Bradley: "When Provodnikov hit me my life flashed before my eyes!"

He chose to fight Pacquaio over Khan hardly can be considered a duck. Oh you definitely need to keep up with things. He fought Devon in Jan 2011, ducked Khan almost all year round to then fight Casamayor in November THEN it was Pacquiao in June of 2012. It wasn't a sure thing for months and months. It wasn't like Maidana choosing Mayweather over Thurman in a heart beat kind of thing in 2013. Look I get it you and the rest of Chino brigade can't get over Dec 2010, but there are some thing you just can't stretch.

Oh I see, so I have to have been in the ring with someone to have a valid opinion on them? Good logic. Better way of finding out if he has power than you piss poor opinion

Difference is Bradley showed no respect for Provo. He treated the fight like it's a tuneup fight or just something to get over with. He traded, and didn't move as much as he did in the JMM and Pacquiao fights. yeah, that's a good comment. he thought it would be a walk in the park and Provo was primed to kill. Plus, Bradlay had been off after the Pac "win" recovering from foot, ankle thing and he blew up in weight like never before during that long time off. He had more a fat camp than anything for Provo. Nearly cost him. Definitely cost him some brain cells. I really appreciate Bradley's candor too. He's an honest, real guy.

Difference is Bradley showed no respect for Provo. He treated the fight like it's a tuneup fight or just something to get over with. He traded, and didn't move as much as he did in the JMM and Pacquiao fights.

I like hearing stuff like this from fighters. It was obvious he was hurt badly against Ruslan, but not so obvious he was buzzed in the Pacquiao fight. It's good to hear fighters talk about stuff like that. Interesting.

You should try fighting him and than tell us about it if his power is over rated Oh I see, so I have to have been in the ring with someone to have a valid opinion on them? Good logic.

Provodnikov's power is very overrated. His KO ratio is pretty average despite mostly fighting below par opposition. You should try fighting him and than tell us about it if his power is over rated

KO's and power aren't the same thing. Some not-that-hard punches can put guys down by being accurate or catching them with their neck at a bad angle. If Bradley says Provodnikov hits that hard I tend to believe him, seeing as he's fought him and you probably haven't. Oh, I've seen this film before. Bradley was in a close fight with Provodnikov so he's obviously going to say good things about him. It's basic stuff. I agree with the first part of your post, but my opinion still stands. His power is overrated.

He chose to fight Pacquaio over Khan hardly can be considered a duck. yep....and his win over Marquez ****s on anyone in Khans resume

i really hope he saved up that Pacquiao money......

Did those flashbacks consist of ducking Amir Khan and thinking if I did fight him it would've been worse than this?

That sequence Tim describes (from Pac II) was such a key moment to me in watching how Pac comes back from the JMM loss. That was the first time in the two recent fights where he immediately bounced back in to follow up and throw a second combination. A combination with more heat on it - whereas in the Rios fight he would throw one combination and then move. I expect to see a lot more of it in the Algieri fight which is why I think he is in trouble. Algieri can move a bit, but he can't do it all the time...he does need to stop, earmuff and turtle from time to time and that is where Manny will look to pounce with no counters to worry about. Easier said than done, Pac will have trouble trying to hit Algieri, chris moves a lot and has height and reach it will be hard for him to get in on chris. Pac is supposed to be trimming down to 144, yet why does he look more muscular for this fight than he has in the rest? He came into camp weight 160 pounds.

That sequence Tim describes (from Pac II) was such a key moment to me in watching how Pac comes back from the JMM loss. That was the first time in the two recent fights where he immediately bounced back in to follow up and throw a second combination. A combination with more heat on it - whereas in the Rios fight he would throw one combination and then move. I expect to see a lot more of it in the Algieri fight which is why I think he is in trouble. Algieri can move a bit, but he can't do it all the time...he does need to stop, earmuff and turtle from time to time and that is where Manny will look to pounce with no counters to worry about.

Bradley is honest when he said Ruslan hits hard, only an idiot would question Ruslan power. Everyone who fought him said he hits like a truck, this is why Algieri will beat Pac easy on points or body shot ko. In this video that Deevel916 posted: Elie tells Bradley here that Filipinos are mad at him because he tells them Bradley was never hurt by Pac, Bradley corrects Elie Sekbach and said he was hurt Pac hurt him in both fights, but if you hear him describe it, its not as bad as when Ruslan hurt him. So Ruslan is a vicious puncher, and Pac is a baby puncher in comparison.

I'm re watching this fight, just finished the second round, how the **** did Bradley not drop? He looked about as out of it as possible.

Prov hits harder than Pac, but Pac is the better fighter and boxer, and is more likely to hit you with a combination and landing punch after punch. Here he talks about Pacquiao's punching ability and power.

Provodnikov's power is very overrated. His KO ratio is pretty average despite mostly fighting below par opposition. KO's and power aren't the same thing. Some not-that-hard punches can put guys down by being accurate or catching them with their neck at a bad angle. If Bradley says Provodnikov hits that hard I tend to believe him, seeing as he's fought him and you probably haven't.

I remember Tim was slurring his speech for like a month after

Prov hits harder than Pac, but Pac is the better fighter and boxer, and is more likely to hit you with a combination and landing punch after punch.

Provodnikov's power is very overrated. His KO ratio is pretty average despite mostly fighting below par opposition. I think it has more to do with his accuracy than power. He's not hitting the right spots to get more kos but his power is very real. He's just not that good to fully utilize it.