Khan wants to fight Bradley in England, possibly in September – Boxing News

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) saw WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley’s win over WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) on Saturday night, and said that he wants to fight Bradley in England, before September 10th. Khan said he needs to get his April 16th tune-up fight out of the way and then, depending on the rematch clause that Alexander had, would like to fight Bradley later on in the year. Bradley defeated Alexander by a 10 round technical decision on Saturday night when Alexander was in too much pain to continue following a headbutt.

Speaking with Sky Sports News, Khan said “I’d like to get the April 16 fight out of the way then definitely I’ll fight Timothy Bradley, who is the number one in the division. I’m number two and I think that will be a brilliant fight. It will be a lot easier to make. Bradley’s with Gary Shaw and I think that fight could be made. Also Bradley did say he would love to come to England and fight me, what a great fight that would be for the English fans. I want to do it before Ramadan starts, so I can fight to have the whole of Ramadan off and then fight again at the end of the year.”

It’s not likely that Bradley would want to travel all the way to England to accommodate Khan, when he’s considered the number #2 fighter. Why would Bradley do that? Also, Khan did say he was moving his fights to the U.S. to try and become a star over there. He plans on fighting his April 16th fight in the UK. If he also fights the Bradley fight in the UK as well, this would mean that he’s fought two consecutive fights there. If his goal is to try and become a star in the United States, Khan is using a backwards way of trying to accomplish that. Frankly, it seems kind of self-defeating if you ask me. Khan might as well move his fights back to the UK and end his career fighting there because fighting half of the time in the U.S isn’t going to get the job done if he wants to become a star in the U.S.

Khan said this about fighting Bradley: “I am sure when I fight him, I’ll be watching his head. If that was me, I’d have taken a little step back as he came in, then a little right uppercut, and it wouldn’t have been good night….I think with my skills and if I go with the right game plan into the fight, it could be a win for us.”

The problem for Khan is that he slaps too much with his punches and he runs all the time. He wouldn’t be able to hurt Bradley with his uppercuts and it’s doubtful he would land very many because of all the running, holding of Bradley’s arm and the constant shoving that Khan likes to do. I can’t see him beating Bradley unless the judges score points for Khan’s misses.

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