{"id":3149,"date":"2010-06-16T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T13:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2010-06-16T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T13:46:25","slug":"timothy-bradley-speaks-out-about-his-match-with-carlos-abregu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=3149","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Bradley Speaks Out About his Match with Carlos Abregu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Showtime Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy \u201cDesert Storm\u201d Bradley and undefeated welterweight contender Luis Carlos \u201cEl Potro\u201d Abregu hosted an international media conference call on Monday to discuss their July 17 bout at the Agua Caliente Casino \u2022 Resort \u2022 Spa in Rancho Mirage, California. Here is what was said\u2026<\/p>\n

Gary Shaw: The HBO-televised portion of the July 17 card in The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort will open with a 12-round junior middleweight fight between Alfredo Angulo and Joachim Alcine. Angulo is one of boxing\u2019s most exciting fighters and Alcine, a former world champion, presents the single toughest fight of Angulo\u2019s career. Everybody is calling this a pick \u2018em fight. So it\u2019ll be a very, very interesting fight to see if Alfredo can hunt down another foe and advance to the front of the line of the 154-pounders.<\/p>\n

The main event, Timothy Bradley, the single best 140-pound fighter in the world, recognized on everyone\u2019s Top-10 pound for pound list, is moving up to 147 pounds to show off his wares. Against Carlos Abregu, who is Argentinian Arturo Gatti. Carlos fights like Garrt, and when he gets knocked down, he comes back roaring and has produced some spectacular knockouts himself.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019ll be a very, very excellent card. I want to thank HBO and Agua Caliente for presenting the card to the fans.<\/p>\n

Alex Camponovo: I want to thank HBO for giving us the great opportunity to be on their network. Also, to Agua Caliente Casino Resort and Spa which has become the official house of Timothy Bradley. This will be his third fight at that wonderful venue at the show. And also to Gary Shaw, who is a partner and more than anything a great dear friend. And we\u2019re very excited and thrilled to see Timothy Bradley move up into the Welterweight Division.<\/p>\n

As Gary just mentioned, this will be a fantastic event, not only with the opening bout between Alcine and Angulo, but the main event of Bradley and Abregu. Abregu is a guy that always comes to fight. He\u2019s a real threat to Timothy Bradley, an undefeated fighter that is going to have the attitude of taking no prisoners. And Timothy is going to be testing himself in what should be a very, very intriguing fight.<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: First of all, I want to thank God for this opportunity and thanks to my promoters, Gary Shaw and Thompson Boxing, my manager, Cameron Duncan, HBO, for putting me on for the first time, and Agua Caliente for hosting it. It\u2019s going to be a great, great, exciting fight.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t wait to see what I can do at 147 pounds. I\u2019ve been looking at Carlos Abregu. He looks like a strong fighter, a basic fighter. Let\u2019s get it on. Let\u2019s get it on, baby. I\u2019m excited. I\u2019m very happy.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m back in my hometown at Agua Caliente. I\u2019ve got 2,000 of the best fans. It\u2019s not about how many fans there are, it\u2019s about how the fans act. They\u2019re going to see another great fight and a great victory.<\/p>\n

Carlos Abregu: I appreciate greatly this opportunity to fight against Bradley. I\u2019m very comfortable as a visitor to fight him. I have any problem fighting in Bradley\u2019s territory. I\u2019m going to win this fight.<\/p>\n

Questions and Answers<\/p>\n

Q: Since this is your first fight as a welterweight what exactly differently have you been doing in training to get prepared for this big fight?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: I\u2019ve been doing a little bit more strength training. You know me, I don\u2019t do a whole lot of strength training when I go down at 140, but I\u2019ve been doing a little bit more strength training a couple of days during the week to keep my strength up there.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want the big guy to try to bully me around in there. I want to be just as strong as he is, if not stronger. But that\u2019s pretty much it. It\u2019s basically the same. I train hard for every single fight like it\u2019s my last fight. And I\u2019m very excited about this fight. And I\u2019m ready to show the world, man, what I can do at 147 pounds.<\/p>\n

Q: Timothy, I\u2019m looking at your boxing record and you did fight as a welterweight earlier in your career. Can you talk a little bit about that? I believe it\u2019s four years ago, you fought at 147 pounds in California. What was that experience like?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: I fought Francisco Rincon. I fought at 147 pounds. He\u2019s like a 6 foot 1, 6 foot, very tall, very strong, big puncher. He wasn\u2019t that different. He was just bigger \u2014 a little bit bigger. I like my opponents bigger. I like to definitely get inside of them.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a lot quicker than they are. They leave their hands down a lot \u2013 a lot longer than I do, and maybe I will make them pay. That\u2019s pretty much it.<\/p>\n

