Bradley says he will be fighting Khan in the future – just not now
May 23rd, 2011
By William Mackay: WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) had some reassuring words for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) in a recent interview telling him that they will be fighting in the future but just not now.
But the thing is, there are a lot of other guys out there that Khan will still need to fight even if he does somehow beat Bradley. If Khan beats Bradley, which I don’t think he can, it won’t mean a lot because Bradley is already been exposed as a small fighter with little power. The fighters that Khan would still need to fight and beat if he wanted to be considered the best in the division would be as follows: Zab Judah, Mike Alvarado, Breidis Prescott, the winner of Devon Alexander vs. Lucas Matthysse, Lamont Peterson and possibly Roberto Guerrero if he moves up in weight. Just beating Bradley, who isn’t a popular fighter, won’t do the trick.
If Khan beats Bradley by running around the ring all night long and then immediately claims he’s the best fighter in the division before moving up to welterweight, it’s going to be seen as a bit of a joke because there’s too many quality guys out there that we don’t know that Khan can beat. We already know that Khan couldn’t beat Prescott. Khan was knocked out by him and isn’t in any kind of hurry to try and avenge that loss even after three years.
Khan beat Marcos Maidana but had the benefit of a referee that seemed to keep Maidana from fighting on the inside for much of the bout, in particular when it was down to the last three rounds when Khan was basically holding on for dear life and getting pummeled. For Khan to really make a claim he’s the best in the division, he needs to beat Bradley, Prescott, Matthysse, Peterson, Judah, Maidana [with a different referee] and Guerrero.
If Khan can win all those fights then I think it’s time for him to move up in weight to the welterweight division. But if he doesn’t face those guys and makes a claim he’s the best because of a win over the light hitting Bradley, then Khan is kidding himself. He won’t be the best; He’ll just be some guy that beat Paul McCloskey, Bradley, Paulie Malignaggi, Maidana [by holding on in the last three rounds] and a bunch of B and C level guys.
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Hay Guys,
I just want to say that im realy sorry about the way i have been writing about some boxers namely Khan. Its just that i feel like i need to support my hill billy family values.
I wasnt always like this you know, When i was younger i always wanted to write science fiction but there was just too much competition.
I want to change my life, leave the KKK and tell my story but Jerry Springer wont have me.
From now on i will try my level best not to bad mouth Khan….P@ki……oops sorry!
Heris an American that would not walk acroos the street to watch Bradley. He is a horrible fighter and dull to watch. Hope Khan fights someone else.
i also think khan is full of himself and dislikehim khan v bradley will happen and should be great fight.i have no idea who wrote this but please sir you know nothing of boxing ,give up. made me laugh tho if that helps:)
I want my crayons, I don’t like the black ones.
Just to set the record straight I don’t want to lose my 0, us Americ un’ts are scared vir gin poo sies like Floyd who don’t want to get their cherry picked.
if you ask me bradley just didnt want to deal with team khan…so who does, thats the question. rather than go through the hell that maidana went through bradley dropped out and rightly told khan what to do with his reformed offer. khan isnt as good as bradley so why does khan call the shots, because he has a bigger fan base doesnt make him the better fighter. he should keep that in mind.
who wants to deal with these people? no wonder de la hoya is in rehab for alcohol addiction. khan really needs to fight prescott if he thinks he’s so great, he’s still more famous for THAT fight than anything else he has done.
If Khan is as good as he thinks he is, fight Prescott again! Avenge the defeat, and then move on! Until then, people are always going to keep mentioning Prescott!
@Foreign Cheaters
Can you help me? We have more US invented drugs for distribution. Floyd has been testing it and no blood test for it.
@Foreign Cheaters-In America we pick and chose the best situation to better ourselves and we won’t settle for less.
I guess we should follow the life of the Mayweather … life of crime … I guess selling drunks and beating women & children is the best situation.
@Foreign Cheaters
When is Floyd finishing is court cases? 2012? I guess boxing world and to wait for the Boxing Great.
I just hope he does get any jail time…. then the wait will be longer.
@ hall of famer; my post is toward you as well! Silence yourself!
@Floydtwit: be quiet! Manny isn’t the best of anything! If he was-manny would be undefeated and unmatched. Instead he has 3 losses and arguably 6, along with 2 draws. Manny’s recent success is due to Ariza’s special blends.
