
Amir Khan: Tim Bradley Was Just Scared of Losing
WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has hailed trainer Freddie Roach's impact on his boxing development ahead of Saturday's eagerly-awaited clash with Zab Judah in Las Vegas.

WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has hailed trainer Freddie Roach's impact on his boxing development ahead of Saturday's eagerly-awaited clash with Zab Judah in Las Vegas.

WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has accused Timothy Bradley of chickening out of a unification showdown.

Both Gary Shaw, and Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, have advised BoxingScene.com that WBC/WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley has rejected a revised offer to face WBA king Amir Khan on July 23. According to Shaw, Bradley rejected a final offer of "$1.4 million with an 80/20 [split in Bradley's favor] and a "50-50 split on the [UK] pay-per-view."

WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 18 KOs), Golden Boy Promotions, and HBO are trying to do everything possible to secure WBC/WBO champion Timothy Bradley for a proposed HBO televised fight on July 23. The financial package has been raised from $1.3 million to $1.4 million. To add more sugar to the plate, Khan is even willing to give Bradley a bigger percentage of UK the pay-per-view revenue.

In the first part of my interview with Showtime analyst Steve Farhood, he weighed in with his thoughts on why people in boxing still prefer Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the next logical opponent for Manny Pacquiao despite Juan Manuel Marquez getting the nod this coming November. Farhood was adamant about his belief that Mayweather doesn't necessarily fear Pacquiao yet still was befuddled as some of his recent actions.

WBC/WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is obviously looking to spread his wings and fly away from Big Gary Shaw's promotional nest.

Leon Margules, attorney for promoter Gary Shaw, advised BoxingScene.com that WBC/WBO 140-pound champion Timothy Bradley would stand to make a lot more than $1.3 million dollars for a unification bout with WBA king Amir Khan. Shaw has been trying to finalize a deal with Golden Boy Promotions to match the two champions on July 23.

WBA junior welterweight king, Amir Khan, reached out to BoxingScene.com to lash out at WBO and WBC counter part Tim Bradley, whom Khan believes has a fear of fighting that has led to his reluctance sign for a potential bout July 23.

BoxingScene.com caught up with IBF junior welterweight champion Zab "Super" Judah to discuss the ending of the exclusivity period to negotiate a unification fight between junior welterweight champions Amir Khan and Tim Bradley. Judah has openly campaigned for a fight with lightweight king Juan Manuel Marquez since the Brooklynite stopped Kaizer Mabuza in March to capture the IBF strap.

LAS VEGAS -- WBA junior welterweight king, Amir Khan, told BoxingScene.com that he is ready to move on and to face another rival on July 23 if WBO and WBC counter part, Tim Bradley, does not materialize as his next opponent.