I know Abregu is a big puncher. But he can\u2019t hit what\u2019s not there. So he\u2019s going to have a hard night in there with me. I\u2019m quick. I\u2019ve got a lot of footwork. I\u2019m going to give him a lot of angles I\u2019m going to give him and he\u2019s going to see a big difference from the opponent that he is used to fighting and me. He\u2019ll see a big difference.<\/p>\n

Q: You were hoping to fight at 140, but I\u2019m wondering if you\u2019re successful in this fight that you\u2019re just going to leave 140 and stay at 147 and hopefully get, big, big money fights with somebody be it Mosley, Pacquiao, Mayweather, whoever.<\/p>\n

Is that kind of the game plan you and Cameron Dunkin and Gary have come up with?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s going on. I\u2019ll fight any weight. Cameron and Gary have been doing a great job. They\u2019re picking my fights and whatever these guys want me to do, I\u2019m willing to do it.<\/p>\n

If I need to fight at 147 pounds, that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do. If they want me to go back down to 140 and face anybody at 140, we\u2019ll do that too. So it really doesn\u2019t matter to me, man. It really doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n

Q: Cameron, what are your thoughts about the idea of Timothy staying at 147 if he does a good job on July 17th?<\/p>\n

Cameron Dunkin: Well, in fact, when Gary and I first talked about this, Gary said that it\u2019ll open up a whole new division to him and there are a lot of big names there and a lot of money.<\/p>\n

So, I think we\u2019ll just sort of play it out. It\u2019s been hard to get anybody (in the ring) with Timmy. So I think Gary thought, and you can ask Gary, that it opens another door and then we\u2019ll see what happens from here.<\/p>\n

Q: Gary, what are your thoughts?<\/p>\n

Gary Shaw: Exactly what everybody else said. This gives us another opportunity. If he beats Carlos Abregu we move up to 147 if there\u2019s a fight there with Pacquiao or Mayweather. And if not, there is Devon Alexander, who does nothing but talk about Timmy Bradley from morning until when he goes to sleep with his trainer.<\/p>\n

Q: Timothy, you have been thinking for awhile about fighting Maidana and, of course, we all know what happened and he pulled out twice. How difficult is it for you specifically to be thinking about one particular fighter and then starts training for somebody else?<\/p>\n

As far as psychologically, is there a transition that you have to make to psych yourself up for a different fighter?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: No, not at all. We had enough time to prepare for the switch. They\u2019re both power punchers. They both come forward and like to fight. So there wasn\u2019t a big change.<\/p>\n

We have more than enough time to really focus on our techniques and our plans. Not a big problem at all.<\/p>\n

Q: Timothy, what would a victory over an undefeated 147-pounder like Abregu do for your career just as far as the way people think about you? How much would it (enhance) it?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: I hope it\u2019ll move me in a \u2013 I hope it\u2019ll move me in Pound for Pound, top 10 Pound for Pound. I just hope this launches another big fight. I want to fight the big names in the game and I feel that I \u2013 I should get my just due sooner or later.<\/p>\n

But if that doesn\u2019t happen, I\u2019m just going to continue on fighting, continue on winning, and that is what\u2019s important right now. As long as I can continue on winning, the fight has to happen sooner or later. A big fight.<\/p>\n

Q: Gary, what were your thoughts when you found out the real skinny on Maidana and why he has to pull out? I guess he admitted finally that he does have some pretty serious managerial problems. What were your thoughts about all of that?<\/p>\n

Gary Shaw: I was very angry at both Maidana, his manager and Golden Boy. Because to tell us and HBO that he\u2019s injured, two times, and make Timmy sit on the sideline is just plain wrong. And then he lied and he should be punished for it.<\/p>\n

For Carlos Abregu, it opened up a new door for him to get this fight so it wasn\u2019t all bad news.<\/p>\n

Q: The one thing I want to ask you Timmy and your management team is, now you\u2019re fighting at 147, is this going to be the case for you as you\u2019re going after the opportunities whether it\u2019s 147 or 140, or would you prefer to stay in one weight class and focus on that for a while? Does that make sense?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: Yes. You know, that\u2019s \u2013 that\u2019s a question for my manager and promoter, man.<\/p>\n

