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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - For Nate Campbell, perhaps the third time will be a charm.
The former lightweight champion’s latest title hunt takes him out west once again later this summer, when he'll face incumbent Timothy Bradley for the WBO 140-pound crown on Aug. 1 at the Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
A lifelong Floridian, Campbell is 0-for-2 in a pair of trips to the West Coast – losing via unanimous 10-round decision to Joel Casamayor in March 2003 and falling via fifth-round KO a year later to Australian Robbie Peden in the first of their two clashes.
He lost again to Peden – via eighth-round TKO – in Australia in February 2005.
Both Golden State losses were at the Pechanga Entertainment Center in Temecula.
The location for the August fight came down to either Florida or California, where Bradley lives in Palm Springs.
Lead promoter Gary Shaw made the final site selection, which was announced last week and will be officially set into motion with a news conference on Wednesday in Pasadena.
Campbell opens training camp in Tampa, where he resides, then becomes the southernmost title-seeker in the U.S. upon shifting preparation to Key West on July 1. He will again team up with lead trainer John David Jackson, a former 15-year pro and ex-WBO champion at 154 and 160 pounds.
"(It's a) good matchup for Nate. Bradley's work rate will give (him) a lot of opportunities," said Terry Trekas, Campbell's manager. "Bradley is not a big guy, and not a huge puncher." [details]
The former lightweight champion’s latest title hunt takes him out west once again later this summer, when he'll face incumbent Timothy Bradley for the WBO 140-pound crown on Aug. 1 at the Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
A lifelong Floridian, Campbell is 0-for-2 in a pair of trips to the West Coast – losing via unanimous 10-round decision to Joel Casamayor in March 2003 and falling via fifth-round KO a year later to Australian Robbie Peden in the first of their two clashes.
He lost again to Peden – via eighth-round TKO – in Australia in February 2005.
Both Golden State losses were at the Pechanga Entertainment Center in Temecula.
The location for the August fight came down to either Florida or California, where Bradley lives in Palm Springs.
Lead promoter Gary Shaw made the final site selection, which was announced last week and will be officially set into motion with a news conference on Wednesday in Pasadena.
Campbell opens training camp in Tampa, where he resides, then becomes the southernmost title-seeker in the U.S. upon shifting preparation to Key West on July 1. He will again team up with lead trainer John David Jackson, a former 15-year pro and ex-WBO champion at 154 and 160 pounds.
"(It's a) good matchup for Nate. Bradley's work rate will give (him) a lot of opportunities," said Terry Trekas, Campbell's manager. "Bradley is not a big guy, and not a huge puncher." [details]
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