Amazing fight last night and was a pleasure to watch. The question I'm asking is, will Bradley ever fight like that again?
Steve Kim from Maxboxing made a good point earlier on twitter stating Bradley wore Reyes instead of his normal Grant gloves, it seems like Bradley wanted to prove to everyone he is a warrior and good value for money. It nearly back fired big time and may shorten his career.
I personally think if Bradley wants to win other big fights. Rios etc then he needs to get back to his boxing and stay away from Brawling. Do you think he will adopt his stick n move style from here on out? I hope so as he cannot continue to take shots like that.
I think if he fights Rios, he's gonna box much more than he did last night. There will be moments of exchange, but not nearly as frequent as last night.
Will Bradley have other entertaining fights like this one? I think so. It all depends on the opposition. If the guy comes forward, Bradley will be there to meet him.
While watching round 1 & 2, I was continually thinking why is Bradley fighting Ruslans Fight and not fighting his own! Then he turned it around yet found him doing the same thing on occasion.
Being that Bradley looked seriously hurt, it will be a long rehab from a war of that nature but I think he will second guess Trading someone with hands like Provodnikov.
Bradley doesn't sit in the pocket and brawl with guys who are hurting him. He smothers the fighters he can, and boxes the fighters that hurt him. He's not that stupid a fighter. This was not normal for him.
I agree. He shouldn't have been punching with Prov after the 2nd round, he should use his superior experience and ring IQ to pick his shots when Prov is open for them and then smother his rather un-planned attack. He was doing it early in the fight for about 1:30 into Round 1 before he got slammed if I remember rightly. I don't know what he was doing, if he tightened up after Round 2 and stopped being a trigger happy retard then he would've looked a lot better.
He didn't fight any different to how he usually fights.
And yes he will fight this way again and most likely always will.
The funny thing is, before the Pacquaio fight it was "Bradley is nothing but a brawler"
After it, it's "Bradley needs to go back and stick to being a boxer".
Both statments are false.
Bradley doesn't sit in the pocket and brawl with guys who are hurting him. He smothers the fighters he can, and boxes the fighters that hurt him. He's not that stupid a fighter. This was not normal for him.
He didn't fight any different to how he usually fights.
And yes he will fight this way again and most likely always will.
The funny thing is, before the Pacquaio fight it was "Bradley is nothing but a brawler"
After it, it's "Bradley needs to go back and stick to being a boxer".
Both statments are false.
So the way he fought Ruslan is how he fought Lamont Peterson?
He didn't fight any different to how he usually fights.
And yes he will fight this way again and most likely always will.
The funny thing is, before the Pacquaio fight it was "Bradley is nothing but a brawler"
After it, it's "Bradley needs to go back and stick to being a boxer".
Both statments are false.
good question.. but if he does he possibly gets koed against rios,marque,pac, ruslan rematch
if he doesnt he easily outboxes most welterweights prolly not winning over a many fans
He's always a fighter that fights back when caught, which is why I've never understood the "boring" label, but he's usually much better and smarter about it.
Reading too much into it. Bradley had on Reyes but he said long ago that his plan was to box with Ruslan.
Problem is bradley is a dog, he's a scrapper, always has been. He's easy to lore into a fight and he likes to fight. He has a serious Meldrick Taylor syndrome, ofcourse he'll fight like that again. Gloves have nothing to do with it. He tried running his ass off SEVERAL times, he couldn't.