Q: But you, what would you prefer?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: It doesn\u2019t matter. It doesn\u2019t matter at all. As long as it\u2019s the right fight I want to fight the big names. It depends if I win this fight or when I win this fight and for a big name to come out. I would definitely take that fight. If not, then I can always go back down to 140 and stay down at 140.<\/p>\n

Q: Gary and Cameron, is it OK for Timmy to bounce around in weight classes or ideally would it be better for him to focus on one weight class for awhile?<\/p>\n

Gary Shaw: I\u2019ve got to speak to Cameron, and I\u2019m sure Cameron agrees with me, you go where the biggest fights are for Timmy Bradley. He\u2019s the number one fighter at 140 pounds in the world.<\/p>\n

And if there\u2019s enough money at 147 and he shows he can handle the weight and he\u2019s comfortable and Mosley is there, Berto is there, or Pacquiao or Mayweather, then he\u2019ll fight them. If not, we know Devon Alexander is sitting there by his dog bone, panting.<\/p>\n

Q: Timmy, coming in to this fight, are there any worries, on your part, about rust, because it\u2019s been a little while since you fought?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: No, not all. Just a lot more sparring and the ring rust shouldn\u2019t be there. Just put the work in the gym and you shouldn\u2019t have the ring rust. I\u2019m not worried about it at all.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been off for a little while, though. (I\u2019m not going to lie). I\u2019ve been off for a little while, but as soon as we get into the ring my body just naturally reacts. I\u2019m a fighter. I\u2019ll be in there. I\u2019ll be ready. It\u2019ll be a good fight.<\/p>\n

Q: Take us through the procedure, 33 days out from this fight, as to how you come in at 147? You gradually gain weight over the next month or do you already have that weight and you just chisel it and keep it in good condition until fight night? How does that actually work?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: I\u2019m coming down right now on weight. I went up, I went up about 165 pounds and now I\u2019m tearing it down to 147 pounds. Right now, I\u2019m about 155\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been training for about four weeks now. I\u2019m feeling great. I\u2019m just going to maintain it. I\u2019m going to maintain it at about 155 pounds and then I\u2019m going to slowly start tapering it down, you know, closer to the fight.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to come in too light.<\/p>\n

Q: I\u2019ve seen some of your fights and speed is critical to you. Do you feel that you might lose a little speed because you\u2019re holding around the extra poundage?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: Not at all. I think that I\u2019m going to be a lot stronger and a lot quicker at this weight.<\/p>\n

Gary Shaw: Timmy, I didn\u2019t know you were that high, maybe we\u2019ll go to 154 next. I\u2019ll call Cameron, you know, after this call.<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: Hey, we can go there too. Let\u2019s go up 154 and fight Cotto, right?<\/p>\n

Gary Shaw: Oh, I will do that in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: Let\u2019s go fight Paul Williams. Spiderman. We call him the Spiderman, with his freaking monkey arms, longer arms, man.<\/p>\n

Q: I\u2019m looking forward to seeing you fight in the 147 weight class. But, as you mentioned, you can go back to 140 pounds and your co-promoter Gary Shaw has been talking a lot about the comments that have been coming out of the camp of Devon Alexander and his trainer, the manager Kevin Cunningham.<\/p>\n

Please give your take on the division as a whole. You are at the top and then there\u2019s a bunch of other guys that have a lot of talent and probably can make quite a few good fights also. What are your thoughts about future fights potentially with guys like Alexander or Amir Khan or maybe if Maidana can get his stuff together that matchup, which I know had been planned at one point.<\/p>\n

What do you think, it\u2019s a good division?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: I want to fight all of them. I want every last one of those guys. It just has to be right.<\/p>\n

You know, these fights should mature a little bit longer \u2013 maybe a year from now, maybe at the beginning of next year. I get a couple of good wins. Devon gets a couple of wins. Maybe HBO can put us both on the same card, build the fight up so it can be worth some megabucks, man. You know, that\u2019s pretty much it.<\/p>\n

But all those guys, I want to fight all of them, all of them. I want to fight Devon. I want to fight Maidana because we definitely need to see who\u2019s the best at 140. Even though they\u2019ve got me number one at 140, I\u2019ll be only the best at 140 here. So until that happens then we can say that I am absolutely the champion at 140.<\/p>\n

Q: What do you think of those fights in the future? Can bounce around?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: No doubt. No doubt. Those fights \u2013 and they have to happen. They have to happen, you know, and they will happen.<\/p>\n