Aside from Pacquiao and Floyd, I don’t think Bradley can get that kind of money elsewhere..So I strongly believe it isn’t all about the money but the risk in taking it.
this artical is a joke if your saying that for khan to be regarded as the best in the division he has to beat at 5 or so fighters thats going to take over 2 years for him to fight all these. khan is a young man growing and will out grow this division within the year. your saying khan should fight peterson, pretty sure he was offered the fight instead of mcclosky but he bottled it. now judah he has bottled it. oh yeah and your talking about bradley who has also got no balls. 3 so called big american fighters who have all got no balls to fight khan. khan is the man offering the fights he is putting his title on the line but these guys aint interested in titles are they all about money following the biggest coward of them all floyd money mayweather. america is ruining boxing…..
I know this off topic, but im suprised no one has wrote anything about this.
I guess this is breaking news for some of you
Oscar De la Hoya is in a rehab in malibu california, for alcahol, cocaine, and sex addiction.
Get well oscar and good luck man.
@Tapia- I agree with you that Khan probably has the skills over all the fighters above except maybe Guerrero but I think because he’s open to taking shots and he has been brutally knocked out before then any one of them has a good chance of beating him. That’s probably why Khan is a big draw!
I’m not a big fan of Amir Khan. I think he is a good fighter but not great. He can be hit and although he took some big shots from Maidana I still believe he has a quite weak chin. I don’t like him as a person, I think he is full of himself and believes all the hype that’s around him. He is being far too greedy at this stage of his career and should be fair to his opponents. Saying that though, I think Bradley should still take the fight because although he’s only being offered 1.4 million or something I heard he also got offered half of the PPV money which would be huge in the UK and if he beat Khan then the big money fights would follow and I also don’t see him making more for fighting anyone else at the moment other than Pacman.
I’m not a Khan fan but anyone with any slight knowledge of the sport knows Khan is more than capable of beating all of those named above. Probably quite easily if he keeps his head and doesnt try and show off or prove he’s got a chin again. Lets not forget the boy is only young and still improving, there’s no rush, he should work his way up, pick opponenets in the best order available, mature and he will become a very good fighter. The only real danger in those lists is Guerrero or Khans own mentality.
Livfor1- Not all British people are the same just like not all Americans are the same so don’t label all Brits as being anti-American! I agree with you, I like fighters for there style and attitude in the ring not because of where they are from but it’s the same on both sides of the pond. There are a lot of US who are anti-British on here and the other way around so grow up mate!
4foreal; that usually happens when you have options on which food you’ll eat. Sorry,in America we don’t like rice patties! Amir should be the last person dictating anything-considering his people have just come out the dark ages and aren’t that civilized as a group. In America we pick and chose the best situation to better ourselves and we won’t settle for less.
Why the hell do you UK guys ALWAYS talk so much trash about us Americans? I live in London and all I hear is trash about us Americans, mean while in America no one even mentions the UK. WE DONT CARE WHAT YOU OR YOUR FIGHTERS DO!!!! If Bradley dont wanna fight Khan then he’s a b*tch. got NOTHING to do with him being American. I love fighters like Khan and Froch, Hatton and Lewis. Can’t stand Haye and Calzaghe though, cuz they’re B*TCHES too, NOT cuz they’re from the UK. I dont care if a fighter comes from the UK, Russia, China, Mars, the moon… if he fights like a champ then I like him and root for him. you UK guys gotta get a damn life with all this US hating. its retarded already and make you all look like a both of drunken children…
Another slick black american fighter obsessed to protect his ZERO defeat record?
Bradley is doing the right thing! Eveyone knows bradley isn’t afraid of no one at 140! His track record proves it. It’s known that Bradley is in a fight with his promotional company so why take a big fight with that breathing down your back. Bradley needs to be 100% focus when he fights Khan. The fight will happen people! Bradley is the top guy at 140 and he has proven that in the ring without promotional advertising! No one has giving Bradley anything, he has earned it all!
Why are you people arguing about who generates what? This is part of the reason why the fans can get the best guys to fight one another! These so call star fighters are using this as an excuse for not fighting a certain guy! I am one who’s not happy with most of the top guys are not facing one another. Promoters do not make it any better with the tactics the pull(TK & GBP)! Boxing has become 80% politics & 20% fighting! Most of the fighting occurs outside the ring! Some of you so call boxing fans are illustional with all these bias statements.
