By Jim Dower: As I expected to happen, World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (24-0, 11 KOs) defeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight champion Kendall Holt (25-3, 12 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision tonight to unify the two titles at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.
Timothy Bradley
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Bradley-Holt, Andrade-Tsypko & Diaconu-Whittom Fight Predictions
By Dave Lahr: Perhaps the two best light welterweights in the World fight tomorrow night when World Boxing Council light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs) fights World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Kendall Holt (25-2, 13 KOs) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Also on the card will be Librado Andrade (27-2, 21 KOs) facing Vitali Tsypko (22-2, 12 KOs) in a International Boxing Federation super middleweight title eliminator match.
Holt vs. Bradley, Andrade vs. Tsypko on April 4th
By Jim Dower: WBC light welterweight champion Kendall Holt (25-2, 13 KOs) will face off against World Boxing Organization light welterweight title holder unbeaten Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs) in a 12-round unification bout at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada on April 4th. This fight matches two fighters with extraordinary hand speed, easily the best in the entire light welterweight division. Going into this fight, Bradley looks to be the slightly stronger fighter due to his power advantage. However, that can all change in an instant if Holt is able to catch Bradley with a shot that he doesn’t see coming.
News: Bradley-Holt, Herrera-Gordon, Burgos Targets Aoh
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. (March 14, 2009) – Undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) super lightweight champion TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY is all business at the gym today as he prepares for his world title unification rumble with World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion Kendall “Rated R” Holt.
Hatton-Mayweather Transcripts, Bradley-Holt, Jones-Shieka – News
Richard Schaefer: So it’s Ricky Hatton versus Manny Pacquiao, two of the most exciting fighters of our generation, the best pound for pound fighter against the most popular fighter in the world, and the stage is set for a great showdown on May 2 live from the MGM Grand and live on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Kelly Pavlik vs. Marco Antonio Rubio and Kendall Holt vs. Timothy Bradley Quotes
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO (February 19, 2009) – Wall-to-wall media at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, including two network affiliate television crews broadcasting live, attended today’s final news conference hosted by World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK of Youngstown, his opponent, No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger MARCO ANTONIO RUBIO of Mexico, and Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM, chairman of Top Rank.
Hatton Has Unfinished Business With Witter and Bradley
By Scott Gilfoid: Whether Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) ends up fighting both Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2009, I think Hatton’s career will be forever tainted unless he steps it up and gives both Junior Witter (37-2-2, 22 KOs) and Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs) at some point in time. Hatton, for obvious reasons, would be better off fighting them sooner rather than later, because he’s now 30 and his many ring wars are starting to show their effects on him.
Boxing News – Watson, Bradley, Mosley, More
In one of the most anticipated welterweight contests on the European boxing scene, Craig Watson and Adnan Amar are set to clash on a massive fight card, held on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at The Helix, located on the campus of Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland.
Latest Boxing News: Haye, Klitschko, Bradley and DeGale
David Haye’s manager Adam Booth has accused the Klitschkos of backtracking following the British boxers outstanding performance against Monte Barrett.
Haye was due to fight IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in London next summer. It now looks increasingly likely that Haye will instead face WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.
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Why Isn’t Ricky Hatton Fighting Timothy Bradley?
By Jim Dower: Rather than taking on the much stiffer challenge against unbeaten WBC light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs), Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) is going to be facing the much lighter threat by taking on former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KOs) on November 22nd, at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. At stake will be Hatton’s obscure IBO title, rather than the IBF belt, which was vacated by Malignaggi recently.
However, Hatton would probably been much better off if he had opted not to fight Malignaggi at all, and instead selected the young, faster, harder punching WBC champion Bradley, who many boxing experts feel is perhaps the best fighter in the division. While there is some disagreement as to whether Bradley is better than Hatton, probably most experts would agree that he’d wipe the deck with Malignaggi if given the opportunity.