Khan: "Bradley is afraid to fight me"

**marbleheadmaui** · 07-24-2011 09:14 PM

A year ago Tim Bradley was the young guy doing everything I could ask of a fighter.

Today it is Amir Kahn.

In this case I really want to see the two of them in the ring and actually create a champion at 140 and if Kahn's talk gets it done? I'm ok with that.

**Taffturner** · 07-24-2011 09:52 PM

Boxing politics stink sometimes....! Bradley should be made to box kahn for the sake of the division!? I dont know why bradley is dodging it? Kahn is beat-able and he'd get a big payday too!

**0james0** · 07-25-2011 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by Taffturner

Boxing politics stink sometimes....! Bradley should be made to box kahn for the sake of the division!? I dont know why bradley is dodging it? Kahn is beat-able and he'd get a big payday too!

It's all about the money.

**Taffturner** · 07-25-2011 08:06 AM

Yeh it is, but i still think kahn is the biggest payday out there 4bradley, and even if he was to lose it wouldnt be like bradley lost to nobody, so he'd still be credable fighter,

Originally Posted by 0james0

Originally Posted by Taffturner

Boxing politics stink sometimes....! Bradley should be made to box kahn for the sake of the division!? I dont know why bradley is dodging it? Kahn is beat-able and he'd get a big payday too!

It's all about the money.

**rjj tszyu** · 07-26-2011 04:37 AM

I actually think he may be right. Bradley was offered 50/50 to fight Khan, who is already a bigger draw than Bradley and he just refused without any clear reason. I think the real reason is that he is afraid of losing his 0 if he is not making giant money out of a fight which to be fair Khan cannot yet demand but Bradley never will.

**luvfightgame** · 07-26-2011 05:34 PM

Bradley was waiting to switch promoters. He wanted his contract to expire before taking another fight.

It's really simple. It's promotional issues. Not fear. It's a great fight that needs to get made now though.

**Master** · 07-26-2011 06:19 PM

Amir Khan is simply trying to goal Bradley into fighting him by any means necessary. Bradley built up momentum and earned the right to be regarded as the best at the weight but has stalled. Of course Bradley is not scared of Amir but he is ducking fighting him for contractual/promotional/management issues. You cannot blame Amir for what he is saying; you can blame Bradley for not accepting the fight and taking on lesser fighters from this point on though. Amir needs to beat Bradley to be classed the best at the weight and he wants to do that before he moves up weight, so ideally that would be Amir’s next fight, so he has to try and make it happen, even if he looks the bad guy doing it.