By Mark Vester
Devon Alexander's mananger/trainer, Kevin Cunningham, says Timothy Bradley needs to settle business at 140-pounds before he thinks about making a title run at 147 or 154. Bradley, the WBO champion at junior welterweight, is moving up to 147-pounds on July 17 against Carlos Abregu. Bradley has expressed interest in facing WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto, WBO champion Manny Pacquiao and even WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto.
Alexander returns on August 7, defending his WBC/IBF 140-pound belts against former champion Andreas Kotelnik. He would like to fight Bradley before the year is out.
"Instead of Tim Bradley talking about going up to junior middleweight with Cotto or middleweight with Paul Williams...that's crazy. You have a big fight right here with the only unified champ in your division. Prove yourself at 140 first and those other big fights will be there," Cunningham said to BoxingScene.com's Ryan Burton.
"As far as Team Alexander is concerned, 140-pound division is not big enough for the two of us. We want to get in the ring and show the world that Devon is the best 140-pounder in the world. Tim Bradley is just claiming to be the best 140-pounder in the world."
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