I think loading up so much in the first half of the fight, winded him for the remaining rounds... nothing was more evident than the fact that he had no endurance after round 6. He had a glazed look in his eyes.
i agree with this, not sure what his gameplan was but he chose a horrible one.
Look, I'm not saying it was nothing...but its not the reason he lost.
I think its safe to say you and I will never know. Im sure we can both agree that injuries change game plans in fights. I remember thinking at the half way mark "why is Bradley changing what hes doing?" because he was starting to get into a rythem.
I thought for sure all that body work would pay off in the later rounds.
That looks gross. Props to Bradley for fighting on with it. Maybe that's why he fought so dumb. I couldn't believe what I was watching. I thought he'd bang early to prove a point then resort back to boxing.. But not just wings shots all freaking night.
I beleive it effected him more when it just happened until he adjust to the pain or maybe it went numb. Like boxers who break their hands and for a few rounds they cant throw punches until the hand numbs.
I did see him hobble to his corner at the end of one round and he looked on shakey legs even when pac was not attacking.
He clearly won rounds 4 and 5...and when he had openings, he was rushing Pac and trying to land frat boy punches. Look, I'm not saying it was nothing...but its not the reason he lost. He fought with a chip on his shoulder and was too concerned with a KO, even tho he hasnt KOed someone in 50 years.
Still a good fight though, bradley will always be a class act:boxing:
Fo sure..I kinda wish I did not know about this injury tbh..I thought it was a good fight..I was happy when I seen the press conference and Bradley did not want to even talk about this..He gave Manny the respect he earned in the ring..Back to the ground floor(not really but ya know what I mean)start all over again..Manny and Tim both I felt showed a lot of class..
the injury was caused by Pacquiao
Bradley's legs were fine against Provodnikov and Marquez
yah bradley stumbled around the ring a few times in the fight....caused by him getting hit flush and stumbling backwards and also as a result of trying to avoid pac's punches.....
there was one point where pac threw a straight left and bradley avoided it but turned himself in a way that made him fall awkwardly onto the ropes....
just look at this pic of bradley flailing around also...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlE8hBzCIAIjhKm.jpg
bradley's legs can't keep up with pac and as a result he injures them...simple...and i'm being serious
Regardless if he did injury himself...you don't fight a guy of Pacquiao's caliber and play dodge his fists with my hands down or sit against the ropes and let him tee off. Bradley is a moron.
No I dont even know how to put on a boxing glove. I tried once but I couldn't get it over my fist.
What's the point of your sanctimonious question?
I beleive it effected him more when it just happened until he adjust to the pain or maybe it went numb. Like boxers who break their hands and for a few rounds they cant throw punches until the hand numbs.
I did see him hobble to his corner at the end of one round and he looked on shakey legs even when pac was not attacking.
Have you ever practiced a sport at a certain level? :)
No I dont even know how to put on a boxing glove. I tried once but I couldn't get it over my fist.
What's the point of your sanctimonious question?
Bradley was still moving into the later rounds. Hard to imagine his calf was the reason he lost. He fought a dumb fight.
Have you ever practiced a sport at a certain level? :)
Explains a lot. Bradley went from using his legs to escape pacs flurries to using his upper body movement instead. Maybe all that taunting and calling pac forward was just him trying to cover up the fact he wasnt able to move forward all that well
... Yes... Bradley looked pretty clumsy when loading those looping punches and acting like a KO committed brawler...
... I don't take this fight as "for real"...