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By Jake Donovan - Once upon a time, Bernard Hopkins chose an unconventional route to ride out a contract with Don King. Taking lesser fights (and paydays) following a then-career best win over unbeaten three-division champ Felix Trinidad was described by King as “winning the lottery but never cashing the ticket.”
Tim Bradley finds himself in a similar position, though such status has been forced upon him. The unbeaten welterweight titlist is standing in line with his winning ticket in hand. The problem for the moment is that nobody is willing to cash it in.
It’s been well over two months since Bradley scored the biggest win of his career, even if there still lingers behind genuine dispute regarding his split decision nod over Manny Pacquiao in June. Still, the win’s name value alone should have thrust the chiseled Californian into immediate star status.
With a 29th birthday quickly approaching as he enjoys the status of becoming the first man in more than seven years to hand Pacquiao a loss, the world should be at Bradley’s fingertips. Instead, he’s just as curious as everyone else as to his own next move. [Click Here To Read More]
Tim Bradley finds himself in a similar position, though such status has been forced upon him. The unbeaten welterweight titlist is standing in line with his winning ticket in hand. The problem for the moment is that nobody is willing to cash it in.
It’s been well over two months since Bradley scored the biggest win of his career, even if there still lingers behind genuine dispute regarding his split decision nod over Manny Pacquiao in June. Still, the win’s name value alone should have thrust the chiseled Californian into immediate star status.
With a 29th birthday quickly approaching as he enjoys the status of becoming the first man in more than seven years to hand Pacquiao a loss, the world should be at Bradley’s fingertips. Instead, he’s just as curious as everyone else as to his own next move. [Click Here To Read More]
pathetic.
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