Q: You mentioned Devon and Maidana. I didn\u2019t hear you mention Khan. Is that somebody in your mind as well even though they probably wouldn\u2019t want to make that fight with you?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: You know, we\u2019ve been trying to get at Khan for awhile now. I know Mr. Shaw told me that he tried to get in contact with Khan\u2019s people before he went over to Golden Boy. He was negotiating with them. And then the phone went dead. You know what I mean?<\/p>\n

So we\u2019ve been trying to get a fight with Khan. Freddie Roach knows we want that fight. Maidana, and Alexander too. But it\u2019s like I said, it\u2019s just have to make sense dollarwise.<\/p>\n

And I know people don\u2019t like to hear that, but it\u2019s the business. It is a business and I do want to fight these guys. I\u2019m not afraid of these guys and I am willing to go to St. Louis or wherever Devon Alexander is and I will fight him in his hometown. That is an option too.<\/p>\n

Q: I\u2019ve heard the comments from both sides, your side as well as from Devon Alexander\u2019s side in particular. The way I see this \u2013 and I \u2013 it\u2019s kind of fun actually, I don\u2019t see this as anybody, particularly, literally ducking somebody or another, but it\u2019s just good fun back and forth in two sides trying to build up a fight that would be big now, but certainly can be much, much bigger in a little bit.<\/p>\n

Is that how you take it? You don\u2019t honestly think that Devon is ducking you, do you? Or do you just see it the way I do that it\u2019s good back and forth to try to stoke interest in what could be a very major fight?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: That\u2019s exactly it. That\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re trying to do.<\/p>\n

Gary Shaw: Timmy, let me bring you and everybody else on this call up to date.<\/p>\n

I was up at HBO this week, unbeknownst to anybody. I offered to do 140-pound tournament with Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander, Amir Khan, and if Marquez beats Diaz, he could be in the tournament as well.<\/p>\n

I suggested that we have a press conference and we pull names out of a bottle. If we pulled Devon Alexander, then we fight Devon. If we pull Amir Khan, then we fight Amir Khan or Marquez or any other 140-pound that they want to put in there. Then Golden Boy said no.<\/p>\n

And of course Amir Khan doesn\u2019t want to fight Timothy Bradley. Timothy Bradley will fight anybody, and, to Devon Alexander\u2019s credit, he\u2019ll fight anybody. But it\u2019s the other two that wouldn\u2019t fight.<\/p>\n

Q: Well hopefully that can happen at some point. This is going to be your first fight on HBO among boxing fans that are really hardcore. They sure know who you are because they\u2019ve seen many of your boxing matches on Showtime. HBO, I guess, is in almost double the homes that Showtime is in.<\/p>\n

What does it mean to you to go from what\u2019s been a series of very good fights on Showtime, a good network, of course, onto what is a much bigger stage on HBO?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: It\u2019s a dream come true. Fighting on HBO means a lot to me and my team. Finally we get an opportunity to fight on HBO which definitely should bring my name up. It definitely should help \u2013 HBO is definitely going to help me brand Timothy Bradley, and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ve been waiting on.<\/p>\n

And Showtime did an excellent job with me, building me up. I take none away from Showtime. Showtime\u2019s always going to be in my heart, but HBO\u2019s a bigger network. Who\u2019s going to view my fights in more homes around the world and it\u2019s going to be a good look, man. It\u2019s going to be a great, great opportunity and I\u2019m looking to take advantage of it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m here to win, man, and I\u2019m here and I\u2019m not worried about how I look or what people say about me. As long as I get the W at the end of the night, that\u2019s all that matters to me.<\/p>\n

Q: What you\u2019re doing right now reminds me a little bit of what Ray Leonard did before he fought Tommy Hearns. He went up in weight class, but he got a title out of Ayub Kalule, and it did kind of stoke interest. Do you see this as that type of a risk \u2014 moving up in weight? And is it worth all that you will get out of it?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: It\u2019s a big risk. It\u2019s a big \u2013 it\u2019s a big risk, moving up in weight. This is a type of fight that separates stars. If I can do this and go up in weight and be successful I can become a star.<\/p>\n

Winning another World Title on 147 pounds, that would be awesome.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just looking for the best fights out there. I\u2019m just trying to \u2013 like my manager and my promoter said \u2014 put ourselves in a position for some good fights out there, either at 140, 147 pounds.<\/p>\n

Q: This is a double question for both Cameron and for Gary. Is part of this also the frustration of what you see down the line of not being able to make those potential 140-pound fights that you\u2019ve been trying to make?<\/p>\n

