By Terence Dooley
Timothy Bradley has told Barkery Jammeh of The Main Event radio show that he is willing to travel to the UK for a potential light-welterweight unification blockbuster with WBA boss Amir Khan. ‘Desert Storm’ takes on Devon Alexander for the WBC and WBO titles next month. Bizarrely, the WBC title will become vacant should Bradley win yet there would still be the possibility of a WBA and WBO unification battle down the line.
“Once I get through Devon, then I will think about Khan, but I think he may have other fighters in mind for his next fight. I don’t mind traveling to the UK, I have done it before against Junior Witter [when wining the WBC title in 2008] and I am used to it,” revealed the 26-0 (11) fighter when speaking to The Main Event.
Indeed, Bradley feels that the unification fight against Alexander was rushed and that the unification fight should have been delayed so that both fighters could earn more money from the contest.
He added: “I was kinda like force into this fight. I didn’t realty want this fight. My promoters were like, ‘You wanna fight Devon?’, and I was like, ‘It’s still too soon’. Let’s fight other fighters and let the fight build, then we can make even more money.”
Bradley fought at 147lb in his last contest, a points win over previously undefeated Luis Carlos Abregu; however, the contest with Alexander will help to clear the 140lb waters, especially if Khan takes on the winner. Tim may yet get the big money fight that he so clearly craves should he win his next contest.
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