By Robert Morales
Promoters Ken Thompson and Gary Shaw in July sued WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley in Florida state court for breach of contract and monetary losses incurred when Bradley pulled out of a fight with Amir Khan that would have taken place July 23.
Alex Camponovo, an executive at Thompson Boxing, said Wednesday that Bradley's side recently asked for and received an extension of a court appearance. Camponovo said he wasn't certain of the new date, but he did say he doesn't hold out any hope that Bradley will again fight for either company.
"To be honest with you, I see that as an impossibility," Camponovo said. "The waters have been muddied enough, unfortunately. I think he has been ill-advised. I really don't hope for an easy solution, or what I would call a smart solution, to the thing.
"He had been saying, even before the (Devon) Alexander fight, that he wants to be a free agent."
Camponovo said a meeting with Bradley's manager, Cameron Dunkin, this past Feb. 7 resulted in a verbal agreement for Bradley to fight Khan, who instead fought Zab Judah on July 23. Dunkin is named in the lawsuit.
"It might be a long process, it might be a short process," Camponovo of the litigation; he said monetary damages are what he expects will come out of this. "The only thing that is happening is he is idle without a fight and that's going to go on for a few more
months."
Bradley hasn't fought since defeating Alexander via unanimous decision in January.