Timothy Bradley was exceptional last night, wasn't he?!?

[pesticid]

We see Steve Geffrard using high guard in the first round and Timothy jumps in, "you can't do high guard against a pressure fighter, you have to move". In the second round, Timothy chimes in, "that high guard is pretty tough, Joe Smith has sledge hammers and he can't break it, reminds of Winky Wright who was a great fighter and used to fight with a high guard". In the 4th or was it the 5th round, Timothy breaks it down again, "that's the problem with high guard, you can throw shots around the guard, underneath the guard, you can go to the body".

As far as Joe Smith, in the first round Bradley says, "the problem with Joe Smith is that he fights only one way". Then, "Joe Smith has to box". In the 3rd or 4th round Joe Smith actually starts boxing and Bradley steals the show yet again, "Joe Smith is trying to to box, that's not who he is, he is a pressure fighter, a volume puncher!"

To say that Timothy was incompetent last night I think is an understatement. Joe Smith actually did better when he boxed and even though I am not a fan of Joe Smith I can appreciate the subtle boxing skills that he has, and he's actually very consistent with his tool box. He moves his head after each power shot. He pivots to his left to get a better angle. He double and triples on the jab. He comes over the jab with his right hand. He changes the speed and frequency of his punches. He's not a master boxer there but he knows how to box, otherwise he wouldn't have had this successful of a career and definitely would've been stopped by Bivol.

[CasperUK]

Exceptionally ******, yes.

Lockdown and isolation have ruined him

[Noelanthony]

Exceptionally ******, yes.

Lockdown and isolation have ruined him

But he has a big head though?... what a waste of a cranium

[Shadoww702]

He does love hearing himself talk...

[Nash out]

I'll always remember Timothy Bradley for the boxing lesson he gave Pac in the first fight. Very subtle brilliance that could only be seen by the trained eye (115-113 Bradley). He won every round vs prime Marquez when they fought as well. Also he had the classic, fight of the year win over Devon "the Great" Alexander. Shame we never got the Mayweather fight. That would have been fireworks. Nash out.

[Sctrojan]

Yea Tim was pretty bad and contradictory last night to say the least....still 10x's better than that douche/dumbass Mark Kriegel though....

[ReggieKray]

It's also funny that he kept mentioning Canelo. Now that Crawford is gone, the hand up their ass is moving their lips to speak Canelo's praises.

[paulf]

The thing that I thought was really off was his criticizing Smith's performance. Smith was fighting a late replacement who had a good chin, fast hands, and based on Joe's reaction when he was hit clean, some nice pop on his punches. I wouldn't say Joe was boxing as much as he was fighting maturely at a measured pace.

He would get Gethrard on the ropes, light him up, and back off... as opposed to getting greedy and just punching until he got caught by Gethrard answering back. Bradley was mentioning Canelo, I was thinking more Wladimir Klitschko.... break your opponent down while taking away his chance to get a lucky shot in.

I'm not some Smith fanboy buy I thought it was as perfect a performance as you're going to see when you get tossed a late replacement that turns out to be a pretty decent fighter. Gethrard was limited, but also definitely talented. We'll be seeing him again.

[FeFist]

The problem is there is a lot of nuance in boxing. It is easy to trip over yourself when speaking off the cuff.

The internet has made us more unforgiving of that. In communication there is more time to plan out what you're going to say and proof read before submitting it to the world.

[GhostofDempsey]

Being a fight announcer requires a corporate yes-man mentality. Talk up the house/network fighter, call a few phantom punches, ignore the opponents punches, chalk up mediocre performance as ring rust, or insist the opponent was better than given credit for previously.