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[mexi-cutioner]

Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions speculated yesterday at the Khan vs Judah post-fight press conference that junior welterweight Timothy Bradley has been promised a fight with Manny Pacquiao by Top Rank, and that he'll fight on the November 12 undercard of the Pacquiao vs Marquez III event in Las Vegas.


"What’s wrong with December [for a Khan vs Bradley fight]?" [Schaefer] asked aloud. "He’s not available in December? Probably not. Probably because he’s going to be fighting on the Pacquiao card and is promised the Pacquiao fight, that’s why. We don’t need to wait for that, that kind of bulls**t, that kind of plays and games, and so on. We’re in the boxing business. We’re not in the gaming business."

First of all, I love Schaefer's idea that "the boxing business" isn't filled with "plays and games and bulls**t," or, if more applicable, his idea that Golden Boy has never taken part in any of it. You might think that Schaefer wouldn't make this comment, considering it pretty much says that Top Rank did contact Timothy Bradley before Bradley's contract with Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing was up (which was heavily rumored, with Shaw serving papers to Top Rank, but never proven as true fact).

Though it's not confirmed or anything, it's something I've speculated for a while and I wouldn't be surprised to see Bradley fight Mike Jones on the undercard since Jones has been shortlisted by Arum as a possible opponent for Pac AND has a date on either the Nov.12 or Dec.3 PPV Card. If it is true, it does add some juice to the undercard which will already feature Brandon Rios vs either Katsidis or Kevin Mitchell.

[HazConvictedFelo...]

http://www.boxingscene.com/bradley-forget-...yweather--41938

Wait a minute here. Here we have 2 champions at 140 lbs. This is the most clarity we've had in this division in a long time, yet Tim Bradley does not want to settle up at 140 to see who's the best in the world? That's a shame in my opinion. Tim's ducking. I don't give a fuck about his plans for a Pacquiao fight. The sport had plans to see who's the best 140lbs fighter in the world ever since last year. Tim's lost a lot of respect from me over this.

[Cshel86]

http://www.boxingscene.com/bradley-forget-...yweather--41938

Wait a minute here. Here we have 2 champions at 140 lbs. This is the most clarity we've had in this division in a long time, yet Tim Bradley does not want to settle up at 140 to see who's the best in the world? That's a shame in my opinion. Tim's ducking. I don't give a fuck about his plans for a Pacquiao fight. The sport had plans to see who's the best 140lbs fighter in the world ever since last year. Tim's lost a lot of respect from me over this.

Exactly! It's a damn shame that the sanctioning bodies have not stripped this loser of his titles yet...its not like they haven't done it once before. Like you said, this is the most clarity that we have had in a while, but yet, he wants to sit on his ass, hold two major titles (that actually helps to bring his name up when people are looking around to see why the titles have not been defended), and dip his nose into Welterweight business against two fighters that would easily blow him away. It's sad that both fighters aren't even looking his way because of how much a non-factor he is. He has to beg another promoter to fight one of his fighters, smh, pathetic in every inch of the word.

I just peeped how selfish dude was being at the end of the article, when he said that he doesn't care what anybody thinks or says, he's just worried about himself. I understand that he wants to make money, but its not fair that the world has to surfer because he's done nothing to make himself relevant, let alone done enough to deserve a big fight. I wouldn't pay $50 to watch this asshole get dismantled so that he can feed his family, smh. He knows in his heart that he cant win those fights because both of them are better than Khan, and he saw Khan as big risk of him not getting a big payday, so he has completely decided to go around Khan.

Shit, call out Berto for crying out loud. The 140lb division held so many promises, but you have idiots in it who lays a big turd right at the 50-yard line in big fights, get robbed of decisions, and others who hold major titles and cant decide if they want to be Welterweight or not. This is such a letdown for everybody because these guys had guaranteed stardom spoon-fed to them and they managed to toot their asses up for the world to kiss. We need "Bradley is Crap" thread immediately!