We've had Haye vs. Wlad get made in recent days, now we have the two best 140lbs signed to go at it. This is great for boxing. We've already had some great fights this year (Donaire vs. Montiel / Rios vs. Acosta / we have our own Lenny Zapp. in a big fight this weekend / Cotto's on this weekend / Pacquiao vs. Mosely coming up / Haye vs. Wlad being made - great stuff. Taken from Fightnews.com - Bradley-Khan Update [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] By Francisco Salazar World title holders Timothy Bradley and Amir Khan have spent the last couple of weeks calling each other out. The back and forth jostling between the two top 140-pound fighters has been a broken record of sorts on the media and fight fans who want to see whom will reign supreme in this dream matchup. Now it appears as though both fighters can do away with their sales pitches through the media and on television. Both fighters are signed on to face each other on Saturday, July 23rd at a still to be determined location, promoter Gary Shaw told Fightnews.com. Its done, said Shaw late Monday night, clarifying a feature article on Amir Khan earlier this week. There is an agreement between Richard Schaefer and myself that both Amir and Timothy will fight each other on July 23rd. The only person stepping in between this matchup is unbeaten Paul McCloskey, who will take on Khan (24-1, 17 KOs) at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England on April 16th. Obviously Khan has to win on April 16th for this fight to take place, said Shaw. With regards to where the fight will take place, were open to Vegas or Los Angeles or anywhere. Recently, both Bradley and Khan appeared in different broadcasts of HBOs Boxing After Dark. Bradley appeared on the February 19th telecast in Las Vegas where he called on Khan to make the fight happen. This past Saturday in Anaheim, CA, Khan appeared and called on Bradley to make the fight happen. Khans last fight was a hard-fought 12 round unanimous decision over hard-hitting and interim world titlist Marcos Maidana in December. Bradley (27-0 1NC, 11 KOs) defeated Devon Alexander by a 10 round technical decision in a battle between unbeaten 140 pound fighters in a unification bout six weeks ago at the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI. [/FONT]
Glad Haye and Wlad is on - first HW fight in many a year that I'm actually interested in seeing. Bradley - Khan should be good too but I suspect Khan takes a very wide UD by staying on the outside and feel it wont be the most exciting fight. Cotto - Mayorga sounds a big of a farce to me but we know it'll have some kind of fireworks. Even if the loudest bang is Mayorga hitting the canvas like an engine block. Hope Zappa wins, but not counting on it. Still, good to see an Aussie get some exposure - just hope it's of the good kind and not the hyperbole kind used by most idiots in the main forum. Looking forward to Martinez getting back to it also. I'm gonna make a big call and say that with in a month of Pac ending Mosley's career (as sorry as I am to say that) the Mayweather fight will be made!! :deal
I agree a little with the above PorkChop about Cotto vs. Mayorga. Yes Mayorga is finished from an elite level perspective, but I'm of the view, **** it, if he can give us 4-6rds of his best action, so be it. I personally hope Cotto wins and it's just a good all action fight. Same can be said about Pac vs. Mosely. I hope Shane can give Manny a fight for 4-6rds, but I do expect Manny to overwhelm him but at least we get some value up to that point. Martinez returning soon also as you mentioned, great fighter.
Good call Sox, how could we forget!! Go Geale! Notice how no one has mentioned that epic rematch coming up in Brisbane. Somehow it just lacks the credibility of the names already mentioned throughout the thread...
Edit your post to remove said fight and it'll truly be a 'non-event' Yeah, looking forward to Geale too. Vic - Perez in April. Hope he's motivated after his loss, gets the win and gets the Mares rematch ordered by who ever it was. If he can win those bouts he can T up a final top-flight match up and finish his career fighting like the champ he is!