Gamer
11-01-2010, 12:27 AM
c/p By Lem Satterfield
Kevin Cunningham, manager and trainer of WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander, is surprised with some of the recent comments that are being made by WBA champion Amir Khan. Alexander is scheduled to fight WBO champion Tim Bradley on January 29. Before a deal was reached for Alexander to unify with Bradley, Cunningham was trying to secure fights with opponents like Khan, Marcos Maidana and Victor Ortiz.
In the opinion of Cunningham, Khan stayed quiet until a deal was finalized between Alexander and Bradley.
"Amir Khan is basically dissing Devon and Tim. But basically, this guy, all of a sudden is doing all of this tweeting and all of these interviews and all of this talking right now," said Cunningham.
"But prior to Tim Bradley and Devon agreeing to fight one another, you couldn't get punks like Khan to step up to the plate and talk about fighting Tim or Devon. With Golden Boy Promotions having Khan, Maidana and Ortiz, there was no way that the were going to allow any of them to get near either Tim or Devon. The way we see it, after beating Tim Bradley, these guys won't matter."
Kevin Cunningham, manager and trainer of WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander, is surprised with some of the recent comments that are being made by WBA champion Amir Khan. Alexander is scheduled to fight WBO champion Tim Bradley on January 29. Before a deal was reached for Alexander to unify with Bradley, Cunningham was trying to secure fights with opponents like Khan, Marcos Maidana and Victor Ortiz.
In the opinion of Cunningham, Khan stayed quiet until a deal was finalized between Alexander and Bradley.
"Amir Khan is basically dissing Devon and Tim. But basically, this guy, all of a sudden is doing all of this tweeting and all of these interviews and all of this talking right now," said Cunningham.
"But prior to Tim Bradley and Devon agreeing to fight one another, you couldn't get punks like Khan to step up to the plate and talk about fighting Tim or Devon. With Golden Boy Promotions having Khan, Maidana and Ortiz, there was no way that the were going to allow any of them to get near either Tim or Devon. The way we see it, after beating Tim Bradley, these guys won't matter."