Tim Bradley DID NOT duck Khan.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Let's not forget, Khan was lined up to face Mayweather. He was already a bigger name and a bigger draw than Bradley. He didn't need Tim Bradley.

Now you can bet your bottom dollar that if Khan had said "What if I lose to Bradley, I'm out of the Mayweather sweepstakes", you would definitely not see the likes of IMDAZED and ShoulderTroll in here defending Amir.

Guaran-dam-teed.

[IMDAZED]

Wow. The spin is incredible. I'm dizzy

Yeah true. Fighters don't need to use their heads because that never happens.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Yeah true. Fighters don't need to use their heads because that never happens.

Yes he used his head and realised that he wasn't so sure he could beat Khan.

One fighter was confident in his abilities, the other wasn't.

[ShoulderRoll]

It's EXACTLY the relevant point. You can't say that because the possibility of a better fight exists some unknowable point in the future, that ducking someone isn't a duck. That's ridiculous.

Bradley signed with Top Rank to get the Pac fight. And Top Rank signed him with the intent to match him up with Pac.

That was their endgame and why his first fight with TR was on a Pacquiao undercard.

Whether that fight happened immediately or 2-3 fights down the road wasn't up to Bradley. That was Arum's call.

[IMDAZED]

Yes he used his head and realised that he wasn't so sure he could beat Khan.

One fighter was confident in his abilities, the other wasn't.

Or he wasn't confident in judging without any backing. Everyone's got an opinion.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Or he wasn't confident in judging without any backing. Everyone's got an opinion.

Why didn't he say that then????

The excuses are laughable.

[IMDAZED]

Why didn't he say that then????

The excuses are laughable.

I don't recall him saying I'm not confident in my abilities. You interpret it how you want. Silly to think none of my scenarios are remote possibilities given the events that took place leading to this Bradley-Pacquiao rematch.

[IronDanHamza]

I'm not claiming that was the plan for him, just that this is what ended up actually happening. He was featured on the undercard to increase his name value and his next fight ended up being Pacquiao.

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what you were claiming.

Otherwise what was the point of the statement? That Bradley was a possible option? Well yeah obviously but he wasn't the first option for the immediate future.

You said "A build up to his next fight, Pacquaio-Bradley" not "To build up an eventual fight between them"

Bradley-Pacquaio wasn't the first option after that fight and that's an absolute fact.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I don't recall him saying I'm not confident in my abilities. You interpret it how you want. Silly to think none of my scenarios are remote possibilities given the events that took place leading to this Bradley-Pacquiao rematch.

He said "What if I lose to Amir Khan?". If he had meant that he might get robbed on the cards, there was no reason for him to not say that.

He also went on to talk about how he's already fought top quality opp and he said "can you give a brother a break?"

Also spoke about how he could fight anyone in the top ten on HBO for 1million so he didn't need to face Khan.

Where in that does it infer that he's worried about getting robbed on the judges scorecards? Nowhere.

You've just invented that like you've invented a whole tonne of **** in this thread to defend your guy.

[IMDAZED]

He said "What if I lose to Amir Khan?". If he had meant that he might get robbed on the cards, there was no reason for him to not say that.

He also went on to talk about how he's already fought top quality opp and he said "can you give a brother a break?"

Also spoke about how he could fight anyone in the top ten on HBO for 1million so he didn't need to face Khan.

Where in that does it infer that he's worried about getting robbed on the judges scorecards? Nowhere.

You've just invented that like you've invented a whole tonne of **** in this thread to defend your guy.

I guess we're both inventing. Don't recall him saying he's not confident in his abilities either. Maybe both are just opinions.