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By Rick Reeno
Kevin Cunningham, the manager and trainer for WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13KOs), advised BoxingScene.com that he plans to "bring some Nyquil and Theraflu" with him to Pontiac, Michigan, to ensure WBO champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11KOs) is feeling better as the unification approaches for January 29 at the Silverdome.
A few days ago, Bradley informed BoxingScene's Lem Satterfield that he was battling a flu bug for the last couple of days, but he also expects a full recovery by fight week.
"I've got this flu. I'm trying to get out of this flu bug. That's not good, but I'm still going to fight, though. No excuses. I ain't going to turn this fight down, even if I'm sick in the ring, I'm still going to fight. I'm resting. Lots of resting. But training camp is still going on strong. I'm still fighting and I feel I'm getting my strength back. I'm getting toward the final stages of this flu," Bradley said. "My nose is still stopped up and everything, but I'm still feeling good and feeling strong. My weight is good and I'm just ready to go."
According to Cunningham, Alexander himself was recently fighting a bad cold. Cunningham doesn't want to hear any excuses related to illness in the post-fight press conference
"I read that he's got a little cold. It's ironic, because Devon is just getting over a cold too. We don't make a big deal over stuff like that. We just took a little Nyquil and a little Theraflu and kept going. I can't tell you why Tim Bradley would go to the media and tell them that he's under the weather, but that's something we never would have did. But, you know he had his reasons for why [he did it], but I just hope that it's not laying the groundwork for an excuse," Cunningham told BoxingScene.com.
