blackrican23 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Recognizing the importance of further enhancing his career legacy (and the payday that comes with such a decision), Timothy Bradley has agreed to vacate his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title in favor of a third showdown with longtime friendly rival Manny Pacquiao. Their rubber match takes place on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. By that point, a new WBO welterweight titlist will be crowned, providing there is a winner in the March 5 showdown between Sadam Ali and Jessie Vargas, which takes place at the D.C. Armory in Washington D.C. Ali surfaced as the mandatory challenger to the vacant interim title Bradley acquired in a 12-round unanimous decision win over Vargas last June. The title was upgraded to full championship status once the WBO stripped Floyd Mayweather – a mere formality as the former unbeaten pound-for-pound king ultimately retired last September – but also came with the condition that the mandatory defense would have to be honored at some point. http://www.boxingscene.com/timothy-bradley-formally-vacates-wbo-welterweight-title--101182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIM Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 13 hours ago, blackrican23 said: Ali surfaced as the mandatory challenger Hmmmm something about the way they stated that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrican23 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 2 hours ago, GRIM said: Hmmmm something about the way they stated that he surfaced when he shocked the tough Luis Carlos Abregu, whom had only one loss to Tim Bradley . vargas lost to bradley easily , he rocked timmy end of rd 12 but tim won 11 1/2 rds , vargas has that promoter power and was crying for an undeserved rematch bradley took the pay day vs pac rightfully neither ali or vargas makes money , but Ali earn a spot imo not just gifted a spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIM Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Aight got ya! I saw the Vargas Bradley fight and I thought Bradley was UD'ing him easily, but that questionable ref error at the end. Vargas rocked Bradley bad, we know Bradley is tough but. who knows what would have really happened if it was allowed to play out in the final seconds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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