By William Mackay: Unbeaten light hitting WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) thinks he has what it takes to beat Marcos Maidana, Erik Morales and Amir Khan. He wouldn’t mind fighting any of that bunch next, and is prepared to wait until next year to fight Khan if need be. He’s supposed to be fighting Khan, 24, in July of this year but he’s not going to chase him if Khan acts evasive and decides to take on other fighters.

Speaking with mydesert.com, Bradley said “I’m number one. If they want what I got, they just have to call my number. I ain’t chasing anyone…If he [Khan] wants to take the fight and lose, that’s fine. If he wants to take it later, saying in the fall or next year, that’s fine too. He’ll still lose. Maybe this fight is premature, Khan is the priority, but if it doesn’t happen now, it’s all good.”

It’s actually not all good, because Khan, with his glass jaw, is vulnerable to getting beaten at any time. He’s not good enough to take on the top contenders in the light welterweight division or at welterweight without being at a huge risk of being knocked out. Bradley needs to expose Khan before someone else does. Khan has been exposed one in the past in a loss to Breidis Prescott. For the most part Khan has been protected since then. The only real fight he’s had since that time was against Marcos Maidana, and Khan was extremely fortunate not to get knocked out in that fight.
Bradley was impressed with watching the Maidana vs. Morales bout recently, saying “Man, what I saw, I was like, ‘Ok, wow, ok.’ But I have a game plan for both. I’ll beat both of them.”

To beat a fighter like Maidana, Bradley will have to change his fighting style and look a lot better than he did in his last fight against Devon Alexander. Bradley likes to fight in close too much and that’s a style that Maidana eats up. He’s a stronger fighter than Bradley and if Bradley stands in close with Maidana, he’ll get knocked out. As we saw in the Alexander fight, Bradley can’t punch his way through a wet paper bag. He’s mostly an inside fighter who likes to wrestle and often tags his opponents in the head with the crown of his head, albeit accidentally.