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Replace Kotelnik with Bradley last night...
What happens?
First off, I'm sure there a ton of Devon threads today, this is the first chance I got to log on today, so sorry to add to them..
Before the fight started I told my girl... Devon is an excellent fighter, especially offensively.. but his defense doesn't impress me at all.
Now Bradley doesn't have exquisite defense either, so let that be clear... but Bradley DOES have excellent head movement, and he at least gives you different looks throughout the fight. On top of the fact he throws more punches, and he doesn't get tired... at ALL. He's an extremely strong fighter, not a one punch knockout artist, but he does have some pop... but his overall strength of body is impressive.
I see Bradley going forward and Devon backpeddling the entire fight. But not Clottey style. Going forward whilst being active. Most notably, not slowing down towards the end of the fight.
Kotelnik could literally not miss a punch last night.
Whether he threw a jab, a right hand, a hook, a body jab.. .literally EVERYTHING he threw... landed.
If Kotelnik was 10% better, I think he would have won. Devon won purely based on punch output... MOST OF WHICH, did not even land. All outside shots that landed on gloves or didn't even make it to the gloves.
Now I hear a lot of Devon fans saying things like anyone can have a bad night. I agree. Anyone can. However, he has shown the lack of defense and head movement even before.
Even in the Urango fight... most people forget how the fight was going because Devon stopped Urango, and people don't want to think about the fight other than Devon stopped Urango.
I personally felt had Devon not caught Urango with those two clean knockdwon shots, that... that fight was starting to turn into urangos favor... he was getting closer and closer with his shots and his pressure was reigning in on Devon, even by round 4..
Anyways... Replace Kotelnik with Bradley last night... give me your thoughts...
First off, I'm sure there a ton of Devon threads today, this is the first chance I got to log on today, so sorry to add to them..
Before the fight started I told my girl... Devon is an excellent fighter, especially offensively.. but his defense doesn't impress me at all.
Now Bradley doesn't have exquisite defense either, so let that be clear... but Bradley DOES have excellent head movement, and he at least gives you different looks throughout the fight. On top of the fact he throws more punches, and he doesn't get tired... at ALL. He's an extremely strong fighter, not a one punch knockout artist, but he does have some pop... but his overall strength of body is impressive.
I see Bradley going forward and Devon backpeddling the entire fight. But not Clottey style. Going forward whilst being active. Most notably, not slowing down towards the end of the fight.
Kotelnik could literally not miss a punch last night.
Whether he threw a jab, a right hand, a hook, a body jab.. .literally EVERYTHING he threw... landed.
If Kotelnik was 10% better, I think he would have won. Devon won purely based on punch output... MOST OF WHICH, did not even land. All outside shots that landed on gloves or didn't even make it to the gloves.
Now I hear a lot of Devon fans saying things like anyone can have a bad night. I agree. Anyone can. However, he has shown the lack of defense and head movement even before.
Even in the Urango fight... most people forget how the fight was going because Devon stopped Urango, and people don't want to think about the fight other than Devon stopped Urango.
I personally felt had Devon not caught Urango with those two clean knockdwon shots, that... that fight was starting to turn into urangos favor... he was getting closer and closer with his shots and his pressure was reigning in on Devon, even by round 4..
Anyways... Replace Kotelnik with Bradley last night... give me your thoughts...
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