Originally posted by Boxing News 24 on March 8th
Now what did Cunningham/Team Alexander do after this interview? They came on BoxingScene and started talking s**t for the next four months and accuse him of ducking. Did they call Gary Shaw? No. Did they try to call ANYONE from Team Bradley? No.
Let's pause for a second. I have a question for you guys. Is it ever possible to negotiate a fight through BoxingScene interviews? No. It didn't work with Judah-Spinks so why does Cunningham think it'll work now? Now let's resume to the facts.
The clock was ticking, and Timmy did have a June date scheduled since like last year so he had no choice but to look elsewhere. But the thing is, he could have easily dropped Abregu for Alexander (like he did for the Maidana bout). But what did Alexander do afterwards? Signed for an August date. That completely ruined the possibility of the fight. If you don't believe me and want more interviews, I'll be happy to give you an entire timeline of information as proof.
But wait! You're probably thinking "Wait, Bradley's last fight was in December, so couldn't this unification have been made before Alexander-Urango was signed?". Again, the same exact thing happened. Team Alexander was completely quiet up until Alexander-Urango was signed. That's when Alexander came out and said "You could have fought me". But where was he when Bradley was calling out Ortiz, Khan, Maidana, etc and all of them were declining?
Aside from when Bradley had two mandatories, they NEVER tried to get the fight. And at that time, Alexander's best win was DeMarcus Corley while Nate Campbell was coming off of an impressive win over Ali Funeka. Team Bradley had no choice but to make the better financial situation and vacate one belt. I bet any money that if Bradley had fought and beat Alexander instead of Campbell, everyone would say he ducked Campbell.
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