Comments Thread For: Shaw, Schaefer: Bradley Rejects Khan Deal, Moving On

[bluetuazon]

...After Bradley joins TP, Arum will match him up with either Cintron or Clottey this fall, as a tune-up for a Pac showdown in May. A win over either fighter will boost his value. 5 Mil guaranteed plus upside against Pac in May.

cintron and clottey is a tough task for tim...he wouldnt beat both IMO...

turning down 1.4mill is ****** especially when u cant put a$$es in those seats....

[shade darkar]

oh right, well we dont want to hear you talking ****, calling fighters out if you aint gonna fight them! probably have been a **** fight anyways, he'll just keep nuttin his opponents. if hes waiting out for a fight against pac, then he is still a nob head because if you cant beat khan then you aint gonna beat pacquiao.

[Rome-By-Ko]

we seen what happens to fighters who try and close out their contract with promoters with that " final fight " the always get jobbed in some way that usually leads to a loss...... we've seen it a bunch of times before.....

bottom line, bradley looks like he's falling short and isnt going to deliver, have no worries, he will, IT'S A TIMING THING seriously......

a fight like this is too dangerous to have all these distractions and having issues with your promoter, politics, etc, it all ends up with a loss of some sort......

you say it's a horrendous business decision, i say the exact opposite. i think it's smart, patients into getting what you want out of life is more rewarding than JUMPING at every opportunity, not every "apparent" opportunity is a good one, and although this is a good fight and a great match up, especially for us fans, it probably isnt the best opportunity for bradley to endeavor on with, with having problems shaw or shopping for a future promoter to work with, that alone is a fight in itself.

we look at the money and with our own greed we say he's ****ing up for passing on it, but what is attached to that money and fight?? what about afterwards? dealing with someone or being in a ****ed up relationship, not being happy, having to deal with someone you don't like leads to a poor production, so there are things that fans don't think about.

a lot of people think fighters get this big check and everything is fine and dandy. the reality is they've been living on an advancement usually, have to pay the IRS, manager, promoter, trainer, nutritionist, whoever else, lawyers, his own medical if i'm not mistaken, i'm sure there are special cases for the medical i don't know about every fighter, for the most part no, the fighter covers it.

to have to deal with that, you would at least like to be giving the people their cut off of your blood, sweat, and tears, you'd at least like to like the guy, at the very least, you sure as hell would hate to give money to someone you don't like or have a volatile relationship with..... bradley is no different... some people deal with situations that they don't like but actually have a say in how their life goes but do nothing about it and keep on dealing with it because they fear the unknown and change form routine, and there are some who don't and they DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO regardless of who and what stands in their way...... looks like bradley is one of those type card players, you gotta love it, and by his career and fighting attitude, you know he's not afraid to fight anyone. he's working at doing his thing.

any ways, i see where you're coming from but i know it's not that easy and cut and dry. there are options for other things and there are options in patients..........

wise men look like they move slow, but they move with precision. i see a tactical move and a relatively smart one, if he find no turbulence other than hot air criticism over nothing because the fight and or bigger fights are going to materialize........... then everything will be ok, we get what we want, they get what they want..... and khan taking the 20 part of the 80/20 split, that sounded real fishy too...... i don't know about you , but that is kind of odd...

peace and good health.

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[badass316]

It appears he's saving himself for a Pacquiao fight. Good decision, business wise. A Pacquiao fight will easily net him 3x the amount of money he'll get for fighting Khan, if not more.

[-Lowkey-]

The thing is Dan Rafael said numerous times that this fight has NO contact extension for Bradley and that it'd be his last fight with Shaw. So the whole "waiting till his contract is finished in July" is ****ing ****** because it's still a big ass pay day and he's not a big draw. So you don't like Shaw and don't wanna be promoted by him? Fully understood, I don't like him either, but ****ing hell, he's hurting himself by sitting on the sidelines for over 6 months as a young unbeaten fighter...take the Khan fight as your last one under Shaw, beat him like you said you would, make lots of money, then sign with GBP or Top Rank....EASY!

I don't think it's to fight Floyd, because surely Schaffaer would know something about this....I mean it'd be like "Bradley I know you're fighting Floyd, but lets make you look bad prior to your fight with Floyd by making it look like you're ducking Amir Khan"....yeah right!