I’m not a big fan of Khan but I’m a huge fan of boxing! I have seen Khan’s last few fights & I have to admit, I see some skills from this kid but I do not see greatness! I do feel that he’s a little over hype only because of his C or C+ level of opponents he has been facing except for Maidana and Prescott! Khan has only faced two guys with power and he was KO’d in one & almost KO’d in the other but I give him credit for the Maidana win(He hung in there)! Everyone else has been soft fisted guys with no chance of hurting Khan.
If Bradley can beat Khan, then why doesn’t Bradley take the $1.4m MINIMUM that Khan offered? Easy money and $1.4m is more than Bradley made on his last fight. Bradley would gross around $2.2million which is more that he can get from any other fight. So explain, to us why Bradley should get more?
Bradley thinks he’ll be dictating terms, lol. Khan is better in every department, I’m a fan of boxing regardless of where they come from.
Face it Mackay, all your bias writing against Khan just makes you look stupid, but your past that point… Now you know that writing about him gets you more clicks, how sad that the one you hate so much is actually pulling people in to read your articles,
You give Americans a bad name and thats saying something.
This fight with Khan and Bradley should be made and demanded by the sanctioning boddies.
i hope khan accept bradley’s demand… i want to see khan unify the devision b4 moving up… if he thinks he is the best, why face the other fighter who holds no belt in the devision… for me khan should try to make this fight and then defend the title against the no. 1 contender… after that move to welterweight…
you guys cant make weight
You forgot to mention that Americans are the fattest people on earth, WOBBLE WOBBLE LOL
Look how all you 3rd world people get upset at us Americans because we have choices and don’t have to settle for rations like you losers. Americans will not be paid pennies or forced to fight a cheater on his terms. After all it’s America that’s the greatest country on earth!
Business is business and Khan brings in more money than bradley. The fight HBO built around Bradley stunk up the joint. Khan was in a fight od the year candidate. Bradley has no star power. and no fan appear.
Agree with Gio….a no power midget
@FLoYD SWEET SCIENCE
I agree with you. Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans have the courage and heart to fight manny pacquiao. margarito showed that despite his busted face when he fought pacquiao. he never quit and fought pacquiao to the end. while we could say that it was stupid for the referree not to stop the fight, it made it more exciting and we got our money’s worth, unlike mosely who started running around after he tasted pacquiao’s power in the 3rd round.
I dont like khan at all but i think he can beat bradley. Bradley was exposed in his last fight as a boring no power midget.
FLoYD SWEET SCIENCE, when you write your comments please choose uper or lower case, but not both as its retarded, Many Thanks,
Khan n PAC MAN i would pay any amount of money to c them fight!! u get your moneys worth! they fight to please the fans. unlike, bradley,mosley,clotty,mayweather,judah,alexander,berto. OMG guess wat they all black y r black people so hype??? theyhavent bein walkin the walk lately since tyson tyms.May be cause the all pretty boy wanabees
bradley’s proven that he has the goods, that he’s willing to fight anyone, and that he has heart. the man only wants to get fair market value for his work. the fight game doesn’t last forever. and to be used by “con” as a stepping stone for 1/3 of what “con’s” getting is a little insulting when you’re the recognized ring magazine 140# champ. on the other hand, this is his biggest career purse.
Peterson!!??!! WTF does Khan have to beat him to prove he’s the best. WTF has Peterson done to make himself one of the top dogs apart from loose to anyone decent he’s face. And Guerrero – why should Khan have to beat him, he isn’t even fighting at this weight yet. How about putting both Klitschko’s and Sergio Martinez in the list of those he’s got to beat to make it really tough. Clown.
so who is the best in the division? who has beaten all of the fighters you listed?
write that mackay!
someone should issue a Fatwa against me for my boxing blasphemy!
If it was Khan that had said he wont fight Bradley it is people like this writer that would be screaming that Khan is a coward until they were blue in the face
I cant write but i can rhyme (Im G@y, Every Day, And Rubbish Is What I write and Say….Yay!)
I can write but i can rhyme (Im G@y, Every Day, And Rubbish Is What I write and Say….Yay!)
Boxing is a sweet science hit and do’nt be hit.
I apologies for what i wrote. Amir Khan is better than Bradley.
And I should stop and quit my job as a writer.
his terms? I hope it’s not RBT you coward!
William Mackay, you should write for WWE
american ducker.. seems to hapen a lot over there
No problem, is a boring fighter anyway.
khans career wont get past this year he is not elite leel nowhere near