By Aaron Klein: Making his first defense of his title, undefeated WBC light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs) easily defeated the tough Edner Cherry (24-6-2, 12 KOs) by a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in Biloxi, Mississippi. The final judges’ scores were 118-109, 117-110 and 119-109, all for Bradley. It’s been four months since Bradley, 25, defeated Junior Witter to capture the WBC light welterweight title, but Bradley showed once again why many boxing fans are calling him the best fighter in the light welterweight division, better even than Ricky Hatton, by putting on a dominating performance against the 26 year-old Cherry.
Although going into the fight it was thought that Cherry would put on a good fight, Bradley had too much speed for him to deal with. Cherry was knocked down in the 8th round after getting hit with a big right hand from Bradley. Aside from that, there were no other knockdowns in the fight, and Cherry was unable to hurt Bradley with any of his own big right hand shots. In the 11th round, Cherry landed two right hands while Bradley was off balance after having thrown a punch, which caused Bradley to almost fall. However, he wasn’t hurt by the shots, only off balance after having thrown a punch of his own.
By Manuel Perez: WBC light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (22-0, 11 KOs) will be making his first title defense of his newly won WBC crown against number #6th ranked challenger Edner Cherry (24-5, 12 KOs). Bradley, 24, arguably the best light welterweight in the division at this point, recently defeated the fighter previously considered to be the best by many boxing fans, Junior Witter, by a 12-round split decision in May. The scoring of the fight seemed more than a little erratic, however, as Bradley appeared to dominate most of the fight with ease, knocking Witter down with a big right hand in the 6th round. Bradley had hopes that Ricky Hatton, who at one time was considered to be the top guy in the division, would show interested in fighting him, but like with Witter, Hatton didn’t want any part of the dangerous Bradley. 
NEW YORK (Aug. 14, 2008) – The new World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Lightweight Champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley will defend his title for the first time against Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry on Saturday, Sept. 13, in the co-feature of the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, which begins live at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). 
By Nate Anderson: With last Saturday’s impressive 12-round unanimous decision over former WBC light welterweight champion, unbeaten Timothy Bradley (22-0, 11 KOs) fights himself as the top guy in the junior welterweight division and the new star on the block. However, he’s still not quite the top guy in the division, for just below him at the next open slot in the WBC rankings is former champion Ricky Hatton, the fighter that many people feel is the best fighter in the division. However, Hatton, 29, appears to be mostly living on his past accolades in the division, for he hasn’t done much since defeating Juan Urango and Jose Luis Castillo last year. 
By Eric Thomas: WBC light welterweight champion Junior Witter (36-2, 21 KOs) lost a narrow 12-round split decision to undefeated American challenger Timothy Bradley (22-0, 11 KOs) at the Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England, on Saturday night. Witter, 34, was knocked down once in the fight after getting hit with a big sweeping right hand in the 6th round. Witter trailed in the first half of the fight, looking four of six rounds. He then rallied and appeared to win rounds seven though nine. After the 9th round, however, Witter faded badly and allowed Bradley to retake command of the fight. 
By Michael Lieberman: As WBC light welterweight champion Junior Witter prepares for next week’s battle against #1 ranked challenger Timothy Bradley (21-0, 11 KOs) at the Nottingham Arena, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Witter, 34, hasn’t given up on his foremost goal of facing Ricky Hatton in the near future. However, with that goal in mind, Witter is hoping to defeat Bradley, 24, in an impressive fashion, so much so that Hatton will be forced to fight him rather than to continue to ignore him like he’s done in the past three years. Witter, however, needs to not look past Bradley, who is a hard-hitting knockout artist and perhaps the best rising star in the junior welterweight division.