Quick Flurries: Bradley/Alexander, Linares/Chavez, Jones/Brudov

It's hard to get too excited just yet as the date is some ways off, but it looks like Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander will be meeting on January 29...

AOL FanHouse - Lem Satterfield.... The negotiations involving Shaw, who represents Bradley, and King, who handles Alexander, were conducted with HBO President of Sports, Ross Greenburg, and, the network's Senior Vice President of Sports, Kery Davis, "went great," according to Shaw.

"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."

Some of the appeal of this one might have been lost after Alexander's struggles with Andriy Kotelnik a couple weeks back, but it's still a very good match-up.  There's also the added significance of possibly determining a successor to Manny Pacquiao as the man at 140lbs - Bradley is currently ranked #1 and Alexander #3 by Ring Magazine.

Jorge Linares will be back in action on October 24 in Tokyo against Jesus Chavez...

BoxingScene - Hilmar Rojas... Venezuelan boxer Jorge "Golden Boy" Linares has set his return for October 24 in Tokyo, Japan against Mexican veteran Jesus "Matador" Chavez. It was announced by Teiken Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions, the co-promoters of Linares.

It's probably time Jesus Chavez retired, but he still likely has enough to give the classy Venezuelan some solid (albeit fairly routine) rounds.  Expect The Boxing Bulletin's Japanese Scene to have more details on this one very soon.

The always entertaining Guillermo Jones is reportedly set to step back in the ring in October against Valery Brudov...

Fightnews.com - Gabriel F. Cordero... Today WBA executive Vice President Gilberto Jesus Mendonza announced that WBA cruiserweight world champion Guillermo Jones will be defending his crown against Valery Brudov from Russia, with the fight landing at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City on October 2.

As Jones is 38 years old and hasn't fought in nearly 2 years, one has to wonder what he has left at this stage.  If he's 75% of the fighter that stopped Firat Arslan back in 2008 (and that's obviously no given) he should still have enough to get by Brudov, who hasn't been all that active either.

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