By William Mackay: WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) gave a glimpse of his next fight when being interviewed by HBO last Saturday night at the Nonito Donaire vs. Fernando Montiel fight at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, saying that he’ll be fighting WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) on July 23rd in Las Vegas, Nevada. Where things got kind of weird is when Bradley “Hopefully I get Khan in the ring with me, so Khan stop running, Man. It’s time to get it on. Stop running Amir Khan.”
I’m no fan of Khan, but I don’t think for a second he’s running from Bradley. Khan is merely taking a tune-up fight on April 16th against little known, weak-punching, slow-handed Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s). I don’t see this as Khan running at all. I think Khan is just looking to get an easy payday so that he can milk his WBA belt with an easy win because he almost got knocked out in his last fight against Marcos Maidana.
Khan could have fought Breidis Prescott to try and avenge his defeat, but instead chose to fight McCloskey, a fighter that few boxing fans know of outside of the UK, and fewer still wanted to see Khan fight this guy. Khan obviously is looking to avoid facing another big puncher, and that’s why this guy was chosen. They wanted to face a contender in the light welterweight, but most of the contenders can punch a little. McCloskey can’t and the best part of all, the WBA has given him an inflated #5 ranking despite the fact that he’s never faced anymore in the top 15.
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