Timothy Bradley: record, next fight and profile →
WBO/WBC junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley reached out to BoxingScene.com to set the record straight on the recent rumors that he allegedly signed a promotional contract with Top Rank. Bradley also discusses his status with promoter Gary Shaw, when he plans to return, what division and more.
WBC/WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley reached out to BoxingScene.com to dispute any and all published reports that he signed a promotional agreement with Top Rank. Bradley said there is no truth to the industry chatter that he signed any documentation to become a Top Rank fighter.
Former three division champion Erik Morales could see himself in position for a title shot in the near future. If the WBC's junior welterweight champion, Timothy Bradley, doesn't schedule a defense of his title in the near future, sources in Mexico indicate that he runs the possible risk of the sanctioning body stripping him of the title. If Bradley gets stripped, then Morales, ranked at third, would face the number two contender Ajose Olusegun for the vacant belt. Devon Alexander is ranked at number one but recently announced his intention to rise in weight to 147-pounds. Morales is going to return on the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Victor Ortiz undercard on September 17.
Putting Floyd Mayweather Jr. aside, which was easy to do before he announced his ring return for Sept. 17 against live underdog Vicious Victor Ortiz, there is only one Danger Man for Manny Pacquiao.
WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has accused Timothy Bradley of chickening out of a unification showdown.
Both Gary Shaw, and Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, have advised BoxingScene.com that WBC/WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley has rejected a revised offer to face WBA king Amir Khan on July 23. According to Shaw, Bradley rejected a final offer of "$1.4 million with an 80/20 [split in Bradley's favor] and a "50-50 split on the [UK] pay-per-view."
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 18 KOs), Golden Boy Promotions, and HBO are trying to do everything possible to secure WBC/WBO champion Timothy Bradley for a proposed HBO televised fight on July 23. The financial package has been raised from $1.3 million to $1.4 million. To add more sugar to the plate, Khan is even willing to give Bradley a bigger percentage of UK the pay-per-view revenue.
In the first part of my interview with Showtime analyst Steve Farhood, he weighed in with his thoughts on why people in boxing still prefer Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the next logical opponent for Manny Pacquiao despite Juan Manuel Marquez getting the nod this coming November. Farhood was adamant about his belief that Mayweather doesn't necessarily fear Pacquiao yet still was befuddled as some of his recent actions.
WBC/WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is obviously looking to spread his wings and fly away from Big Gary Shaw's promotional nest.
Leon Margules, attorney for promoter Gary Shaw, advised BoxingScene.com that WBC/WBO 140-pound champion Timothy Bradley would stand to make a lot more than $1.3 million dollars for a unification bout with WBA king Amir Khan. Shaw has been trying to finalize a deal with Golden Boy Promotions to match the two champions on July 23.