So Bradley ducks Khan and gets an Auto-Shot at Pacquiao.

[immortal tech]

Bradley could had 4 belts and the ring title became the lineal champ at 140 if only he fought and beat Khan, Bradley is a disgrace to the sport of boxing and should not be rewarded for it. I have no respect for Bradley and for Pacquiao fighting him after Bradley vs Casa

[Dirk Diggler UK]

At that moment it was already TR vs GB.....

May vs Pac

Donaire vs Mares

Chavez vs Canelo

What would have made Bradley vs Khan different???

Yep and Bradley joined TR so he wouldn't have to fight Khan first. He joined TR so he could fight a soft touch and then get the Pac fight.

Hence a blatant duck.

Thanks for confirming that.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

"smart business" or "dumb luck"?

You have to go back to the timeline of events. At the time Bradley ducked Khan, there is NO WAY he could have forseen how the events would play out. At that time, there was no way of knowing how the Shaw lawsuit would play out (it still is pending), whether he would end up with TR or GB, how Marquez-Pac would play out, that Cotto would jump ship and fight Floyd, that Peterson would beat Khan and get the Marquez fight, and a hundred other things. He's getting the fight because he's the last man available, not because of his "brilliant business strategy".......

Well he was just going to continue to fight bums and shot fighters until he got the Pac fight anyway

[MJ223]

Yep and Bradley joined TR so he wouldn't have to fight Khan first. He joined TR so he could fight a soft touch and then get the Pac fight.

Hence a blatant duck.

Thanks for confirming that.

Lol..... I can tell by ur username it's just sour g****s

Scored the Peterson vs Khan fight 113-112 Khan btw

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Well its obviously always about money I don't know who wouldn't understand that but that's part of what's wrong with boxing today to many fighters unwilling to take risks because it could jeopardize future pay days.

If Bradley saw Khan as such a risk and a threat to his big pay cheque then what makes him think he stands a chance against a much better opponent in Pac?

If Bradley truly believed in himself he could have fought Khan winning that fight in turn would have made the Bradley vs Pac fight bigger thus earning Bradley more money but he wasn't willing to take the risk which is a shame.

You missed my point all together.

First off a fighter believes he can beat anyone, bottom line. It's the mentality you need to have as a fighter.

Second, you don't want to risk what could possibly be the ONLY payday you ever get at that level. Everyone is lining up to fight Pac and Money because they will get paid.

Do you think Robert Guerrero's people really think he can beat Floyd? Or do you think they want to get paid.

It's the reason that when DLH was fighting, everyone from 130 to 175 wanted to fight him......lol

Bradley was smart in what he did, if he would have fought Khan and lost or suffered an injury or never got the fight because of timing, he wouldn't have gotten this payday.

I'm sure his handlers told him this, his promoter was promising this fight and he got it.

Once again, smart business.

[Mister Wolf]

Whether Bradley is over Khan or not is not the issue. They were the two best junior welterweights in the world.

One guy wanted to prove who was the best and the other guy was Biitch Ass Bradley.

Thats the top and bottom of it.

People still pretending that Casamyor didnt happen

Yep and Bradley joined TR so he wouldn't have to fight Khan first. He joined TR so he could fight a soft touch and then get the Pac fight.

Hence a blatant duck.

Thanks for confirming that.

Sorry dirk, Khan is a nobody over here in the U.S which is why he had to fight Peterson in his home town to generate high ticket sales. Bradley is on to fighting on the big stage in the U.S. Khan needed Bradley to make a case for fighting Mayweather. Bradley never needed Khan to fight Pac as u can see.

[immortal tech]

Bradley needed Khan to make a case for fighting Mayweather. Bradley never needed Khan to fight Pac as u can see.

sad but 100% true

[savorduhflavor]

Everyone can see it. He took the puussy route to a payday. Everyone knows that. Doesn't mean people should support it or not call it what it is.

And re: "smart business" - beating Khan and then fighting Pacquaio would have made him far more money. Isn't that smart business?

So when it comes down to it, we can disregard "smart business" and say basically Bradley is a biitch.

Considering he got paid a million to fight Casamayor, no, it wouldn't have made him far more money and it would have been a ****** risk when you have a Pacquiao fight all but on the table. There was so much going on behind the scenes...when you're trying to leave one promoter to go to a bigger one, you don't take a fight like Khan. If you lose then you may not get that deal with the major promoter, and if you do you won't have the leverage to get the quota you want.

Thankfully you're not a manager.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Sorry dirk, Khan is a nobody over here in the U.S which is why he had to fight Peterson in his home town to generate high ticket sales. Bradley is on to fighting on the big stage in the U.S. Khan needed Bradley to make a case for fighting Mayweather. Bradley never needed Khan to fight Pac as u can see.

Khan is a bigger name in the US than Bradley. That much I do know.

Why the hell would Khan need Bradley to get to Mayweather?

The difference is Khan was willing to risk the Mayweather fight but Bradley was too puussy to risk the Pac fight.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Considering he got paid a million to fight Casamayor, no, it wouldn't have made him far more money and it would have been a ****** risk when you have a Pacquiao fight all but on the table. There was so much going on behind the scenes...when you're trying to leave one promoter to go to a bigger one, you don't take a fight like Khan. If you lose then you may not get that deal with the major promoter, and if you do you won't have the leverage to get the quota you want.

Thankfully you're not a manager.

He would've got 2m to face Khan. So if I was his manager and I actually had faith in him, I'd tell him to take the Khan fight and win, then he'd probably get more money in Pac negotiations.

But then again, Bradley is such an ordinary fighter, I'd probably never be that confident. So you're right.