Gary Shaw: As the promoter, no, I\u2019m not frustrated. I know I have the number one fighter in the world at 140 pounds, and I know that Top Rank right now, like Golden Boy, is trying to do all their fights in-house. Well, eventually the public and the writers hopefully will force their fighters out of their in-house mentality to fight the best in the world. And what\u2019s hurting our sport is that the greatest fighters in the world are not fighting the greatest fighters in the world.<\/p>\n

So, right now, we\u2019re doing what we think is the right thing, Cameron and I, and Alex, with Timmy, and opening up a new vista for him at 147 pounds. Like you said, he fought at 152 in the amateurs and if we have to take on some of those 154s, maybe we will. When someone has real talent like Timothy Bradley, and he has real talent, he\u2019ll fight anybody in the world. And credit to Carlos Abregu, he\u2019ll fight anybody in the world, and that\u2019s why he\u2019s undefeated.<\/p>\n

This fight is very, very interesting for Timmy. Can he move up in weight and fight one of the premier guys at 147 pounds. He\u2019s not fighting a guy that has 10 loses on his records. He\u2019s fighting a guy who\u2019s absolutely 100 percent undefeated. And for Carlos Abregu, it\u2019s his opportunity to show the world that he\u2019s a legitimate 147 pound contender and that he belongs on HBO.<\/p>\n

Q: Cameron, can you address that question also?<\/p>\n

Cameron Dunkin: Sure. Timmy Bradley is a real, real talent, and whether it\u2019s 140 or 147 or whatever, he\u2019s in a position in his career where he\u2019s got to fight big fights and make his money and it always comes back to money. But Timmy also has a lot of pride and he wants to fight them all as he keeps telling you.<\/p>\n

So, yes. Gary and I just thought we open another door and we\u2019re not chasing anybody. He\u2019s champion of the world, like Gary said. He doesn\u2019t have to chase anybody. He\u2019s still going to fight, and HBO is going to love him and Showtime\u2019s going to love him and his fans are going to love him, and true boxing fans are going to love him.<\/p>\n

So, that\u2019s going to happen anyway, but it just opens another door where everybody can say, hey, this guy can fight anybody and he should be fighting the best fighters in the world.<\/p>\n

Q: Tim, do you lose anything in making 140? Is it hard to make 140 and easier to make 147 for you?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: It\u2019s not really hard to make 140. It\u2019s not that hard. I just have to be on a diet a lot longer. But it\u2019s a lot easier to make 147 because I don\u2019t have to squeeze down and take a little bit of my water out of my system.<\/p>\n

I can just leave it there, and I can have a heck of a performance, because I have all of my vitality and all my vitamins and minerals and everything, and I haven\u2019t depleted any of them, so I\u2019m curious to see how I\u2019m going to feel, man, at 147 pounds. I should just be just as strong at 147 than I am at 140.<\/p>\n

Gary Shaw: Before (inaudible), before you ask that question, I\u2019m going to say something, but I\u2019m just going to (caution you) that I\u2019ve not spoken to Timmy about it nor have I spoken to Cameron about it. But I believe if Cotto would fight him, I would do that fight. But, again, I want to (caution you) that I\u2019ve not spoken with Timmy or Cameron, or Alex, to that matter. But that\u2019s my own personal opinion. I think he knocks Cotto out.<\/p>\n

Q: Carlos, do you feel that you are in any way being overlooked, not only during this conference call but in general by Tim?<\/p>\n

Carnlos Abregu: No. Bradley is making a mistake not taking me seriously. I\u2019m going to win this fight and I\u2019m a definite, serious opponent for Bradley.<\/p>\n

Q: Hey, Tim, your camp is pretty close to Abregu\u2019s former camp. Did you guys ever spar together?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: No, we never sparred together.<\/p>\n

Q: You\u2019ve probably seen a lot of tape \u2013 a lot of his fights because he is on Showtime too. How would you describe the style?<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley: He\u2019s a basic fighter, big right in, big right uppercut. I know what he likes to do. He likes to set up as much as off his jab, and that lower left hook he likes to throw, especially for the big right hand.<\/p>\n

Every now and then he likes to throw a straight right hand to the body.. He doesn\u2019t move a lot. His defense is not all that great. He\u2019s a good fighter, He\u2019s dangerous because he can punch. He\u2019s very dangerous because of his punch and he\u2019s very unorthodox. He\u2019s very tall, got long arms, and that\u2019s what makes him dangerous.<\/p>\n

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