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By Jake Donovan - Chances are that his next fight beyond this weekend will not come against Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao.
But if all goes as planned this weekend, undefeated 140 lb. titlist Tim Bradley won’t have to worry about chasing big money fights.
For the moment, the sculpted Californian boxer is one of the first that comes to mind when the term ‘high-risk, low reward’ is tossed around. Since bursting upon the title scene a couple of years ago, he has continued to collect scalps while staking his claim as the best 140 lb. fighter on the planet.
The problem for a fighter like Bradley, though, is that winning one tough fight after another without being able to make your opponent rich beyond his wildest dreams is that you eventually run out of fighters willing to step into the ring with you.
Such is what leads the best active junior welterweight on the planet to stray the nest and dip his toes into the welterweight waters this weekend when he faces heavy-handed Luis Carlos Abregu at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California (Saturday, HBO, 9:45PM ET/PT).
The decision to move up weight wasn’t his first choice, though oddly enough the original plan for this weekend’s fight when other opportunities didn’t immediately surface. From the moment HBO announced a desire to throw money at the world’s best junior welterweights, Team Bradley was anxious to cross the street after years of plying his trade in front of a Showtime-televised audience. [Click Here To Read More]
But if all goes as planned this weekend, undefeated 140 lb. titlist Tim Bradley won’t have to worry about chasing big money fights.
For the moment, the sculpted Californian boxer is one of the first that comes to mind when the term ‘high-risk, low reward’ is tossed around. Since bursting upon the title scene a couple of years ago, he has continued to collect scalps while staking his claim as the best 140 lb. fighter on the planet.
The problem for a fighter like Bradley, though, is that winning one tough fight after another without being able to make your opponent rich beyond his wildest dreams is that you eventually run out of fighters willing to step into the ring with you.
Such is what leads the best active junior welterweight on the planet to stray the nest and dip his toes into the welterweight waters this weekend when he faces heavy-handed Luis Carlos Abregu at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California (Saturday, HBO, 9:45PM ET/PT).
The decision to move up weight wasn’t his first choice, though oddly enough the original plan for this weekend’s fight when other opportunities didn’t immediately surface. From the moment HBO announced a desire to throw money at the world’s best junior welterweights, Team Bradley was anxious to cross the street after years of plying his trade in front of a Showtime-televised audience. [Click Here To Read More]
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