Amir Khan Vs Timothy Bradley for July 23rd is a "Deal In Principle"

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yeah these dudes fight anybody, anytime. great attitudes.
will not miss this one for the world.

 

Bradley obviously does not like the pace of the fight to be at any other pace than what he wants it to be !!!!!!!!!!!! , that is a basic obvious observation , he will happily control the pace and keep it at a medium level if he is winning the fight .

In terms of Bradley being pushed , i was referring to Khans output and movement , not picking himself up off the floor and coming back to beat a fighter who is no longer relevant at the top of the division (and questionable that he ever was , a shot Torres and Demetrius Hopkins leaves a question mark) , its 2 different scenario's , one is that you have been hurt and had to come back into a fight against a fighter that you are actually better than , and 2 is you are faced with a fighter who stays long and has a very high output , and ultimatley fights at a pace higher than your own , im not saying Bradley cannot and will not cope with Khans volume of movement , im saying that Khan will push an uncomfortable pace for Bradley .

Like ive said , Bradley is not heavy handed , his timing and accuracy isnt even that great either , ofcourse he can hurt Khan , as Khan can hurt him , at some point a fighter who walks through walls and keeps throwing bombs is gonna catch up with you , even if his footwork is limited , to base the whole argument on " Khan got hit by Maidana " so therefore it will be target practice for Bradley is just not true , he's a different type of fighter to Maidana , and he will not walk Khan down , he will not head hunt Khan , he will look to be elusive , test Khan on the inside , and will probably jab with Khan . The type of pressure Khan was subjected too from Maidana will not be the same from Bradley , it will be a different type of pressure , it will be controlled short bursts of educated pressure , not walk forward like a zombie and take everything you have and still keep throwing bombs !!

I didnt say Alexander and Khan were identical , i said they were similar , outside fighters who move a lot laterally , they have sutble differences which you have highlighted and id have to agree with what you have said , but what i was saying is that the nature of there styles are somewhat similar , the finer details are not !!

 

I hope Bradley headbutt that mother fuking glass china chin into pieces.

 

That is the key question .......................

 

I think he does, as Rico said he hasn't demonstrated he can keep up his running defensive style for a full 12 rounds yet and against both Kotelnik and Maidana he dropped off in the final few rounds.

That's not so much a knock against Khan as you want find many fighters that can keep up that tactic for the full 12 rounds.

 

What fighter doesn't want it at their pace? My point is Bradley can fight at many paces, which you said he doesn't. Khan does the same thing as well, he kept it at a medium pace against Malignaggi. So your point doesn't make sense, any fighter will keep it at a comfortable pace if they're winning.

Opposite. Bradley will try and make it uncomfortable for Khan. If Khan has it his way, it wont be fast-paced, and he'll try and stay outside and jab. Bradley will force the pace, he will have to come forward and pressure, so how you come to the conclusion that Khan will push the pace is beyond me.

It will be much more intelligent, harder to deal with pressure. His timing is actually very good, and he has relatively impressive accuracy as well. He wont jab with Khan, that would be silly. He'll keep a lot of pressure on, try to get under the jab, land to the body and come up top with the right. And that's why it will be more difficult for Khan than Maidana.

 

khans capable of winning this, but i agree with rico he need 1 more good fight after mccloskey and then bradley toward the end of the year, perhaps the winner of the manbuza-judah fight

 

Props to Bradley, the guy just takes on all comers. We need more guys like him in boxing.

 

He stood in front of Malignaggi and beat him to the puch 90% of the fight , why ??? because he could , he fought Maidana at an usually high volume why ??? because he had too , my point is not pointless at all , my point is Bradley's idle pace in a fight is considerably lower than Khan's idle pace , and that is a factor !!!! , were gonna have to agree to dis agree on that because its quite obvious we see and evaluate fights differently .

Bradley will force the pace in short bursts , on the whole Khan will look to be the busier fighter which always appears to the eye that thats the fighter pushing the pace .

IMO Khan will be more suited to handling the pressure Bradley is bringing compared to the constant walk forward pressure of Maidana , Maidana was forcing Khan to negotiate close quarter pressure almost the whole fight , or at least when Maidana wasnt on the end of Khans gloves , which is a weakness of Khan's , Bradley's style dictates he wont do that , yes Khan will not have the freedom on the outside he enjoyed against Maidana , but Bradley will have an active target refusing to engage an inside fight !!! , it could potentially make him look one dimensional if Khan can impliment his strategy , which is again debatable .

For large periods of the Alexander fight Bradley jabbed with him , and rarely used an OHR , or counter'd , he was having a hard time countering the quicker Alexander and was restricted to lunging and using flurry's to the body and rarely the head (when he could land) , the problem Alexander had was that he was engaging Bradley in these exchanges and looking to beat him at his fight , in between this he seemed to get his game plan together and stay on the outside and out work Bradley , but he didnt do it enough , and for the rounds he won Bradley replied with winning the next 2 , imposing his will and making Alexander fight his fight , Khan will not fight Bradley at his fight , he will fight his fight as long as he's allowed too , and that is one of the keys to this fight , can Khan prevent Bradley from imposing his will and controlling the fight .