Comments Thread For: Amir Khan: Chicken Tim Bradley Was Scared of Losing

[texasboi15]

chicken tim bradley! lol

[LoveForBoxing]

Keep thinking that Amir. Once his personal business is sorted out, he'll probably fight you for half of what you offered just to beat you down. "He knows he would lose." "IF I BEAT HIM, his career would be over." Why not: when I beat him, his career would be over? He needs to focus on Judah because Zab is no Mccloskey.

The reason he said ''IF I BEAT HIM'' is because he's not dillusional to think he can walk straight through bradley he knows its a tough fight but one that could go either way like khan has been quoted before its a 50/50 fight amir knows this and so does bradley thats why bradley wont take the fight because theres a 50% chance he loses and at this point in his career it would be a devastating blow for him to lose, hes soon to be 28 years of age and in his peak years a loss would leave him with a few years rebuilding time where as amir is only 24 and a loss right now wouldn't be as bad for him thats why amir wants the fight and bradley isn't so intrested at the minute but sooner or later you've got to take that risk and bradley will but in his own time .

[PlayerKiller]

Bradley is scared.

If Khan beat him, he would need to fight Judah for 1 belt, but Khan would be the man Judah would want.

So with one man with all belts, Bradley would not have any luck at all.

[slindee3]

I dont think Bradley is scared, but its still a terrible decision. Shaw was not attachin any options, so his contract wit Shaw still wudve expired after the fight.
Plus, He just fought Maidana 6 months ago. Would a rematch be good, yeah, but u cant criticize him for not fightin Maidana again right away when he was tryn to fight Bradley, and ultimatly is fightn IBF champ, Judah.
Last, she also shud avenge that loss to Prescott, but again, u cant criticize him for not fightn Prescot, when he's fightn Judah - who is more of a challenge?
The same people who say he doesnt want to fight Prescott would be complainin if he was fightn Prescott, sayn that Prescott hasnt don **** in the past coupl of years except lose his biggest fights after Khan, and that theyre not even on the same level. Please, Prescott is a fringe contender wit power who got lucky against Khan who was fightn at a lower weight class than he shudve. It would be nice to avenge that defeat, but they're not even on the same level.
Bradley and Khan are the obvious 1 and 2 fighters, and they should be fightin - end of story

True, he's fighting Judah now but he had the opportunity to fight Bradley, Prescott or Maidana instead of Mcloskey. Bradley wanted to fight him after he beat Devon and Maidana wanted a rematch because, quite frankly, I thought that had the fight lasted a few more rounds, Khan would have gotten ko'd. Instead he fought McCloskey. I would think that Prescott and McCloskey are on similar levels, so why not avenge his only defeat?

In my opinion, Khan is a good boxer, but he's lacking the heart of a true champion. It appears as though he's afraid to take the chance against someone he lost to and someone he came close to losing to. That's not the heart of a champion.

[Trigg]

True, he's fighting Judah now but he had the opportunity to fight Bradley, Prescott or Maidana instead of Mcloskey. Bradley wanted to fight him after he beat Devon and Maidana wanted a rematch because, quite frankly, I thought that had the fight lasted a few more rounds, Khan would have gotten ko'd. Instead he fought McCloskey. I would think that Prescott and McCloskey are on similar levels, so why not avenge his only defeat?

In my opinion, Khan is a good boxer, but he's lacking the heart of a true champion. It appears as though he's afraid to take the chance against someone he lost to and someone he came close to losing to. That's not the heart of a champion.

Where do I ****ing start with this post?

July 23rd has ALWAYS been the date for Khan - Bradley. Khan knew it, GBP knew it, Gary Shaw knew it and Tim Bradley knew it.

He wanted to fight in front of his home fans as he knew it would be a while before he could do that again. He fought a world ranked unbeaten fighter in McCloskey - nothing wrong with that.

WTF has Prescott done to deserve a rematch and payday? The square route of **** all is what.

And your comment about him getting KO'D if there were a few more rounds in the Maidana fight is ****ing laughable. For one, there is a set number of rounds - 12. I could quite easily say that Maidana is lucky there wasn't a few more seconds in the first round because he was on his way to getting KTFO.

But I wouldn't be as idiotic to come out with a statement like that, rounds are 3 minutes, no more no less. Just as championship fights are 12 rounds, no more no less.

Khan has no heart?

Did you watch the championship rounds of Khan - Maidana?

Amir was hit with a monster shot that made him do a little dance, he did well to survive the round.

