Tim Bradley is not ducking Amir Khan.

We all moan that one of the big problems in boxing is that divisions don't get unified enough and the top of each division don't fight eachother enough. Yet this thread is full of people defending the decision to avoid unifying a division and to wait a year doing **** all just to fight a big name.

A big name who should be there fighting the other big name in a megafight that never happens!

This is what's wrong with boxing.

 

Okay, then, that also doesn't change the fact that Bradley had already called Khan out after Khan got his WBA title and Khan suggested at the time that guys like Bradley at 140 do a tournament and he'd fight the winner. Meanwhile, Khan could fight guys like Malignaggi or whoever he wanted. Everybody wins! atsch If we want to say Bradley ducked Khan then he was also ducked first, but I find most of the ducking talk to be silly and unwarranted, most of the time, anyway. Bradley simply put off a fight to get a bigger one and Khan took full advantage of knowing full well Bradley was holding on for Pac to pretend he scared him off and pretend he's a G. When we all know Torrecampo the real G, Lunny. TORRECAMPO THE REAL G! :| ...And, Khan had put off Bradley to build his rep in the US market. :conf Not a big deal, really.

 

When did Bradley want the Khan fight though? When Khan was 3rd or 4th in the division?

For most of the last year it's been them two at 1 and 2 (either way).

I'm not really interested in 'problems with promoters' and all that boosheeeeeeeeet. Just sign to fight. All this professional ducking through paperwork and promotion ****

 

Wasn't the whole 'tournament' thing for Bradley to fight Alexander and Khan to fight Maidana then the winners fight. Sounded like a pretty sweet deal until Bradley decided he didn't want to do the last bit and would rather wait 18 months to fight Pac instead!

Khan may have avoided him back then for a couple of months but that's nowhere near on the scale of what Bradley's done. Khan wasn't even number 2 in the division at the time, that was Alexander.

I'm not going to accept that it's ok to hang about for over a year avoiding the biggest fight in the division because you're hoping to get a big fight moving up soon.

What's wrong with fighting Khan and then moving up to fight Pacquiao? The only reason not to do that is because you're worried you'd lose and risk the big fight. Avoiding someone because you don't want to lose because it's better for your career to remain undefeated: definition of a duck.

 

Ranking doesn't mean much IMO, Alexander, Bradley, Khan and Maidana all had arguments as being at least #2 or #3 in the division. Bradley was accepted as the #1, so in that case, he was always going to be fighting someone lesser ranked than him. Bradley unified against Alexander and was still looking for Mayweather or Pacquiao. Clearly Arum had promised Bradley the Pacquiao bout (again showing he has never wanted the Mayweather bout), so there was no point risking the Khan bout (which I think he should probably have took in hindsight anyway) when you could fight the #1 P4P, pull off the upset, then set up another massive bout in Khan back down at 140lbs. :conf

But yeah, I would have preferred if Bradley-Khan would have already happened.

Bradley, Khan, Mayweather and Pacquiao are all ducking me. FACT :deal

 

Like unifications, do ya? Say, guess who unified major titles at 140 twice by the time Khan did it once. It's Tim Bradley!

So, it's not a duck then because Khan was possibly in the lower side of the top five of the same division with a major world title, but it is later, when Bradley is putting off the fight? :huh I no see logic. You can not be interested in problems with promoters, mate, but they are the very real and understandable kinds of obstacles that stand in the way with major fights happening. You're not being interested doesn't change reality.

 

I pretty much agree with what you've said, just from my perspective that's a duck.

Yeah, it's a duck, but just a minor one. It's only delaying the fight for a few months and it wasn't even the biggest fight in the division at the time. Bradley's delayed the fight for the best part of 2 years if it ever happens.

As I said before, there was only 1 reason not to fight Khan and that was because he didn't want to risk a loss. That's dictionary definition right there.

What I meant with the promoters thing is that I think it's just an excuse. It's easy to hide behind 'problems with promoters' these days. I'm not buying that that was the reason he didn't fight Khan.


For the record I'm no fan of Khan, not anymore anyway. Hope Peterson beats him again.

 

:good For you, Eazy-L.

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How much effort in enlarging and cropping did it take to get a hat that fit?

 

Honestly, my computer slowed right the **** down It took me ****ing ages. :deal

 

Meh.......Bradley got the fight he was aiming for. Back when everyone was trying to fight Khan, including Bradley IIRC, Khan fought Malignaggi, and guys like that. Now Khan is good and ready, everyone is supposed to stop trying to bag the real big fish to fight him?

It was a business decision. Lot's of things can go wrong in training for a fight, let alone a fight itself. Injuries, cuts, etc......not to mention the timing of it. There are a lot of moving parts to be considered. If there was no chance for him to get a Pacquiao or Mayweather fight, I could see it. But he had been in the dicussion for a while. It's much ado about nothing.

 

I totally understand what bradley meant. he and khan were like gamboa and lopez.. it's a huge fight for hardcore fans only and that is the problem if the fight gets made, it's not really worth all the risk. especially if you know that you're a few steps in landing a fight with pac or mayweather

 

Bradley's a family man, he's looking out for his family. He's not made that much money (relatively) thus far, and he's getting to the point in his career where it's going to start going downhill, he needs to make his money while he can.

 

I always saw Bradley's "ducking" more as a "stall" to see if there were better opportunities for him, as we all know an un defeated record is always a good angle to sell to casual fans. Remember "Javier Castillejo" vs De la hoya?? The PPV announcer just sounds so cool saying, "undefeated". Now Bradley has more leverage when negotiating with Khan or anybody else. But fighting Khan isn't much after he lost to Peterson, that fight would only benefit Khan at this point.

 

I dont think Timothy ducked Khan-style wise there isn't much to duck..not much to give Tim problems either-

Plus Tim took a harder, bigger money fight in Pac...cmon now-not ducking Khan-only one ducking is KHAN DUCKING BREIDIS PRESCOTT!