What did Bradley do to get the Pacquiao showdown ?

[Box-Office]

He beat Casamayor... duh!

That too was at 140lbs doe.

[MaskedMurderer]

He beat casamayor to seal the pacquaio fight.

[Rizzyo]

@ thread maker, do you still remember Khan avoiding Devon Alexander last year because he thought the Mayweather fight was in the bag just like Bradley did to him before Pacquiao? Against a guy who Bradley bullied in the ring in Alexander! Pot calling the kettle black! LOL.

Yes, that was a duck. He should have taken that fight and it would have been good to see Khan vs Devon regardless of the belt being on the line. Khan could have then made a fight with Pacquaio even more meaningful with that belt.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Khan was also a unified champion in the 140lb division. Bradley even came out and admitted he was plainly ducking khan. I can't paraphrase exactly what he said but it was along the lines of 'its a risky fight and if i lose where do i go from there'. Khan was also a bigger draw than Bradley, bringing better viewing figures on HBO and receiving a larger purse, despite that Khan was willing to go 50-50 to make that fight happen. Bradley didn't want any part of Khan.

Bradley himself has been fortunate to not have losses against Pacquaio and Provodnikov.

Again,Bradley two time unified Champion..

Khan was playing catch up,and on his first rebuilding stage..What is this now his 3rd??

Had nothing to do with Bradley not wanting to fight Khan..Had everything to do with who is offering the better deal..Which TR was,2mill to fight Khan for one fight..Or sign with TR get Casa for 1.2mill and then Pac for 5mill..He was signed to a three fight deal tho,so let's not forget about the 1.7 mill..Which deal do you take,just curious..

[Larry the boss]

He was the undefeated unified 140 champ of the world and signed to Top Rank...why wouldn't he get the fight?? would you have preferred and Alvarado fight?

[HeroBando]

I do remember and yes Khan did duck Alexander. Point isn't Bradley ducking Khan, but how Abregu gets you Pacquiao and Collazo can't according to the people on NSB.

So, how does using triangle theories prove anything again? Khan also dropped and beat Maidana with a UD where as Floyd with a MD and struggled with it and it was probably a draw.

It is not Abregu dude. Bradley was unified at 140, undefeated with a bunch of top 10 wins. By contrast Ortiz was 0-1-1 vs top 10, Alexander quits vs Bradley but schools Maidana with ease, Khan gets put on bambi legs by anyone decent, etc

[vaborikua2014]

At 140lbs he shamelessly ducked Amir Khan. Then the fact he had a previous win at WW over Carlos Abregu apparently warranted a Pacquiao showdown. Khan just beat Luis Collazo who even at this stage is a better win than a no name contender in Abregu.

Collazo > Abregu.....even today.

Don't bring up "oh he went 24 rounds doe, he schooled Marquez doe". That was after getting the 1st fight. Im specifically asking what did he do the 1st time to get Pacquiao?

So?

He was undefeated and had multiple titles at 140 almost wiping the whole division beating the likes of holt, campbell, witter, peterson(who beat khan), and alexander and most of them he beat pretty easily except holt who knocked him down twice. so hewas undefeated and had easily beat decent competition.

Khan on the other hand has been knocked out in multiple fights. In his last 5 fights he lost a close fight to peterson, got kod in a fight which he was meant to look good vs garcia, had a victory vs a bum in carlos molina, went life n death n won a close fight vs julio diaz, and now just beat collazo. What does he bring? no title, not undefeated, is not a big name in the states either

[Rome-By-Ko]

Khan has been calling out Floyd since for ever and that doesn't mean anything. Also what does "that year when Bradley called out Pacquiao and Khan was laid out" has to do with anything anyways?

Khan was not on Bradley's level? Khan was fresh off of a Maidana win.



Of course Peterson's win over Khan would be a legit win for you.

I'm not even talking about Mayweather, because Khan needs one more win for that. I'm speaking specifically about Pacquiao.

Yes, I didn't forget he changed promoters and then he fought Joel Casamayor to defend his belt at 140 after switching promoters. I'm guessing Casamayor was "THE" win that got him Pacquiao and not Abregu?

The rec books count Peterson win over Khan bro,sorry..

Khan's been calling out Floyd forever,and has been getting set back for just as long..

Bradley calling out Pac was to show you where Bradley was as compared to where Khan was..Again,he was KO'd while Bradley already had unified the 1st time..When he unified the 2end time it was only natural he'd be looking for bigger and better things..His over resume got him got him a Pac fight,he was a creditable opponent for Pac at the time..Khan at this point is not..It's really simple truthfully..

[Rizzyo]

Again,Bradley two time unified Champion..

Khan was playing catch up,and on his first rebuilding stage..What is this now his 3rd??

Had nothing to do with Bradley not wanting to fight Khan..Had everything to do with who is offering the better deal..Which TR was,2mill to fight Khan for one fight..Or sign with TR get Casa for 1.2mill and then Pac for 5mill..He was signed to a three fight deal tho,so let's not forget about the 1.7 mill..Which deal do you take,just curious..

Khan wasn't rebuilding at all, he was a two time world champion with victories over Maidana, Paulie, Kotelnik and Judah.

When Khan beat Maidana and then won the IBF against Judah it was one of the most requested fights. Yes, Bradley made the best decision for him financially but that doesn't alter the fact that he ducked Khan.

[Box-Office]

It is not Abregu dude. Bradley was unified at 140, undefeated with a bunch of top 10 wins. By contrast Ortiz was 0-1-1 vs top 10, Alexander quits vs Bradley but schools Maidana with ease, Khan gets put on bambi legs by anyone decent, etc

At WW he did nothing besides beating Abregu.