Also this whole "Bob Arum is behind it"...that is no ****ing excuse. If Bob is, Bradley is a fool for listening to him. Bradley defenders and Bob Arum haters want to blame him for it all, but why? What difference does it make to Bob? Fight Khan, Pacquiao fights JMM, sign for Bob after and then fight Pacquiao???

This is either horrendous business decision by Bradley (those who say he's intelligent clearly forget how poorly he handled the Alexander situation and HBO will NO doubt be pissed off with him now and not sign him for multi-fight deal that he wants), or he see's something in Khan that he does not like......i.e. he doesn't have the height, reach and punching power to KO Khan, and thinks Khan's come forward style will beat him on scorecards. For some reason....I think it's the former, which is a damn shame.

Good post, Green k.

[SpitBalla]

Bradley basically has lost the respect of the boxing public. Even though nobody really cared about him to begin with.can you believe Bradley only has 17 fans on twitter?

[Rome-By-Ko]

Bradley basically has lost the respect of the boxing public. Even though nobody really cared about him to begin with.can you believe Bradley only has 17 fans on twitter?

Because twitter matters right??Dummy I don't even know if Timmy has that gay azz ****..Oh and you can't lose respect for handling ya business,Bradley never said this fight won't happen..But it's not happening under Shaw..The only people who don't respect him are Khan buttboys..Any true boxing fan loves him because like Froch he has remained fighter top level guys..Guy's like that when they have to handle business get a pass..Unlike Khan who has had a bunch of soft touches threw out his career..

[-Lowkey-]

Because twitter matters right??Dummy I don't even know if Timmy has that gay azz ****..Oh and you can't lose respect for handling ya business,Bradley never said this fight won't happen..But it's not happening under Shaw..The only people who don't respect him are Khan buttboys..Any true boxing fan loves him because like Froch he has remained fighter top level guys..Guy's like that when they have to handle business get a pass..Unlike Khan who has had a bunch of soft touches threw out his career..

Comparing Froch to Bradley is ridiculous, if Froch was offered a career high pay day to fight one of the best in his division he takes it no questions, Froch has the confidence that he can beat anyone in that division he is not interested in waiting around trying to squeeze more money out of the fight or fighting lesser opponents in the mean time.

Oh and Bradley and Khans resumes are very comparable. Frochs resume blows them both out of the water.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Comparing Froch to Bradley is ridiculous, if Froch was offered a career high pay day to fight one of the best in his division he takes it no questions, Froch has the confidence that he can beat anyone in that division he is not interested in waiting around trying to squeeze more money out of the fight or fighting lesser opponents in the mean time.

Oh and Bradley and Khans resumes are very comparable. Frochs resume blows them both out of the water.

LMFAO Khans resume is not comparable to Bradley at all friend you are way off base with that comment..Khan is not a unified Champ nore did he do anything at LW..His biggest accomplishment was beating a puncher man get out of here with that B.S.

Bradley and Froch are comparable because Bradley has unified belts bro something that Froch(although has a great resume)is yet too do..Bradley is not on the P4P list for nothing my man,he has earned by fighting top fighters on a consistent basis..Don't let ya anger for Bradley make ya make foolish post like this your better then that..

[-Lowkey-]

LMFAO Khans resume is not comparable to Bradley at all friend you are way off base with that comment..Khan is not a unified Champ nore did he do anything at LW..His biggest accomplishment was beating a puncher man get out of here with that B.S.

Bradley and Froch are comparable because Bradley has unified belts bro something that Froch(although has a great resume)is yet too do..Bradley is not on the P4P list for nothing my man,he has earned by fighting top fighters on a consistent basis..Don't let ya anger for Bradley make ya make foolish post like this your better then that..

Belts have never meant less in boxing as they do today Froch has a world class resume he has fought the top guys in his division consistently over the past 3 or so years, he will continue to fight the best in the division.

When has Froch ever turned down a fight against a top guy because of money, when has Froch ever been as quiet as a mouse regarding the making of a fight? When has Froch ever called someone out only to turn down the fight? That’s right never.

You calling my post foolish is laughable you are drawing comparisons that are not there to be made and are way out.

And Yes Khans resume is comparable to Bradleys, you could argue that Maidana is a better win than anyone Bradley has beat. You seriously are overestimating Bradleys resume.