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Fightnews.com has been informed that Gary Shaw Productions has won a WBO purse bid today to promote the bout between WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and interim titlist Lamont Peterson. Shaw bid $575,000 against Top Rank?s bid of $451,000 to secure the event during a proceeding at WBO headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The bout will take place on December 5th and likely land at the Agua Caliente Casino/Spa in Rancho Mirage, California. SHOWTIME will televise.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 2:57 PM
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Yep
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 1:45 PM
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And this conversation has gone a few posts too long and wore it self out.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 1:43 PM
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> > It will put him in position to make the most
> amount
> > of money against JR.WELTERWEIGHTS. Every belt
> gained
> > is a bigger percentage vs a opponent.
> >
> > Why was Nate Campbell crying when he lost all
> his
> > belts at 135 when he didn't make weight? Because
> he
> > knew that was his best chance to make some real
> money
> > without relying on Oscar Delahoya or
> Pacquiao
> > using him as a Tune-up opponent.
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> Really, I always thought the more belts you had the
> less money you made. IMO, it sux to pay 2 or 3
> sanctioning fees when you're basically fighting for
> peanuts anyways.
That's part of it. The opponent fighting the champ also has to pay the fee if he wants the title shot. And I already said, once someone gains all the belts and has that leverage as champ, he can drop one of the belts as he sees fit. But first you have to get them.
Some on the other hand don't vacate any belts, Enter Roy Jones, who held every belt but the WBO and some regional belts at 175. In return he got to take a big percentage of money vs all his opponents, whether they were scrubs or top contenders.
Or Hopkins, who didn't care (AS I ALREADY SAID ABOUT MOST FIGHTERS) about Ring Magazine, and wanted to unify all the big belts at middleweight even though he was the Ring champ.
BELTS MATTER.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 1:34 PM
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> It will put him in position to make the most amount
> of money against JR.WELTERWEIGHTS. Every belt gained
> is a bigger percentage vs a opponent.
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> Why was Nate Campbell crying when he lost all his
> belts at 135 when he didn't make weight? Because he
> knew that was his best chance to make some real money
> without relying on Oscar Delahoya or Pacquiao
> using him as a Tune-up opponent.
Really, I always thought the more belts you had the less money you made. IMO, it sux to pay 2 or 3 sanctioning fees when you're basically fighting for peanuts anyways.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 1:26 PM
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> > FUCK MAYWEATHER, PACQUIAO AND MOSLEY. Why do you
> keep
> > going back to them. He aint on their radar belt
> or
> > not belt.
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> > Edited by CroatianSensation at 09/04/2009 10:18
> AM PDT
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> I keep going back to them because they are the best
> fighters at or around his division. He's fighting in
> the best weight range in the sport, and he's probably
> the best of the bunch not named Mayweather, Pacquaio,
> Marquez, Mosley, and Cotto. Eventually, I would
> think he would like to come outta the shadows and
> start fighting for some major dough. You're right,
> he isn't on any of those guys radar. And the WBC,
> WBA, IBF, WBO, nor Lamont Peterson is gonna put him
> on their radar either.
It will put him in position to make the most amount of money against JR.WELTERWEIGHTS. Every belt gained is a bigger percentage vs a opponent.
Why was Nate Campbell crying when he lost all his belts at 135 when he didn't make weight? Because he knew that was his best chance to make some real money without relying on Oscar Delahoya or Pacquiao using him as a Tune-up opponent.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 1:22 PM
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> FUCK MAYWEATHER, PACQUIAO AND MOSLEY. Why do you keep
> going back to them. He aint on their radar belt or
> not belt.
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> Edited by CroatianSensation at 09/04/2009 10:18 AM PDT
I keep going back to them because they are the best fighters at or around his division. He's fighting in the best weight range in the sport, and he's probably the best of the bunch not named Mayweather, Pacquaio, Marquez, Mosley, and Cotto. Eventually, I would think he would like to come outta the shadows and start fighting for some major dough. You're right, he isn't on any of those guys radar. And the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, nor Lamont Peterson is gonna put him on their radar either.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 1:18 PM
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> > L-E-V-E-R-A-G-E. You don't have to hold them but
> if
> > you get them and are a unified champ, you have
> more
> > clout.
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> > The superstars at HBO may not live and die by
> the WBC
> > and IBF and WBA but others do. Everybody's gotta
> eat.
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> Cro, what leverage would Bradley have in negotiations
> with the likes of Mayweather, Pacquaio, Marquez,
> Cotto, or Mosley?
FUCK MAYWEATHER, PACQUIAO AND MOSLEY. Why do you keep going back to them. He aint on their radar belt or not belt.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 1:15 PM
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> L-E-V-E-R-A-G-E. You don't have to hold them but if
> you get them and are a unified champ, you have more
> clout.
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> The superstars at HBO may not live and die by the WBC
> and IBF and WBA but others do. Everybody's gotta eat.
Cro, what leverage would Bradley have in negotiations with the likes of Mayweather, Pacquaio, Marquez, Cotto, or Mosley? He could have 100 belts. He isn't getting more than 25% against Maywetaher or Pac, and he would be lucky to clear 30-35% against Marquez, Cotto, or Mosley.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 1:05 PM
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Agreed
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 1:04 PM
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> all the belts because you'll be stripped of one for
> fighting a mandatory in another. So why worry about
> the belts anyway?
L-E-V-E-R-A-G-E. You don't have to hold them but if you get them and are a unified champ, you have more clout.
The superstars at HBO may not live and die by the WBC and IBF and WBA but others do. Everybody's gotta eat.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 4, 2009 10:10 AM
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You're right Cro, no one views Pac as the 140 lb champ. And don't get me wrong, I'm not really hung up on who's the real champ at 140. I'm really thinking more along the line of Bradley putting himself in line for bigger fights. IMO, Bradley has established himself as the top 140 lb contender out there. He's already "unified" a couple belts by beat Holt, and was promply stripped of one of the belts for taking a bigger fight. The reality is, in today's boxing world, its almost impossible to hold all the belts because you'll be stripped of one for fighting a mandatory in another. So why worry about the belts anyway?
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 3, 2009 10:04 PM
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> IF Bradley or Alexander can unify the belts at
> 140lbs, I'm calling them the champion......... any
> fighter who has 3 outta the 4 major belts is
> considered the champion in my book. Though Pacquiao
> is the linear champion, and a damn good one at that;
> I'd have to rank Bradley at least on the same plane
> as Pacquiao in the 140lb division.
I have Bradley at the top of the 140lb division right now. He has been getting it done, foe after foe. Pac has aquired the lineal title, but that is it. One fight, and against a ripe to be taken opponent doesnt really amount to dominance in the div. Technically champ, but not by any sort of body of work in the div....thus not that meaningful...to me anyway.
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 3, 2009 7:48 PM
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I did.............. LOL
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 3, 2009 7:31 PM
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> Not yet......... but I hope he can start unifying
> soon; who's his next opponent?
Did you miss the title of the thread?
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Edited by CroatianSensation at 09/03/2009 4:40 PM PDT
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Re: Bradley-Peterson......Dec. 5th !!!
Sep 3, 2009 6:42 PM
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Not yet......... but I hope he can start unifying soon; who's his next opponent?
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