Manny proved why he's one of the best ever...by outfoxing the undefeated Desert fox Timmy Bradley.
The question is how was Pacquiao(supposedly past his prime) able to control the fight from start to finish against a future hall of famer Bradley?
In reality, Bradley is just a lucky guy. All his wins are just plain gifts. What you saw was smokescreen because Manny cannot punch, cannot box, and definitely has a glass chin. Even Khan would smoke him out. It's like an elephant eating a fox.
In my opinion Bradley has been giving 1 victory via robbery. Ive watched many of his fights and usually he just dominates the score cards not by robberies but lopsided victorys. Even when he was getting knocked down by holt he was still winning all the other rounds. He had a close fight with prov that I had him winning, so what are these gifts you speak of?
It's pretty drastic. Manny is more skilled than at his best, but the physical decline is pretty large. Watching the videos of him shadow boxing at his best compared to before the Bradley fight was startling in the difference.
Mayweather,too has declined over the past few years...he was seriously troubled by Maidana
i think pac beating bradley > floyd beating maidana
In reality, Bradley is just a lucky guy. All his wins are just plain gifts. What you saw was smokescreen because Manny cannot punch, cannot box, and definitely has a glass chin. Even Khan would smoke him out. It's like an elephant eating a fox.
i thought he said he injured it during the fight? hahahahaha
these leg injury excuses are lame. how come bradley didn't injure his legs against provodnikov or marquez? why only pacquiao?
Pac is faster than Marquez and Prov. I believe his leg injuries are legit but he has only himself to blame.
Whoever thinks Pacquiao can't box is retarded. Whenever I look back at that Cotto fight, Pacquiao was just a monster in every aspect of his game. However, part of they way he outboxed TB was because bradley was actually serious about going for a KO.(what a n idiot) He really did believe he could score a Ko over Pacquiao and fought stupid.
Bradley knew he got a lucky break in the first fight. He also knew he had 0% chance of winning on the score cards. He said even before the fight he was going for the KO , yet so many people seem perplexed as to why.
It's pretty drastic. Manny is more skilled than at his best, but the physical decline is pretty large. Watching the videos of him shadow boxing at his best compared to before the Bradley fight was startling in the difference.
Seriously. I was watching a 2010 training video of his, and it's almost night and day compared to today's Manny. He's lost a lot of vitality.
Bradley had a bad leg, he was limping in the ring. He was boxing well initially, but he abandoned his game plan & was looking for the one shot KO.
His bad legs wee the result of Pac's herky jerky style, just like in the first fight where Tim needed a wheelchair to move.
The reason Tim abandoned his game plan was due to Pac's adjustment, being more elusive and throwing shots at angles Tim couldn't anticipate.
After round 5,
It could have been scored 3-2 Bradley, 3-2 PAC, or 2-2 with 1 swing round.
I had it 3-2 Bradley and then PAC took over. Tim only won 1 round after that in my eyes.
Bradley acknowledged PAC made adjustments mid-way through the fight around round 5 or 6.
PAC started being more elusive at that point. But at the same time, Timmie became more wild and went a bit off from what he was doing earlier on.
Or could it have been just the adjustments PAC made?... maybe a combination of both.
Because Bradley is not that crafty or smart
, or skilled really.
You're not being fair to TB. He's the type of boxer that isn't great in a particular aspect but he does everything well that's how he's been a multiple world champion.
He has pretty good waist movement and has nice speed. It takes some skill and/or craft to do what he did to Marquez.
Whoever thinks Pacquiao can't box is retarded. Whenever I look back at that Cotto fight, Pacquiao was just a monster in every aspect of his game. However, part of they way he outboxed TB was because bradley was actually serious about going for a KO.(what a n idiot) He really did believe he could score a Ko over Pacquiao and fought stupid.
Tell that to Coach Barry Robinson, he said Maidana is a better more intelligent boxer than Pacquiao, he doesn't see any skill in Manny.
Whoever thinks Pacquiao can't box is retarded. Whenever I look back at that Cotto fight, Pacquiao was just a monster in every aspect of his game. However, part of they way he outboxed TB was because bradley was actually serious about going for a KO.(what a n idiot) He really did believe he could score a Ko over Pacquiao and fought stupid.
Manny proved why he's one of the best ever...by outfoxing the undefeated Desert fox Timmy Bradley.
The question is how was Pacquiao(supposedly past his prime) able to control the fight from start to finish against a future hall of famer Bradley?
Lee Wylie made a good video breaking it down
It's pretty drastic. Manny is more skilled than at his best, but the physical decline is pretty large. Watching the videos of him shadow boxing at his best compared to before the Bradley fight was startling in the difference.
His hand speed is still there, he might not be knocking people out but he has enough pop to get respect.
Footwork is still there, he's just fighting a more calculated fight now since ktfo6