WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11KOs) wasn't impressed after watching Saturday's bout between Devon Alexander and Andriy Kotelnik (31-4-1, 13KOs). Before a hometown crowd of over 9,000 fans in St. Louis, Alexander (21-0, 13KOs) retained his WBC and IBF belts with a tough twelve round unanimous decision. Now the stars are in position. HBO wants Bradley and Alexander to collide in a unification showdown on January 29. As a deal inches closer, Bradley doesn't believe Alexander is ready for him.

"That boy ain't ready for me, man. [Laughs.] Alexander was exposed. He's vulnerable, man. He's like what I call a reaction fighter. Anything you do, then he wants to come right back with something. You'll be able to set him up for a lot of counters. All that you have to do is to punch at him, and you know something is coming back from him," Bradley said.

"So then, it's automatic. You slip and weave and 'Wop! Wop!' counter him. From there, I don't want to give out too much information. But I just saw a lot of mistakes. He got touched a lot in that fight, man. But maybe he had an off-night, I'm not sure. But I just didn't see the greatness that they've been talking about."

Bradley doesn't see how Alexander will be able to deal with his quick combinations and foot speed. He expects to put the heat on Alexander when they meet in the ring.

"They were the same guy, and that's what I've been trying to tell everybody. That Juan Urango is slow, and can't do nothing. Kotelnik's got decent speed, but he ain't got the foot speed that I've got. Devon was able to occasionally get out of range, but I'm far quicker than what Kotelnik is," Bradley said.

"I throw more combinations than Kotelnik, you know? I pressure a lot better than Kotelnik. I'm ruthless in there when I get inside, you know? If Kotelnik was able to do that to him, imagine what it's going to be for him when he's in there with a guy with skills like the ones that I have."