Bad news! BIKA-ANDRADE... OFF!!! for now at least

[Kball15]

A proposed fight between third-season "Contender" winner Sakio Bika and former title challenger Librado Andrade is off for now, Wald said. He and Golden Boy hoped to make the fight on the March 15 Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao II HBO PPV undercard, but Wald admitted he jumped the gun. Bika, he said, "is just not ready to fight, so it's not going to happen at this moment. It was the first time he enjoyed Christmas and New Year's and took some time off, and his wife is pregnant." Bika, of course, won $750,000 for his "Contender" victory against Jaidon Codrington in a November barnburner. "He's just getting ready to go back in the gym, so we'll get him ready in a couple of months," Wald said.

ESPN.com, Dan Rafaels Notebook

[2501]

the **** is going on? too many fights being made and unmade.

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[Shalafi]

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That really sucks man, I was really excited for that fight.

[warp1432]

A proposed fight between third-season "Contender" winner Sakio Bika and former title challenger Librado Andrade is off for now, Wald said. He and Golden Boy hoped to make the fight on the March 15 Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao II HBO PPV undercard, but Wald admitted he jumped the gun. Bika, he said, "is just not ready to fight, so it's not going to happen at this moment. It was the first time he enjoyed Christmas and New Year's and took some time off, and his wife is pregnant." Bika, of course, won $750,000 for his "Contender" victory against Jaidon Codrington in a November barnburner. "He's just getting ready to go back in the gym, so we'll get him ready in a couple of months," Wald said.

ESPN.com, Dan Rafaels Notebook

WHY WOULD ANYONE....

Oh man....

[Kball15]

WHY WOULD ANYONE....

Oh man....

haha!!!!!!!!

i know right....

[2501]

WHY WOULD ANYONE....

Oh man....

she prolly has crazy bedside manners.

[BiggyGuns91]

who the **** do all these Contender winners think they are????? Oscar De La Hoya????? Look at Sergio Mora, hes been making ***** decisions like the one about his fight with Taylor, Grady Brewer, where the **** is that ***** at???? And now Bika too, look guys yall aint no Oscars aint nobody gon wait a year to see you fight and give you millions of dollard to fight someone, **** all thesse Contender dudes

[potatoes]

Maybe Bika is clever enough to know he can't beat Andrade.

[Scott9945]

who the **** do all these Contender winners think they are????? Oscar De La Hoya????? Look at Sergio Mora, hes been making ***** decisions like the one about his fight with Taylor, Grady Brewer, where the **** is that ***** at???? And now Bika too, look guys yall aint no Oscars aint nobody gon wait a year to see you fight and give you millions of dollard to fight someone, **** all thesse Contender dudes

I understand what you're saying, but Bika did take some bad punishment in his last fight. He is probably smart to wait longer before jumping into another vicious brawl with Andrade.