Comments Thread For: Tim Bradley’s Search Continues For a June Opponent

[Dave Rado]

Arum did not make anything clear. All he said was we have plenty of time, we have till june. Shaw and Bradley are getting worried because they haven't heard anything from arum except that. I think valero/bradley is going to happen.

That's not how boxing works, and has never been how it works. If you've got Showtime to put aside a date for a fight, as Shaw has, they're not going to keep that date open indefinitely. And if Bradley were to wait for several months with no guaranteed opponent while Arum twiddles his thumbs saying "there's no hurry", and if Arum then said after that "oh, sorry, I've got a fight with Valero to fight someone else," where does that leave Bradley? Several months wasted, and no opponent. No fighter would put up with that game, no one, and when you're talking about the guy who is almost universally ranked as the #1 Jnr Welterweight, expecting him to put up with that attitude is especially egregious.

Arum clearly doesn't want the fight. If he did, he would go into negotiations for it, instead of making lame ass excuses not to.

[P.WILL]

wait for the winner of Urango-Alexander

[trufightfanatic]

No lie....I have a gut feeling that we will see Pac vs Bradley in July/August. That will give Arum enough time either build up Margarito, get Valero ready for a shot at Pac, or allow for a Mosley vs Pacquiao fight later on this year.

I Think that just may happen after Clottey beats Pac's desire to compete at 147 out of him. Other than that Pac will never fight a guy like Bradley

[ShoulderRoll]

Arum publically threw out Bradley's name as a possible next opponent for Valero, but as soon as Gary Shaw gets Bradley's people to agree and even gets a Showtime date suddenly good ol' Bob isn't in such a hurry anymore.

The man is a snake.

[j69madrox]

It is obvious Golden Boy isn't going to throw any of there guys at Bradley so he should fight the winner of Alexander and Urango in a unification match. Maybe he will fight Paulie after Khan ducks him and winds up fighting Oscar at 140.

[keepthemhandsup]

urango or alexander will be good if not great fights for him

he should NOT move to 147...thats what judah did now look at him

[HAWK2916]

I think its bs that THE MAN at 140 is being frozen out of everything and can't get a good fight. I actually like watching Bradley fight and was already a little bummed out that he has to wait until June for an open date to fight again (which I know he doesn't like as he wants to stay active) and now no one seems to want to face him. I was thinking about this when I read that (pinhead)Zab Judah turned him down (is it just me or has Judah turned into a scared lil *****). I know Bradley probably has other options but I thought of 4 that I'd like to see.

1. Fight Valero in June. I know this fight has been talked about briefly and while I don't think "Scared of em' Arum was ever serious about it, I do think it would be an action packed fight. Arum is saying its early and they have plenty of time which is bs because at this moment he's already working on Foreman-Cotto for June, as well as Lopez-Conception. Then he's talking about Gamboa-Caballero for July. Bradley-Valero is not necessarily my favorite since I think Valero would be better off fighting Micheal Katsidis, Juan Manuel Marquez or even the pinhead Zab Judah before getting in the ring with Bradley. If they do end up doing this fight I wont object at all.

2. Fight JMM in June. For some reason I love this fight. IMO it has the makings of being like Chavez-Taylor 1(maybe not but what the hell). This fight would be different from the one with Khan as Marquez I believe would have the height and reach advantage slightly. JMM going for a 4th title in a 4th weight class is historic and to be doing it against the top junior welter would be a great storyline.

3. This one is by far has the smallest chance of happening, but go up to 147 and fight Berto. Berto-Bradley would be fun, its a chance to go for a title in a second weight class and to move up most peoples P4P list. Berto seems to love fighting 140 pounders so why not. I keep hearing people say that Bradley is with Showtime which makes this fight not possible but I didnt think Showtime still had fighters signed to exclusive contracts like HBO does. Maybe they do or maybe someone can shed some light on it. However I know for a fact that Shaw and Bradley wanted to get a fight earlier than June and since Showtime seemingly put them on the backburner and has them waiting until the middle of the year to fight I think Bradkey should be allowed to get what he can. Maybe some way some how they can be allowed to take this fight or perhaps negotiate some kind of buyout that makes Bradley a free agent when it comes to networks. I know all this is highly unlikely so as I said its a loooonnnngshot.

4. Finally I say just wait until the Alexander-Urango fight on March 6th and fight the winner. In fact they could be working on somekind of agreement now to fight the winner of that fight in June. March 6th until the 1st weekend in June is plenty of time tto get ready for a fight. This fight would unify 3 of the 4 alphabet titles, but most importantly would be a good fight. I would say this is my favorite and most realistic option.

[TOBYLEE1]

He will secure a fight,if he keeps winning all roads at 140 will lead to him. There are plenty of options so they just got to weed out who at this moment and not go so much for the biggest payday on his next fight