What Planet is Timothy Bradley on???

Some quotes from Timothy Bradley:

"(laughter) You better stop playing with me, ain't nobody scared of no dang Amir Khan, man. You know this boxing game is a business, man"

"Well I'm looking at doing it [the Khan fight] maybe the end of the year or probably next year. I still think the fight is too premature."

"A lot of people say it's great money. Man, at the end of the day it's still really risky. At the end of the day, let's say I lose the fight, what happens then? I'm out of the sweepstakes with Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao" (streamlined quote)

 

He is about to finalize signing with Top Rank. You bet your ass he is going to jump up to #1 on Pac's next opponent list after JMM. It sucks but that is how it is. Bradley will fight Pac and get beat. Khan will fight Floyd and get beat. Then they just might get into the ring with each other.

 

**** the PPV League and those who dodge their way into it.

 

I do agree that he has to fight Khan but boxing is his life, that's where the money comes from, it's not like he has a part-time job or boxing is his part-time job. He openly admitted that the Khan fight IS risky, if he loses that then he ends up with nothing. He's not even half as famous as Khan is despite all he's done, he's trying to make a bigger name for his self so that when he loses he's not badly affected. If he loses now he could end up with nothing for a long time till he loses interest and he can't afford that.

Of course someone will mention that Khan lost to Prescott and made it back. Well look at the attention Khan had at the time, he barely made it to the major league and that Prescott fight was on PPV. Even after that loss he came back easily considering Prescott wasn't a big name. If Prescott was a big name Khan would have had to rematch and the rematch would have made a lot of money. Bradley is nowhere near Khan's position to take such risks even though I agree, as a fan not as his manager, he needs to.

 

Bradley better be careful what he wishes for...either Pac or Floyd could lay a career-altering beating on him if they felt like it.

 

It's the part where he "ends up with nothing" that bothers me about his attitude. Khan offered him 50/50, which means that'd be at least his 3rd fight in a row making 7 figures. That's hardly ending up in the poorhouse unless he manages his finances poorly.

 

He just ripped Judah for not performing well against Khan and staying down for the count. At least he ****ing fought him!

Bradley should understand you're recognized as the best by ripping through the competition to the top, not trying to climb a ladder around it and trying to get the big fights unscathed.

 

Fighters don't make their decisions based on one fight. You do know he plans to continue fighting, because that's all he knows, after the Khan fight?

 

Disappointed in Bradley to be quite honest. 1.8 million is a lot of money to be discounted as "nothing". I don't get this whole Bradley will get nothing if he gets beaten by Khan routine. Yea, he might not get the 4-5 million he would have gotten against Pac but come on 1.8 ain't chump change.

 

I realize that. That's why I don't like his logic. He's been paid extraordinarily well for someone who isn't a draw, and he's been pulling in solid network paydays for a couple of years now. He's acting like if he fights Khan, that's all for naught. And that's just not true- he'll keep fighting, and he'll keep making good money unless Khan absolutely embarrasses him, and even then, Arum could get him at least one more HBO payday out of it. That's assuming he would want to continue fighting.

But by openly turning down Khan like this, he's going to make HBO less likely to want to work with him and pay him well in the future. It's going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy- by being difficult like this, networks won't play ball with him unless they have to. And after Pac or Floyd destroys him, they really won't have to. And he probably won't care that much. That fight has cash-out written all over it to me from Bradley's standpoint.

 

Don't claim to be the best if you are not willing to fight the best and don't run your mouth of about fighting someone cause they may just answer your ass.

Bradley is scared of getting his ass whopped, bottom line. If he fought and lost a very competitive fight it will not diminish his stock at all. If he fought and got his ass handed to him then his career is over. The way he's acting, to me, makes it look like he's unsure of himself and he is scared of getting his ass beat, not a close competitive fight.

 

I'm disappointed in Bradley too. You're supposed to be a champion. Quit ducking. seek out the best and fight'em. If you win, move onto the next. If you lose, regroup and come back. That's what champions do. Not pick and choose safe fights. I'm sick of this ****. I don't like Khan and hope he gets his ass kicked, but man I respect that dude. He's acting like a champion, seeking out the best, and putting himself to the test. Someone else on here said it best, you get to the top of the ladder by going through the competition, not going around it.

 

hard to hate him for trying in cash in.....relate it to your own job/promotion...we'd all make decisions toearn the most $$$

 

If Bradley wouldve taken the 1.8 Million for the Khan fight. He would end up with a loss and about 500 K after everybody is paid ( Promoter, Trainer, IRS, whole Team Bradley etc) He made the right decision not to fight Khan at this point. People forget that he has a contract with HBO he will get guaranteed 1.4 Million for his next fight. Even if he fights a mandatory challenger, so why risking a loss against Khan for 400k extra???

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