Candidates for the WBO LWW Champ Tim Bradley:
Edwin Valero - I think Valero would love to fight the number 1 guy at 140 and a win against Bradley would put him very high in the Pacquiao sweepstakes but I think Bob Arum is already regretting mentioning Bradley's name.
Paulie Malignaggi - This fight makes sense as Paulie is the number 1 ranked contender by the WBO but I personally think he'll go for a fight against the Alexander/Urango winner instead as they're all fighting on HBO. There's also talk of the Berto fight and he's also a possible opponent for WBA champ Amir Khan.
Devon Alexander (WBC Champ) - As mentioned above I think if he gets past and unifies against Urango, he'll target a HBO fight against a highly ranked contender in Malignaggi (#5 WBC & #3 IBF) or maybe even Zab Judah (#7 IBF).
Juan Urango (IBF Champ) - same as Alexander
Ricky Hatton - Hatton is apparently coming back to 140 and says he will take on a top guy, but I very much doubt it will be against The top guy. More likely to be against someone like Juan Manuel Marquez, Nate Campbell or even Juan Diaz.
Amir Khan (WBA Champ) - Khan is delaying having to fight WBA interim champ Marcos Maidana and is being protected by HBO so there is no way he is going to take on the number 1 LWW and Showtime fighter in Bradley.
Marcos Maidana - Maidana will want to continue to fight on HBO so that takes him out of contention for Bradley as long as he stays with Showtime.
Nate Campbell - A rematch should happen but I don't think it will, I think there is a lot of bad feeling between both sides now since the fight was changed from a Bradley win to a NC.
Victor Ortiz - He is WBO top 5 ranked but he is yet another Golden Boy/HBO LWW so is probably going to be kept well away from TB.
I can't think of any other top LWW's really. I can see Bradley having a hard time getting into the mix at 140 and I think that's why Team Bradley and Gary Shaw were trying to bite Bob Arum's arm off at the mention of a possible fight with Bradley. I hope Tim can get into the mix at 140 because in my opinion he is without doubt the top guy at Light Welterweight.
Tim Bradley vs Zab Judah
Bradleys next fight should be against Zab Judah. Judah's a big name, and if the fight was held in New York or California, it would sell.
but why should Bradley wait out for the Alexander-Urango winner you'd think Tim would want to get in the ring rather than sit waiting.
heck Bradley-Malignaggi makes much more sense then say Berto-Malignaggi
So basically Arum doesn't want it because that's who's going to try and get over on everyone with the money split.
Money split doesn't matter to a promoter when he promotes both fighters. He's getting a percentage of 100% of the purse either way the money is sliced.
The fighters however have to agree on it.
I want to see Bradley-Alexander!!I believe Alexander is the best at 140,just my opinion!!But that fight will be an undercover fight of the year for sure!!
Yeah I've only seen Alexander fight against Witter but he did look good. However I think the winner of Alexander-Urango is gonna fight Malignaggi as he's highly ranked in the WBC and IBF rankings and HBO would buy it.
I want to see Bradley-Alexander!!I believe Alexander is the best at 140,just my opinion!!But that fight will be an undercover fight of the year for sure!!
After listening to that interview in the other thread I have a feeling Bradley might be hard to negociate with as he really wants to get paid but Bradley vs Valero is probably the biggest fight in world boxing that wouldn't appear on HBO.
should be valero, bradley wants it, valero wants it. ARUM wants it. They only thing that could stop this is the money split.
So basically Arum doesn't want it because that's who's going to try and get over on everyone with the money split.
It'll be Valero.
I hope it isn't Berto.
should be valero, bradley wants it, valero wants it. ARUM wants it. They only thing that could stop this is the money split.