Showing some imagination, undefeated WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander's manager-trainer, Kevin Cunningham, compared Jan. 29 HBO foe, the also unbeaten 140 pound beltholder Tim "Desert Storm" Bradley, to ukelele virtuoso and national joke Tiny Tim.
The ex-St. Louis police officer said his boxer will have this "Tiny Tim" traipsing through the tulips.
Tim, of course sang "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" off-key, a novelty hit which prompted ancient black comedienne Jackie "Moms" Mabley to croon a ditty which began, "When you tiptoe through the ghetto at night..."
But I digress.
I'm not sure Bradley even knows who the stringy-haired crooner was, let alone who his bride, Miss Vicky, was. (The oddball pair got hitched as 40-50 million watched them live on Johnny Carson's "Tonight" Show on Dec. 17, 1969.)
I just hope no one tells the Alexander camp that Bradley consumes no meat and eats tofu, tempeh and other delicate but healthy items.
But I do know that, for a fighter who tiptoed past Andries Kotelnik in his hometown of St. Louis, Devon "The Great" has big plans beyond the Bradley showdown at the White Elephant Dome in Pontiac, Mich.
Cunningham, told me he and his boxer see bigger mountains past Bradley.
"Oh, yeah," Cunningham said by phone from Las Vegas, "we'll go after Mayweather, Pacquiao, Mosley or Marquez down the line.
"Devon's got two more bouts at 140, then he'll go up to welterweight. He's tall, he's been 139 pounds since he was age 15.
"We want the Big Four after Bradley, we do not care about (Amir) Khan.
"We want megafights after beating Tim Bradley and Khan is no megafight for us because Khan is no megastar. Anyone of the Big Four, now that can be a megafight," Cunningham said.
It's hard to imagine a packed house even in a cutdown version of the domed stadium which has been in mothballs since the NFL Lions abandoned it especially since Alexander is from Missouri and Bradley from the Palm Springs/Indio area of California.
Obviously, the Alexander camp's preference was home cooking in 'The Lou.
"Gary Shaw (Bradley handler) found this deal. As far as we're concerned, we'd go to Alaska to fight Bradley with no hesitation it sets the stage for even bigger fights for us."
The Alexander camp certainly does not lack for confidence.
Will this hyped up bout be like a new Rolls Royce or a used Pontiac?
Oops, I forgot they don't make Pontiacs any longer.
Comments
What?? After Tiny Tim, he wants Li'l Floyd Jr., Midget Pacman, Sugary Cube Mosley and Baby Dinamite Marquez?
Alexander the Great VS Genghis King Khan....I like the ring of it....battle of the conquerors!
These guys better start saving a lot of money so they can offer the big four a guranteed sum instead of them challenging the big four and then asking the big four to gurantee them challengers a great sum of money.
My thought is that the challenger should be the one making the offer of a guaranteed amount for a big name. However, these dreamers say a lot of things but could not offer or gurantee an earning for the ones they would like to challenge. How pitiful!
devon alexander is gonna get his ass whooped by tim bradley and there will be no big four for him.
devon what? your dreaming to fight the big 4 will become a nightmare when you fight bradley. what a tiny chalenger!!!
looks like nobody's buying alexander-bradley fight. wanting to use khan to hype their asses...
I've seen Devon fight and he's definately nothing special, Pacquiao and Mayweather would eat him for brunch.
Hey Marley! What! I love Pontiacs! I just sold my 72 GTO about a month ago! Im gutted! we had some good times me and that car! lol
Maybe Cunningham was drunk. Anyway it was a dream. Dreaming is inexpensive but priceless when comes true. Keep on dreaming Cunningham.
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