Khan: Timothy Bradley will never get to fight Pacquiao or Mayweather, he can’t sell tickets

By Boxing News - 08/08/2011 - Comments

Image: Khan: Timothy Bradley will never get to fight Pacquiao or Mayweather, he can't sell ticketsBy Sean McDaniel: Frustrated that he can’t get a fight against World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s), WBA Super World light welterweight champ Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) chose to vent his frustrations on his twitter account today, saying that Bradley has zero chance of getting fights against Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr in the future because he’s not able to sell tickets. Khan doesn’t see either of those big named fighters choosing to take on a guy like Bradley who hasn’t proven that he can put fans in seats.

Khan said “Timothy Bradley might as well retire undefeated as a fight with him versus Floyd or Manny will never happen and doesn’t make sense. He can’t even sell a 100 tickets in his back garden and doesn’t want to fight the best at 140…P**sy. I fought [Andriy] Kotelnik, [Paulie] Malignaggi, [Marcos] Maidana, [Paul] McCloskey, [Zab] Judah, who were all in the top 10 and the rest don’t want to fight apart from [Lamont] Peterson and [Robert] Guerrero. There is not much I can do apart from beating the person they put in front of me.”

To be fair, Bradley did already beat Peterson quite easily, Devon Alexander, Kendall Holt, Miguel Vazquez, Luis Carlos Abregu and Junior Witter. Those are pretty good fighters and would match-up with the guys that Khan has fought in the past. Indeed, Vazquez is the International Boxing Federation (IBF) lightweight champion, and Alexander previously held the IBF/WBC titles at light welterweight. He’s no pushover.

As for Khan’s thoughts about Bradley never getting a fight against Mayweather or Pacquiao, I think he’s dead wrong. Bradley is very much on the radar screen of Pacquiao, especially if he signs with Top Rank. It’s a given that Bradley will fight Pacquiao if that happens. Even if he doesn’t sign with Top Rank, he’ll still likely get a shot at Pacquiao. With Khan moving up in weight to the welterweight division, Bradley will still continue to be the top fighter in the division and will be a mouth-watering opponent for either Pacquiao or Mayweather to choose.



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