Did this fight hurt or help bradleys career?

I think it hurt his career. He could have put on a good show in a dominating performance but as things stand he scraped a win against some no mark. In addition to struggling in this fight he took a degree of punishment that could wind up shaving years off of his career.

His stock has gone way up, but I believe he also left some of him behind in the ring tonight. Stuff he will not get back. That is the way the sport is though. In the fights we love the most, the fighters lose something. Bradley loves to war it up, but from this point forward I think he should try to avoid it at all costs if he wants to continue to have a successful career.

It helped him because he gained some fans by fighting gallantly tonight, but physically it could hurt him by taking some steam out of him.

I didn't have him very high p4p because like so many I thought he lost his previous fight. I thought he fought a stupid fight last night. Bradley should have known better than to slug with a slugger and he almost paid the price. But as far as marketability it might have boosted his career.

I think it helped him big time. One of his biggest knocks was he was a boring fighter and tonight he kind of ended that. He won a lot of fans tonight and should be a bigger draw in the future.

His reputation took a hit.... I don't think he's P4P fighter anymore... but on the other hand he gained some respect and some fans. People will want to see him fight again

Thats my question. Bradley has had a lot of people question his status as a pound for pound fighter. This back to many believing he ducked Khan (although we all do know the promotional aspect of why it didnt happen). Khan was even vocal about punking him out. Then he has a rough fight with an old Casamayor, a gift decision against manny and now the fight tonight. Bradley showed courage, heart, chin, and the ability to put on a great show. He also went life and death with a low ranked fighter. What do you believe this fight did for bradley? stopped reading there.........He beat Casamyors ass from pillar to post...same casa who had dropped guerrero in his previous fight.

I agree, both fighter's stock went up. Ruslan benefitted more because we already knew what Tim brought to the ring, but Tim showed a willingness to fight and made the fight exciting by trading. Ruslan took a lot of good shots in this fight. Although he said they didn't hurt, his trainer who was looking at him, and his face and body said otherwise. Nevertheless, I am excited to see either of them fight again. Thurman vs Ruslan or Maidana or even Aydin would be exciting. The welterweight division is on fire right now

It made me a fan so I guess it helped his career!

2 straight losses, i gotta put him in the berto-ortiz heap-o-bums.

I think bradley's stock might have gone up a little bit or will hold tightly to where it is, because of he heart and willingness to engage when hurt! Ruslan's went up, but like with his first loss, he was outboxed, had he not let off the gas when he did, then to get out pointed the way he did in the middle rounds, that hurt him in this fight, but overall, ruslan's stock went up, he performed like a professional and finished strong. I'll be honest, I wouldn't mind watching them go at it again, it was an exciting fight. sadly, it's too big a risk with no reward for bradley, and after a fight like that, I'd be surprised if bradley would entertain a rematch. great fight and far more exciting than the ufc main event, that was a doo doo fight, bradley vs ruslan, was quality, through and through.

Rough night with Casamayor?:thinking:

Thats my question. Bradley has had a lot of people question his status as a pound for pound fighter. This back to many believing he ducked Khan (although we all do know the promotional aspect of why it didnt happen). Khan was even vocal about punking him out. Then he has a rough fight with an old Casamayor, a gift decision against manny and now the fight tonight. Bradley showed courage, heart, chin, and the ability to put on a great show. He also went life and death with a low ranked fighter. What do you believe this fight did for bradley? I think that low ranked fighter is better than we knew and Bradley has more deep down than we knew also. It won't hurt Bradley at all. If anything, it raises the stock of both fighters.

It hurt his career, he took a beating against a low-ranked opponent in a fight nobody watched. It's the opposite of what he should be doing i.e. giving out beatings against high-ranked opponents in fights everybody watches.

Bradley's reputation will continue to go down regardless of what happens

It was a very good fight where both guys fought very well, I can not see why it wouldn't of increased both their stocks.

I guess the bigger question is what kind of physical damage did he suffer. That's the question. Only time will tell.

What could have hurt him worse than that Pacquiao fight though? I think it helped, anytime you're in a fan friendly FOTY fight, it can only mean good things. Looking at it from a P4P perspective, I would say it did hurt his standing.

I think Ruslan benefited more from the fight than Bradley did. Bradley should of taken that Peterson fight instead of Ruslan. Ruslan reminded me of a smaller version of Drago from Rocky lol