Shaw thinks Bradley has a good chance of fighting Mayweather if he beats Alexander
January 28th, 2011
By Dave Lahr: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) may not have much chance of getting a fight against Manny Pacquiao if Bradley destroys WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) on Saturday night in Pontiac, Michigan. But Bradley’s promoter, Gary Shaw, likes his chances of getting an euqually well paying fight against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. instead. That would be even better, because a Mayweather-Bradley fight would be huge because of the skills of these two fighters and all the fans that Mayweather would be able to attract on pay-per-view.
Mayweather is dealing with some legal issues right now, so Bradley would have to wait awhile before he can get a chance to fight Mayweather unless Mayweather’s legal problems disappear rapidly in the near future. Those problems could linger for the remainder of the year, at which case Mayweather will need to decide whether he wants to take a good paying fight with Bradley so that he can add to his money chest for his legal woes. Bradley would be the ideal opponent because after he beats Alexander, he’s going to be the uncrowned king of the light welterweight division. To be sure, there’s still a fight against WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and a bout against the winner of the fight between Zab Judah and Kaizer Mabuza for the vacant IBF light welterweight title that still needs to be resolved, but for the most part, Bradley will be seen as the guy to beat at light welterweight. I don’t know how Mayweather will be able to resist this fight.
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The problem is the “shark” is afraid to go in the ocean because of a “killer whale” might end his undefeated record.
(Pacquiao’s recent statement says its not the drugtest issue thats holding up the fight because he’s willing to do whatever it takes, its Floyds courage thats lacking and we as boxing fans would like nothing better for Floyd to MAN UP and think proud and fight!)
At this point Bradley is a small fish in a big pond! ‘IF’ Floyd does ever come back he should be looking to fight a shark not a goldfish if he wants to cover his court bills! After all nobody wants to pay to see a goldfish!
Mayweather would beat anyone of them..
@there shal only be one..respect pal
if floyd fights bradley and not manny or khan its a clear duck.. cos lets face it. any one with a boxing brain knowskhan would destroy bradley
Ita amazing how pple use their hate for Floyd to undermine his boxing skills,,, Ps put apart the boxer in the ring becsuse he is a genius at what he does in he ring… there’s no way Bradley beats Floyd, or Alexander , nor Khan, nor Manny.
The single threat to Floyd is Sergio Martinez,,, bet we have seen that Sergio slows down after 5 rounds and thats when Floyd picks it up….
Ya, there is good chance Bradley would be on Floyd’s list of fighters he is interested in fighting. FLoyd will always be interested, that is all…………..
funny.. american boxers are such a loser
Dream on! the probability of PBF entertaining a Bradley bout is slim. C’mmon, Bradley does not generate big money.
it would be a nice bout for the summer if floyd still wants to do it. i think he is done with the sport.
That would be a good fight