By Chris Williams: It seems that WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) and WBO light welterweight title holder Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) may have made a huge mistake by choosing to fight in a neutral venue instead of in either of the two fighters’ home cities. Instead of having good ticket sales for their January 29th fight, the sales for their fight are reportedly terrible. No, their actually far worse than terrible.

According to Michael Marley at examiner.com, only 339 tickets have been sold for the Alexander-Bradley clash at the Pontiac Silverdome, in Michigan. Why they decided to fight in that place is beyond me. That seems like an insane place to put their fight, because it’s not close to either of the two fighters’ home cities and it’s a venue that is almost doomed for failure. They should have agree to place this fight in Las Vegas.

It’s too late now, though, because they’re going to have to deal with the poor ticket sales and use it as a learning tool for the future. Had they place it in Alexander’s home city of Saint Louis, Missouri, there would likely already be 10,000 tickets sold for the fight. Bradley doesn’t bring in huge numbers for his fights in Rancho Mirage, California, but they’re certainly a lot better than 339 tickets. That’s horrible.

Whatever the case, the Alexander-Bradley fight is going to be a good one. It’s going to be shown on HBO, and the winner of the bout will then be taking on WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan at some point in 2011. Khan is HBO’s newest darling, and they’re expecting great things from him in the future. Alexander or Bradley can really throw a wrench in their plans by taking out Khan and unifying the light welterweight division.