Devon Alexander vs Timothy Bradley deal is reached, all that's left is to sign on the dotted line

A junior welterweight unification between WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander and WBO king Timothy Bradley is inching closer to deal. Their promoters, Don King and Gary Shaw, met with HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg, and Senior Vice President of Sports Kery Davis on Thursday. A deal was reached, which includes a 50-50 split between the fighters.

The only thing left is for both fighters to accept the deal. King, who handles Alexander, and Shaw, who promotes Bradley, will return to their fighters with the financial figures for their approval.

"HBO made us an offer that I accepted and that Don King accepted. Now we have to go back to the fighters and see if they'll accept the offer. If they do, then the fight is on. If they don't, then there will be no fight," said Shaw. "The fight is absolutely, 100 percent a 50-50 split. I don't discuss money, and I won't discuss any of the other terms except to say that it's a 50-50 split. Both sides are equal partners."

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there should be no reason for the fighters not to accept..the fight starts next year off in a big fashion and i think we will see several more big fights to follow..what i like to see is a huge reduction in cancelled fights or fighters after agreeing to terms change there mind before they sign a contract....hopefully this fight is a motivator for other fighters.

I don't think Bradley will have much of a problem here.

4445Frank wrote:

I don't think Bradley will have much of a problem here.

+1

4445Frank wrote:

I don't think Bradley will have much of a problem here.

Yup.

Dollars to donuts Alexander's people come up with some reason that prevents this fight from happening.

Now everyone's off the Alexander bandwagon? I'll be picking Alexander The Great to win this one.

SlickMoneyXL wrote:

Now everyone's off the Alexander bandwagon? I'll be picking Alexander The Great to win this one.

I'm high on him too, I just think that DK will behind the scenes do something to convince the alexander team that they aren't ready for this,

SlickMoneyXL wrote:

Now everyone's off the Alexander bandwagon? I'll be picking Alexander The Great to win this one.

Not really, I still believe Alexander will give Bradley all he can handle.

Bradley is a Jr WW Holyfield to me, can box, fight on the inside, willing to trade, and uses his head!

Bradley will rough up Alexander. Wait until that dome starts crashing into Alexander.

captainanddew wrote:

Bradley will rough up Alexander. Wait until that dome starts crashing into Alexander.

Yup! I hope its a good competitive scrap, I see Bradley winning the fight and Alexander's wanting do it again and losing again just like SSM vs Forrest, SSM vs Winky.