Cunningham: "Bradley is running from the great ass-whooping."

to hell with all this 'bigger' crap....

So what? Bradley can duck Alexander forever by fighting guys not as good but maybe have a slightly bigger name? (lets be real, maidana is not THAT popular)

thats exactly the type of **** that has boxing in the slumps :-(

Heres the thing, i think this fight WILL happen soon, so im not sweating it. I know bradley isnt scared of anyone and wants to show hes the best AGAINST the best, and this is why hes one of my fav fighters, because him (and devon) are fresh air in a sport musty and stale with everyone trying to play games and avoid the fights that should be happening.

And Maidana vs Bradley is a meaningful fight as well, so as long as Devon vs Bradley happens within the next year or so its all good.

Devon sure is making a fan out of me though by his eagerness to fight the best.

 

Varg, in a perfect world, ya... it would be great to schedule these fights to where these fighters clean out the division and the two left standing face off....

and exactly how often does that happen?

And no, the fights you propose are completely unrealistic, why? because of the EXACT thing we are talking about, fighters not wanting to fight that fighter because of wanting to 'wait', only its from THEIR perspective, not devons or tims this time.

Bradley vs Khan? sounds great.... oh wait.... Khan wants to ' wait '
Devon vs Maidana? sounds great.... oh wait.... Maidana wants to ' wait '
Khan vs Ortiz? not gonna happen anytime soon.. why? ' waiting'
Bradley vs Devon? a fight between the 1 and 2 of the division and the clear best, not to mention actual CHAMPS fo the division.

Not happening

why? cuz it needs to 'wait'

In the meantime, theres a million and one ways that these fights NEVER happen.

Lets all remember something... it wasnt too long ago (maybe it is now, damn) when we had

Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, and Floyd Mayweather all at 140, all CLEARLY the top dogs and everyone clamoring for the showdowns boxing wanted to see between these fighters in their home division, in their prime, all undefeated.

What happened? Cotto and Hatton never FOUGHT. Mayweather and Cotto NEVER FOUGHT. Those are two PREMIER matchups that could have happened when these fighters were dominant and undefeated and in their primes that didnt. Why? well we are dealing with it right now, and its a plauge within the sport.

They are both undefeated RIGHT NOW, they are both champs... RIGHT NOW... and they are both the 1 and 2 right now. This fight makes sense now. They fight, the division gets its clear number one, they both move on and down the road should they continue to shine, this rematch is a big fight REGARLDESS. But id rather have that fight happen now, with a rematch down the road being the big fight, then it not happen at all.

In a perfect world, yes man, i totally agree with you... id love to see Devon fight Khan, the winner fight the winner of Ortiz vs Maidana 2, and the winner of that fight the winner of Bradley vs Valero or something.

But with all the promoters, weight division jumping, star chasing, and drama, and with already too many fights that were the best fights not get made because of boxings usual bullcrap, and THATS whats killing boxing. And its also the biggest and fastest way to make boxings hottest division into a very stagnant and slow one.

Look, im not trying to make a mountain out of an ant hill, Bradley vs Maidana is a badass fight regardless, and these names WILL have to fight eachother and soon, but i can garuntee you that many fights we WONT get to see that should be happening, and that will be because of the same political bullcrap that im talking about, i just hope the fight that doesnt get made isnt Bradley vs Alexander.