"That boy ain't ready for me, man. Alexander was exposed. ... But the fight is definitely in the works right now. We're definitely trying to make this fight happen."
--Timothy Bradley on Devon Alexander (FanHouse)
almost 2 years ago
Scott Christ
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nice
Bradley tells it like it is.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
He won easily, though, and at 147 pounds against a guy who was much bigger than him.
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I thought he was pretty impressive. He went up to 147 and tried to KO a guy with a 95% KO rate. Bradley’s a tough little SOB.
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I shouldn't have said not impressive
What I meant was that his performance wasn’t a blockbuster performance. I give him credit for moving up and taking on tougher competition. I’ve only watched the fight one time, but I only remember Bradley hitting the other guy twice with clean hard shots through out the fight. But he did what he had to do. It definetly didn’t have the feel of a robbery or a debatable decision like Alexander’s last fight.
I guess Bradley spoiled me with his domination of Kendall Holt.
hes right.
i thought alexander had a shot to beat bradley before saturday nights fight. not anymore.
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And it's not as if Bradley hasn't looked good against southpaws before
His workrate is lower, but he looked better against Witter than did Alexander, IMHO.
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I think Alexander just looked at the Khan fight and took this fight to lightly. I’m not reading much into it as if anything this could be the wake up call Devon needs.
So would Bradley be singing a different tune if Alexander blew away Kotelnik? I thinking an unimpressive performance in that fight is exactly what Alexander needed to get this fight with Bradley set up.
I actually think Bradley wanted to fight him before and nothing about Saturday changed that other than he’s now going to point at this fight as another way to talk trash (and Tim Bradley is one of the worst trash talkers ever — he’s too genuinely nice). It seemed like Gary Shaw wanted to put the fight on the backburner and let it simmer a little more, but it seems clear to Shaw now that this is the fight for Timothy Bradley. For one thing, Tim’s not a welterweight and there’s really nothing for him there either. And he said recently that they don’t expect to ever fight Amir Khan (the other money fight for them at 140) since he believes Roach/Golden Boy want only undersized guys (Marquez), guys who just aren’t good enough (Malignaggi), and to stay in-house at GBP.
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by Scott Christ on Aug 9, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I have to say it would not suprise me one bit if Khan did avoid the real dangermen at 140 in the long term.
He’ll probably fight Marquez,win,make some excuses about Maidana and Bradley being “not big enough names” and move up to 147 to challenge past their prime (by that time) Mayweather,Cotto and the like.
Beating Marquez might not be so easy
for Khan. He’ll probably use the Mayweather strategy, but the size difference won’t be as extreme.
If he does beat Marquez, he (and GBP) may then feel confident enough to face the Bradley-Alexander winner. HBO would certainly want it.
I’d actually prefer Marquez-Bradley with Kahn and Alexander fighting for the right to face the winner, but that’s not the way to make the most money so of course it won’t happen that way. Still, this (unofficial) 4-man single elimination tourney that may actually happen would be pretty cool.
Marquez is a great fighter but he is also a small lightweight who does not move up in weight anything like as effectively as Manny Pacquiao does.Marquerz is really a blown up feather/super featherweight,imo.
Against any of the fighter’s you mention i just think size,speed (through fighting at their natural weight) and youth would prevail,but i don’t think any of them would beat him as emphatically as Floyd did.
Marquez would put up a good fight but Khan,with the kind of hand speed he has could really beat him up,imo.
Khan is bigger than Mayweather
Period. He might not weigh as much at the weigh in, but Khan is two inches taller, has a longer reach and started his career at a higher weight. He won’t use the Mayweather strategy though. He’ll do the same thing he did vs Kotelnik and Barrera. He’ll just throw lots and lots of punches from a distance and run whenever Marquez starts to get close.
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Maybe too many young fighters are
stamped “authentic” in a time when boxing looks a little (in USA anyway) like a fish gasping on a dry dock.
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