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Bradley promoter wins purse bid

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Junior welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr. and interim titleholder Lamont Peterson will meet Dec. 5 in a mandatory fight, promoter Gary Shaw told ESPN.com Wednesday after winning a purse bid to gain promotional rights to the match. Shaw, who promotes Bradley, bid $575,000 to beat Peterson promoter Top Rank, which offered $402,500 at a purse bid that took place at the WBO's headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They were the only two bidders on a fight that had a minimum bid of $150,000. ...

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