Have Americans Given Bradley A Free Pass?

[UglyPug]

Thats a looooooong time.

He must be buildin his body to his 147 size and getting comfortable with staying there.

Khan will fight Bradley at 147 I think.

I hope so. . . I really hope Bradley proves me wrong. Khan needs that scalp!

well he doesn't need it to be considered better than bradley, but just for good measure so he can say without a doubt he cleaned house, and was the lineal champ of the toughest, deepest division.

[DET. IRONSIDE]

america is pretty cool.

American boxers TODAY look about as cool as a ****** with a speech impediment.

ESPECIALLY Judah and Bradley.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

If the shoe was on the other foot, we wouldnt hear the last of it.

The funniest thing about it is that most were saying that Khan would duck Bradley.

[Manny#1ATG]

Bradley is ducking (and not just in the ring to set up a headbutt)...but you gotta look at it from HBO's perspective. They stand to gain the most from successful American boxers. HBO is a premium channel here, they don't give a **** ass what brits, germans or pinoy watch illegal streams of their fights. Is it bogus? Yes. They're also just protecting their own investments...HBO and their fighters is like Arum protecting Pac from real fights.

[Easy-E]

First of all im shocked that there has been nothing whatsoever been said by the American posters on this forum about the flagrant ducking and stalling that has been going on by Bradley for not fighting Khan. The plan was always for Khan to fight Bradley if Khan beat Maidana and Bradley beat Alexander which they both did.

Bradleys apostles will bring up Gary Shaw, Timothy Bradleys problem with Gary Shaw is Timothy Bradleys problem with Gary Shaw I dont see why that should be used as an excuse to duck opponents. Whats all the more tragic is that American posters are normally the first and most ardent people to accuse others of ducking opponents yet are nowhere to be seen or heard when it comes to Bradley.

Its just another case of an African American fighter ducking an Asian fighter, Im sure we all know the most famous case of an African American boxer who refuses to fight Manny Pacquaio, Mayweather has set a bad precedent for other African American boxers: Just duck opponents that can beat you, build up a padded record, Drop PEDS to stall the fight, Drop rival promoters to stall the fight, Drop money to stall the fight, Then cash out in a big fight like Mosley by turning up to collect a payday and not throwing a punch or causing an upset like a good journeyman.

The culture of HBO hand outs and dole outs MUST end, What boxing needs is some kind of Performance related pay, You will find these African American boxers that don't throw a punch in a fight and cash out will be fighting like you never seen them before for their daily bread. The more punches they throw and the more punches they take the more money they will earn.

you do realize that more time between the fight means more buildup, more trash talk, more on the line and more money, right?

[Malius]

What I am reading is
A) Is he isn't well known therefore it is ok to duck.

B) He has contractual issues, which is fine, but he has had these issues for awhile now, he needs to get his **** sorted.

[UglyPug]

you do realize that more time between the fight means more buildup, more trash talk, more on the line and more money, right?

I don't know man, I thought it was about as ripe as it's gonna get. They are both fringe of moving to WW, they are both the last one's standing in the 140 pound division. . . Bradley stood to make EASILY double of what he has ever made before. He was making more money than any other boxer not fighting floyd or pac would make.

He is leaving Shaw, and ducking Khan because he wants to fight Pacquiao and get a guaranteed payday of around 3-4 million. If he loses to Khan, then he would move further back in line for pacquiao. He is also GUARANTEED a million dollar payday for his next fight on HBO opponent notwithstanding.

If he was 100% confident of beating Khan, he would have taken the fight, made the 3 million, AND then been guaranteed a pacquiao fight immediately. RATHER, he knows Khan will beat him, so he is taking "the road MOST travelled by". - the "easy", "more secure" way.

[Easy-E]

I don't know man, I thought it was about as ripe as it's gonna get. They are both fringe of moving to WW, they are both the last one's standing in the 140 pound division. . . Bradley stood to make EASILY double of what he has ever made before. He was making more money than any other boxer not fighting floyd or pac would make.

He is leaving Shaw, and ducking Khan because he wants to fight Pacquiao and get a guaranteed payday of around 3-4 million. If he loses to Khan, then he would move further back in line for pacquiao. He is also GUARANTEED a million dollar payday for his next fight on HBO opponent notwithstanding.

If he was 100% confident of beating Khan, he would have taken the fight, made the 3 million, AND then been guaranteed a pacquiao fight immediately. RATHER, he knows Khan will beat him, so he is taking "the road MOST travelled by". - the "easy", "more secure" way.

I can see them meeting at WW. I don't think either Bradley or Khan are a household name, they are both young with fewer than 30 pro fights each. They are both improving and getting better. This only applies given that Tim Bradley is not a ***** and eventually fights Khan.

[chiguy91]

i never thought bradley would beat khan, i guess that's why he's been avoiding him. either way, **** bradley, his fights will never appeal interesting to me, and i doubt he's ever going to amount to anything more than what he already has done. if he doesn't end up fighting khan and trying to unify the division, dude needs to dissapear off the face of the earth, kind of how he's doing right now.

[William Blake]

Seems to me that no one was really excited by Tim 'Billy Goat' Bradley anyway.

Just when he was starting to get some light, he stepped out of it and took the wind out of his sails.

People haven't given Bradley a free pass so much as people have began to care even less about Bradley than they already did, if that's even possible.