Very good fighter that is elevated to the great level because he was given questionable decisions?
Taylor got his over Bernard twice
Bradley over Pacquiao and now Provodnikov.
Plus Bradley takes a beating against Provodnikov. Mark my words Bradley will be caught very soon. His show is practically over much like Jermain's was. When it ends it will end very fast.
Why does it always have to do with hate?
I don't even really care one way or the other. Just expressing what I see and how I feel.
I am inclined to see it your way...At any rate there are some valid points of comparison, i.e. similar narrative confluxes.
Bradley has more skills than Taylor. Taylor was very strong. Hopkins did beat him twice bit what allowed him to give Hopkins any problems was his rawboned strength. Bradley does not have this physicality! he is smarter and skilled but as you say...when he fights a swarmer who can punch his clock will be punched.
They both got gifts but Taylor was embraced while Bradley seems to be loathed by many.
Here is where you shine man! I think that they both (Taylor and Bradley) had to be figured out, Provatkin does not move very well...Bradley was hit all night. He has overwhelmed and outsmarted but he will now be attacked because a guy who is a bit of a plodder showed the blueprint and the blueprint is easy to follow.
Taylor...ditto. once it was discovered that his strength was his asset he got beat on and became about on the level of another guy we could talk about Left hook Lacy.
Sounds like you're reaching hard - do you hate Bradley that much? lol
Why does it always have to do with hate?
I don't even really care one way or the other. Just expressing what I see and how I feel.
Who said Bradley was great? The FIGHT was maybe great...
And that's not a good comparison...Jermain always had questionable stamina, he was tired at the end of the first Hopkins fight, and he has nowhere near the chin of Bradley...
And Bradley hasn't been knocked out.....3 times.....TWICE brutally...and I actually like Jermain
When was Taylor ever Ko'd before Pavlik?
Nobody ever questioned Taylor's stamina either until the Hopkins fights.
After the Hopkins fights Taylor was being trumpeted around boxing as the next great Middleweight. He was Everlast cover boy and was poised to eb annointed as the GREAT.
It will decline fast for Bradley as well. I say this because Bradley lacks the punching power to keep guys from going into attack mode and eventually he will take to much punishment and will start to go down easier.
Also, people keep saying his chin is great. it is not great by any means. It is good maybe. What is great is his endurance and will to survive and go on. He gets jacked and wobbled and stays in the fight.
Who said Bradley was great? The FIGHT was maybe great...
And that's not a good comparison...Jermain always had questionable stamina, he was tired at the end of the first Hopkins fight, and he has nowhere near the chin of Bradley...
And Bradley hasn't been knocked out.....3 times.....TWICE brutally...and I actually like Jermain
Who said Bradley was great? The FIGHT was maybe great...
And that's not a good comparison...Jermain always had questionable stamina, he was tired at the end of the first Hopkins fight, and he has nowhere near the chin of Bradley...
And Bradley hasn't been knocked out.....3 times.....TWICE brutally...and I actually like Jermain