Bradley will face WBC king Devon Alexander on January 29 to unify their respective divisions with the winner expected to meet Khan in a mega-fight later this year.
The Palm Springs native dismissed suggestions of a genuine dislike of Alexander after their rapturous press conference and told Boxing Futures he was just chomping at the bit to get in the ring with the rival champ.
‘I’m ready to go. At the press conference I was just in business mode, it’s this competitive nature of mine. Devon is in the way of what I’m trying to do,’ said Bradley.
The path Alexander is blocking refers to plans to meet Amir Khan in a division settler before moving up the weight to face the likes of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. But Bradley, who reckons he has the right style to beat Khan, also commended the Bolton man for his performance against Marcos Maidana.
‘Khan was outstanding against Maidana, he showed a lot of guts and will in that fight, and fought like a true champion. I told him so after the fight.
‘Khan’s a great fighter but I didn’t see anything to worry me. Styles make fights and I feel like I’ve got a good style to beat him,’ said Bradley.
from the few bradley fights ive seen and by his record i just dont think he has the zip in his punches to stop khan. i see khan keeping him just out of range throwing his jab non stop.
Exactly. A fighter is supposed to think he's better than his opponent/potential opponent and will beat him. People were bashing Khan for saying he thought he could beat Mayweather. Granted, I think Khan gets whupped, but he's supposed to think he will win.
Do we want athletes to concede their inferiority to their opponents?
I would like that but only because I could say "hell no reason to even think betting on that man (or team)"
In term of actual competition hell no I want to see confidence and bravado from a fighter, this is boxing not ballet.
blah blah blah... why do people even take these comments serious anymore??? of course a boxer is suppose to say shiit like that... what do u think he's suppose to say?? no, i cant beat so and so because i dont have the right style to it?? funny.... everyone is always quick to say they have the right tool, the right power, the right style but at the end they always end up losing lol... and no im not rooting for khan i just think its funny how some people take these comments so seriously..
Exactly. A fighter is supposed to think he's better than his opponent/potential opponent and will beat him. People were bashing Khan for saying he thought he could beat Mayweather. Granted, I think Khan gets whupped, but he's supposed to think he will win.
Do we want athletes to concede their inferiority to their opponents?
bradleys talkin to much about khan too soon.
i see alexander beating him.
and khan would hit him so many times and expose bradley good and proper.
khans the fastest puncher in the division,that with his fast movement,and long reach means he can beat anyone,and i believe he will.
yeah cos Khan aint got no grit or will.
did you see khan-maidana? khan got bludgeoned for an entire round by the hardest puncher in the division, and still stayed in there!
Apparently thats only the 1/4 of the heart Bradley showed getting knocked down by Kendall Holt...:lol1:
BWAHAHAHA, Khan is no Hatton, and Bradley certainly aint no Mayweather
Exactly what I was about to say. He tried to make the same comparison yesterday. He goes wildly off topic for no reason.
Kotelnik has better power than his record indicates too, i wasn't downplaying Bradleys power by saying that, take a look at this clip, fast forward to about 8:00
There's no clip.
If he can get past Khan's jab then Bradley does have the perfect style to beat Khan.
Khan can't fight on the inside to save his life and Bradley is probably the best inside fighter @ 140. This entire fight depends on Khan's jab. If it can't keep Bradley on the outside then I think Bradley wins easily. If it does than Khan might get a KO/TKO.
Would be a great fight if it ever happens, IMO.
It's the punches you don't see that hurt the most. Sure, Maidana is a stronger puncher but he is slow and you can see them coming from miles away. So, against a guy like Khan he really isn't going to touch him. If Khan had good footwork and a better defense Maidana would of never got to him and that's why I know Khan isn't elite because Maidana did get to him. If he fixed these things he would beat Bradley but since he hasn't that's why Bradley will be a dangerous puncher against Khan.
Bradley will be faster than Maidana and has the footwork to come in on better angles and touch Khans chin with shots he can't see. He might also make Khan respect the inside game so much so that he will be so focused in on trying to create space that his already leaky defense, leaks even more. Bradley just causes so many more problems to Khan than what Maidana does. Khan might not be kayoed in the fight but I certainly think he will be knocked on his ass. I have no doubt that Bradley is a more dangerous puncher to Khan.
And if Khan gets rocked the way he did late in the Maidana fight dont expect him to be able to get away from Bradley and survive the round. Maidana was straight up and down and just plodded forward with his hands up, winging wild shots and adjusting his trunks every now and then. Bradley would cut of the ring and put Khan in a corner forcing either the referee or Freddy to stop the fight, or putting Khan down for a ten count.
Bradley is Kotelnik level of power, Khan took quite a lot of Kotelnik shots and wasnt hurt by them
Bradley has better power than his record indicates and will set up his right hand so you don't see it coming.
I wouldn't be surprised if Khan was hurt by a right hand that he didn't see, especially when he starts to tire late on.
Khan was rocked by counter punches from both Maidana and Prescott and Bradley is better at that than them, but obviously is not the same kind of puncher.
Though if Bradley were to hurt Khan it wouldn't surprise me, but I don't think he's good enough of a finisher to take him out.
It's the punches you don't see that hurt the most. Sure, Maidana is a stronger puncher but he is slow and you can see them coming from miles away. So, against a guy like Khan he really isn't going to touch him. If Khan had good footwork and a better defense Maidana would of never got to him and that's why I know Khan isn't elite because Maidana did get to him. If he fixed these things he would beat Bradley but since he hasn't that's why Bradley will be a dangerous puncher against Khan.
Bradley will be faster than Maidana and has the footwork to come in on better angles and touch Khans chin with shots he can't see. He might also make Khan respect the inside game so much so that he will be so focused in on trying to create space that his already leaky defense, leaks even more. Bradley just causes so many more problems to Khan than what Maidana does. Khan might not be kayoed in the fight but I certainly think he will be knocked on his ass. I have no doubt that Bradley is a more dangerous puncher to Khan.
The shot that Maidana hurt Khan with was a looping right thrown on Khan's blindside. He didnt see it.
Bradley is a quicker puncher and he could score a flash knockdown on Khan but he hasnt got the power to hurt him badly and definitely not to finish him.
It's the punches you don't see that hurt the most. Sure, Maidana is a stronger puncher but he is slow and you can see them coming from miles away. So, against a guy like Khan he really isn't going to touch him. If Khan had good footwork and a better defense Maidana would of never got to him and that's why I know Khan isn't elite because Maidana did get to him. If he fixed these things he would beat Bradley but since he hasn't that's why Bradley will be a dangerous puncher against Khan.
Bradley will be faster than Maidana and has the footwork to come in on better angles and touch Khans chin with shots he can't see. He might also make Khan respect the inside game so much so that he will be so focused in on trying to create space that his already leaky defense, leaks even more. Bradley just causes so many more problems to Khan than what Maidana does. Khan might not be kayoed in the fight but I certainly think he will be knocked on his ass. I have no doubt that Bradley is a more dangerous puncher to Khan.
excellent post.
It'd be a debate you'd lose.
Depends, Bradley is quicker, throws more and will some from different angles with more variety. So i can understand his point.
Bradleys been calling out Khan every day. If Khan ends up fighting Marquez he is going to look like a *****. People look way too deep into Khans skills. When you break it down it's still just a fight and a fight Bradley would win. Bradley is too hard nose and gritty for Khan to beat. Khan beating Maidana doesn't put to bed his chin problems in any way and I could debate that Bradley is a more dangerous puncher to Khan than Maidana is.
It'd be a debate you'd lose.