get his priorities straight. Contrary to all the hype, he’s beaten a washed up Marco Barrera who was too small for him with help from his cheating headbutt strategy and a terrible, green Salita. That’s the extent of his resume!!!
@Anonymous
Your an idiot… Quit hating on Bradley!!! He is the best at 140, and no one @ 140 can beat him!!! Devon’s people want Judah first, and Bradley knows this… He wants to make sure when Alexander does step up…. The money needs to be right!!! Why do you think Alexander’s people want Judah first??? Judah is a much safer fight then Bradley… Bradley will beat Alexander any day, and anyone else @ 140!!!
This is an exciting fight, I’d love to see this.
Another one is Gamboa vs Lopez,
Pacquiao vs Mosley vs Mayweather vs Williams,
Donaire vs Montiel
Get them in the ring!
Why wouldn’t the writer of this article mention that Devon didn’t just target Zab…but he also said after Zab he wants to unify the belts again Bradley in the winter. I dunno seems like an important thing to mention since your discussing a possible fight between DEVON AND BRADLEY lol
I’d like to see this fight happen, but it seems like too many things have to come together. Too bad.
Bradley continues to complain about not getting fights, but always ends with the phrase “if the money’s right”. This would give him the opportunity to unify the division. Once you do that, the big names have to come after you. At that point, the money will come. So with Bradley, he needs to get his priorities straight. Contrary to all the hype, he’s beaten a washed up Witter and a young green Peterson. That’s the extent of his resume!!!
I saw witter/alexander on the undercard of bradley/campbell and I can honestly say that devon alexander is not in the same class as Bradley, its sure to be a one sided fight if it ever happens. All these Bradley haters in here he must be doing something right, expect to be surprised in 2010-2011, Bradley’s coming and theres no stopping him.
Bradley has more power, and better accuracy, Alexander is the stylist. Would be a cracking fight for all true Boxing fans, a high level matchup, even more incredible if it could be on the undercard of Pacquiao vs Mayweather if such a fight could be made for September/October.
It wont happen
bradley deserves a superfight. too bad he’s a showtime fighter cause marquez would be a great fight. bradley aint gettin nothing from alexander cause he’s don king’s fighter.
perfect match ups!! too bad none of them got much power but both have skills and speed.. still suprised he k.o;d urango?? lucky punch.? sho or hbo not ppv attraction yet,
Stfu bradley!!! U keep cryin n callin people but end with the money has to be right!!!! Take a pay cut to get to the top!!!
this is the perfect time for them to fight, i think the winner could land a ppv fight
BRADLEY HAS 11KO IN 25 FIGHTS, ALEXANDER 13KO IN 20 FIGHTS=BRADLEY GETTING HIS HEAD KNOCKED OFF…
here we go again bradleys intrested in fighting devon !! ducked him once so to please his 10 fans hes putting on another spectacle il fight anyone speech again ! bradley knows his time is running out at 140 and il bet he will end up fighting another overated fighter like peterson then all the bradley fans will say everyones scared of him !!!! scared of wot his ko days are over now he isnt fighting d class fighters the judges wont save him forever.
Hes another paulie only diffrence being paulie faced top competition early in his career ie cotto and hatton.
bradley stop ducking devon to face a blown up nate cambell and now pretending to want to fight him you have no intention of getting the fight on.
Imagine if khan now started calling maidana out now after side stepping him in the first place the haters would have a field day.
whats the diffrence with bradley and devon????
Nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think they should fight now, why wait? Make it good for the real fans, while making good descent money and not wait for the promoters to make themselves richer by building up fights. Why put them in tune up fights, when they are both ready for the big name fights. Bradley wins by knock out!
I feel like they would be better off waiting a bit, this fight could be huge, but they need to build it a little more.
Alexander-Judah
Bradley-(Insert fighter who isn’t afraid to fight him)
and after that lets make Bradley-Alexander at the end of the year!