Comments Thread For: Tim Bradley Explains Reasons For Staying at Top Rank

[Rome-By-Ko]

Top Rank has a thinner stable of fighters. There's easier fights there for him.

More dumb ****..There is no such thing on either stable..I can see Abregu beating a fighter like Maidana Broner or Thurman..I can see Prov doing the same,and beating Garcia Khan Peterson etc etc..

I can see Alvarado beating those same guy's mention..Let's please cut the bull****..GBP may have a deeper stable,I don't think that means they have the better fighters..I think these guy's are even..

[bojangles1987]

It's not just about Mayweather it's that there are so many more options with Golden Boy.

Let's say Bradley beats Pacquaio, what's next? Provodnikov 2? Rios?

I can understand his line of thinking because he's likely to make a lot of money with his new contract but seems to me the better idea in the long run would be to jump ship.

Imagine if he were to beat Pacquaio them got himself into fights with Garcia, Thurman, Matthysse, Porter, Maidana, Broner etc etc etc the list goes on and of course Mayweather.

I agree. I hope the money is worth it, because he's going to be fighting pointless rematches and uninteresting fights for a couple of years at least. When he complains about fan complaints over his competition, and you know he will at some point, he'll have no one to blame but himself. Hopefully this promotional feud ends soon and he won't waste away at Top Rank.

Also, I'm not sure why Bradley thinks him going to Golden Boy might not land him that fight. It would be almost a guarantee, unless he blew it by losing.

[thatdudespits]

Question: Why is it Bradley's responsibility to leave Top Rank and not Guerrero, Garcia, Maidana, Broner and whoever's responsibility to leave GBP to pursue a Bradley fight?

Facts:

Bradley is the #1 welterweight NOT named Floyd Mayweather
Bradley makes more money than ANY WW fighter on GBP's roster
Bradley headlined more PPVs than ANY WW fighter on GBP's roster
Bradley is higher ranked pound for pound than ANY fighter on GBP's roster

The way I see it, the fighters over at GBP need to go to Bradley. He owes them nothing.


Bottom line: You take guaranteed money over uncertainty in the fight game. Bradley's job is to fight. Its up to the promoters to find opponents that can justify the money that they are paying him. If Top Rank runs out of opponents, either they need to work with other promoters or take losses by paying Bradley too much money for easy fights.

Bradley was a b side in two PPVs that didnt do as well as projected. He is hardly a superstar.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Bradley didn't sign for GBP a few years ago because they were gonna make him fight Khan first whereas TR gave him the Casamayor fight....lol not hard to see why he's made this decision.

[BuckToothed]

When Floyd and Pac retires, TR will have the bigger names in Bradley and Cotto (assuming he continues on).

Guess who will be the man to chase? I also believe that when Pac and Floyd retires, this ****** cold war ends.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

More dumb ****..There is no such thing on either stable..I can see Abregu beating a fighter like Maidana Broner or Thurman..

Of course YOU can

[-PBP-]

I disagree.

GoldenBoy fighters are not hungry for opponents to face.
Look at their 147 stable compared to Top Ranks

GoldenBoy

Floyd Mayweather
Matthyse - possible 147
Garcia - possible 147
Amir Khan
Victor Ortiz
Adrien Broner
Luiz Collazo
Zab Judah
Paulie
Devon Alexander
Andre Berto
Porter
Thurman

ALL of these are BIG names, which means a good sized check...

Top Rank
Manny Pacquiao
Juan Marquez
Alvarado
Provodo


And whoever else is not a big name not listed on the TR list

There is nothing to disagree with because I stated facts. Bradley makes more money than ALL of those fighters you listed other than Floyd Mayweather. There is ZERO financial incentive for him to leave behind guaranteed money over uncertainty.

GBP's fighters are nothing more than sheep waiting to get slaughtered by Floyd Mayweather. They take their $3 million paydays and then disappear and either become dancers or look to break their contracts.

[Jsmooth9876]

Nailed it.

His contract with GBP could have been contingent on signing to fight Mayweather in the fall.

Sure, except GBP doesn't pick Floyd opponents. .He just cherry picks their guys to fight.

[Evol]

When Floyd and Pac retires, TR will have the bigger names in Bradley and Cotto (assuming he continues on).

Guess who will be the man to chase? I also believe that when Pac and Floyd retires, this ****** cold war ends.

i think cotto will retired before pac and floyd lol!!!

[V.WEBB]

It's not just about Mayweather it's that there are so many more options with Golden Boy.

Let's say Bradley beats Pacquaio, what's next? Provodnikov 2? Rios?

I can understand his line of thinking because he's likely to make a lot of money with his new contract but seems to me the better idea in the long run would be to jump ship.

Imagine if he were to beat Pacquaio them got himself into fights with Garcia, Thurman, Matthysse, Porter, Maidana, Broner etc etc etc the list goes on and of course Mayweather.

Agreed. But we will get more rematches, which is just what we need in boxing.