Now, if he had no heart as you say, he would of ran for rounds 11 and 12. What did he do? He won both rounds handily, and showed the true heart of a champion. In the end it was Khan lighting Maidana up with flurries.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

True story....

[JJRod]

I never heard that, but I believe thats what he was thinkn. Bradley calls out Amir 6-8 months ago. and I'll admit, I previously thought that Bradley was one of those guys who will take on all comers, as his recent stretch of opponents (Holt - for unification, Campbell - after he had become unified lightweight champ, Peterson - when undefeated, Abregu - when undefeated, and Alexander - when undefeated and for unification) was pretty impressive.
But, either someone got in his ear and gave him horrendous advice, or he suddenly lost his cojones.
I haev read some say Bradley was smart to turn down the fight bc HBO guaranteed him 1.2 mil for his next fight, whether or not it was Khan.
But, Maidana's gonna fight Guerrero, Alexander v. Mathyse, Khan vs. Judah, Berto vs. Zaveck, Oritz vs. Maidana, and Pac vs. Marquez; doesn't really leave him wit many options. Only option may be Morales, but I havent heard that as a possibility.
Plus, HBO is runnin out of dates, so instead of a career high 1.4 mil + 50% of U.K. PPV in a fight that could've really raised hi profile, Bradley may be sittin on the sidelines til '12.
To make the decision even worse, if thats possible, now if Manny and Floyd decide to finally fight, Bradley isnt gonna get a fight against either of them anyway.
GREAT MOVE TIM!

Agree with this

[BetterCallSaul]

True, he's fighting Judah now but he had the opportunity to fight Bradley, Prescott or Maidana instead of Mcloskey. Bradley wanted to fight him after he beat Devon and Maidana wanted a rematch because, quite frankly, I thought that had the fight lasted a few more rounds, Khan would have gotten ko'd. Instead he fought McCloskey. I would think that Prescott and McCloskey are on similar levels, so why not avenge his only defeat?

In my opinion, Khan is a good boxer, but he's lacking the heart of a true champion. It appears as though he's afraid to take the chance against someone he lost to and someone he came close to losing to. That's not the heart of a champion.

Khan couldn't have fought Bradley until the date he is now fighting Judah on. HBO earmarked that date especially for the fight. Whatever Khan did in between had no effect on a fight with Bradley. It was a stay active/money fight every boxer is entitled to take when a unification fight is scheduled almost 8 months away.

[slindee3]

Where do I ****ing start with this post?

July 23rd has ALWAYS been the date for Khan - Bradley. Khan knew it, GBP knew it, Gary Shaw knew it and Tim Bradley knew it.

He wanted to fight in front of his home fans as he knew it would be a while before he could do that again. He fought a world ranked unbeaten fighter in McCloskey - nothing wrong with that.

WTF has Prescott done to deserve a rematch and payday? The square route of **** all is what.

And your comment about him getting KO'D if there were a few more rounds in the Maidana fight is ****ing laughable. For one, there is a set number of rounds - 12. I could quite easily say that Maidana is lucky there wasn't a few more seconds in the first round because he was on his way to getting KTFO.

But I wouldn't be as idiotic to come out with a statement like that, rounds are 3 minutes, no more no less. Just as championship fights are 12 rounds, no more no less.

Khan has no heart?

Did you watch the championship rounds of Khan - Maidana?

Amir was hit with a monster shot that made him do a little dance, he did well to survive the round.

Now, if he had no heart as you say, he would of ran for rounds 11 and 12. What did he do? He won both rounds handily, and showed the true heart of a champion. In the end it was Khan lighting Maidana up with flurries.

Ali, Lennox Lewis, Ray Leonard, Holyfied, Shane Mosley, Hopkins, throw PWill in the mix too. These are a few names of champions with warrior heart that went looking for the people who knocked them out or they lost to.

These guys didn't avoid the people they lost to, they sought them out. Khan is not made from the same cloth as these guys.

As for Maidana, I agree the fight lasted for 12 rounds and he lost, but Khan has never been in that much trouble before, except the Prescott fight, so why not give him the rematch? Let me answer that. Because he knew he almost got knocked out and don,t want to take that chance again. NO Heart!!!!

[slindee3]

Khan couldn't have fought Bradley until the date he is now fighting Judah on. HBO earmarked that date especially for the fight. Whatever Khan did in between had no effect on a fight with Bradley. It was a stay active/money fight every boxer is entitled to take when a unification fight is scheduled almost 8 months away.

Well if it was a stay active fight why not fight Prescott since you Khan fans are saying he's not on Khan's level?