Primo,
Tim Bradley was my pick to stop Holt. I was surprise at the KD, was not surprised that he got up. everything I know about this thid says good things.
That being said, TB needs to alter his style. If he was an East Coast fighter, he would be fighting in the Philly Shell or a modified 'Michigan' style. Tim is trying to fight like Shane Mosley, but he doesn't have the pop to allow him to do that.
If you are going to exchange, then your opponent needs to be walking away from those exchanges with some damage.
I kept telling people that Bradley had more pop than his record indicated. But maybe he does NOT. And if his punch is merely average, then he needs to be a more stylistic fighter. If Holt was smarter, he would have won that fight.
How is it any different than Mayweather's style of scoring without hurting and then pulling out while ducking and dodging and rolling the counters? You can't praise Mayweather and penalize Bradley for fighting the same way. It's an effective style that racks up rounds in the bank. Bottom line is he outworked Holt at least 9 rounds to 3.
Bradley has a glass jaw. Holt has 25 wins and only 13 by KO. :lol1:
Both Bradley and Holt have hurt and knocked down a lot more fighters than their KO records indicate. Bradley's problem is that he picks and chooses which punches he throws powerfully, and both of their problems is that they don't follow up and try to knock a guy out after they have them hurt. Most of Holt's knockouts are of the one punch variety.
Bradley is one tough mother. He might go down, but no ****er is going to KEEP him down. The man is driven and relentless.
Potentially P4P top 10.
I think he is marooned between weight classes, there were threads on here saying how big he was based on the weigh-in pics, he looked pretty petite to me.
I don't think Witter should have lost to that guy personally. He is a bit wreckless on the inside and he wings in those punches that look hurtful, but they didn't effect Holt too much- apart from hurting him to the body once or twice-after hitting him there 2407 times. So maybe he is a modest banger, who will rely on workrate to win against the top guys.
I think Bradley must be doing something right though, both Witter and Holt were neglecting there jabs for large periods, seemingly for no reason-Bradley probably had something to do with that. He's certainly as hard as nails.
I don't think he is anything special though, apart from an iron will and impeccable stamina.
That shot would have ko'd alot of people
No way of telling from just looking at it. Most of what represents power you can't see. That said, he recovered very well and showed no signs of a 'glass jaw'. Spray-resistant is probably right, there's just so much bullsh*t talked about this these days. ANYBODY can get knocked down by just about anyone. That has more to do with poor defence or carelessness than a 'glass jaw'. What matters is how quickly you can recover, and whether you can come back to win the fight.
That shot would have ko'd alot of people
His chin aint iron thats for sure. Theres a lot of hard punchers at 140, if he goes again with the same plan of throwing 4 or 5 body shots in a row he's gonna get ktfo soon.
SOMETHING CONFUSED ME ABOUT THAT.
I thought there was the "Zab Judah" rule that if you got up, and went back down, then you were automatically ruled "KO'd". Isn't that what Nady explained?
Is it different if you voluntarily go down vs. stumbling back down? I don't know that I have ever seen a guy get up, take a few steps, and then take a knee.
Rule anyone?
Yeah, I want to know the rule too. I was thinking that earlier aswell but for some reason I just kind of nudged it off. Wouldn't it count as 2 knockdowns because he did that?
SOMETHING CONFUSED ME ABOUT THAT.
I thought there was the "Zab Judah" rule that if you got up, and went back down, then you were automatically ruled "KO'd". Isn't that what Nady explained?
Is it different if you voluntarily go down vs. stumbling back down? I don't know that I have ever seen a guy get up, take a few steps, and then take a knee.
Rule anyone?
that aint no rule that was the dumbass commentator making his own rules.
Bardley was just focused on outworkin Holt, and he got sloppy as shit. Add to that the fact that Holt has some pop and you got a couple KD's. I wouldn't jump str8 to sayin Bradley got a soft jaw, but we know it ain't granite either.
I still can't believe he didn't even appeared to be stunned by it...he just looked pissed. Holt didn't really jump right on him after it but Bradley wasn't running...
Very solid shot there by Holt. That would have left others unconscious.
Bradley does have very impeccable conditioning. He took that shot and after the knock down he stood up went by the ropes and took a knee to gather himself and recover before the 10 count. That was a very wise move.
Bradley has a glass jaw. Holt has 25 wins and only 13 by KO. :lol1:
You can't just look at the record man. Watch Holt's other fights because he has hurt a lot of his past opponents, but sometimes he could not finish them.