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Originally posted by romebyko
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I'm starting to think otherwise. Overall skills, Alexander is probably the most skilled yet not the best fighter. Bradley was able to rough him up and took him out of his confort zone. I'm not a Khan fan but I think he can beat Bradley just on quickness and his size. -
wait you calling a fighter dirty and you have the dirtiest as your aviOriginally posted by punchmehard View Post
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If ya seen it then you would know Bradley is a short fighter and fights lean in with their head and get the worst of it because he is the smaller of the fighters for all of his fights..For him to give way to a taller more rangy fighter means he is not using his disadvantage as his advantage..His feet are fast and he works his way in side taller fighters very fast as well when there the other fight try's to throw a punch but Bradley is already in their kitchen and that's why the heads come together..Like I said not intentional if it was they would have taken a point already..A ref has the best view you can see intent and accidental..Originally posted by victorythagr8 View PostComment
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Not to mention that Devon's constant holding was the reason for most of the butts occurring anyway..Originally posted by victorythagr8 View PostComment
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Bradley had to deal with size speed and even movement and has always been the victor..Khan will be his hardest fight because of Khan's talent not because of his skill level..Devon is not more skilled if he had been there would have been so many things he could have did to beat Bradley but he could not figure out not one way to prevent Bradley from being in his azz all night long..Devon and Khan imo are more talented faster,taller a lil more flash in their Combinations but by no means do I feel that they are more skilled..Originally posted by El Más Mejor View PostComment
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Bradley just priced himself out.
Time to fight Johnny Boy McCracken or whoever the next British bum on the list may be.Comment
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that is what i mentioned in another thread...devon would come in and try to holdOriginally posted by romebyko View Post
putting himself in a poor position. even that last head butt devon threw two
punches then immediately reached to hold?
why?
why was he holding all night? well we know why, to slow tim down from being
active and throwing punches but this was something his trainer FAILED to
inact in training camp..
his goal should have been to jab, mix in combos and score while staying far
away from tims head and punches....
this failure i place on alexanders trainer.
and it lost him the fightComment
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In all fairness to Bradley, it's hard to look "great" against an opponent whose main priority seems to be grabbing and holding (and pushing down on the head) rather then defending and countering. And with an opponent like that, headbutts are bound to happen. I find it interesting that everytime a headbutt occurs that people automatically blame Bradley. Yes, there is a history of headbutts happening in Bradleys fights, but they aren't always solely his fault. In fact, in the Alexander fight, several of the headbutts were actually a direct result of Devon grabbing and pulling Tim in. It was no more 'all Bradleys fault' then it was 'all Devons fault' for the multiple times Alexander stepped on Bradleys foot in exchanges. It happens, especially a southpaw vs an orthadox fighter. Besides that, with Tims height (5'6") vs Devons height (5'8"), Alexander obviously had to have some fault in it, as he would have to be leaning in as well to be hit where he was - in the eye and in the forehead.
I personally think a fight between Bradley and Khan will play out similarly to the Bradley/Alexander fight. Both Alexander and Khan have similar styles of fighting - both use flashy arm punch flurries (without much power behind them) and then move away, they both push down on the opponents head when they get in close (and get away with it a lot)... they both throw 3,4 or 5 flashy combos without much accuracy and then look to grab and hold right after (Berto does this a lot as well), which constantly interupts the flow of the fight - and the opponent has to stop and reset each time and attempt to get back inside their long reach where they repeat the cycle over and over again. I realize that they're doing what they're supposed to do by keeping their opponent from getting inside - but it makes for extremely disappointing and sometimes boring fights. I do, however, believe a Bradley/Khan fight will be a little better in the sense that Khan is taller (5'10") and may have less headbutts, both are orthodox fighters and even though Khan seems a bit more accurate than Alexander, he also seems more vulnerable then Alexander and I believe with Bradleys constant pressure he will be able to wear Khan down towards the latter rounds. And, unlike Maidana, Bradley will still have enough gas left to break down and possibly stop Khan if he gets him hurt. People talk about Bradley not having any power, but I believe Larry Merchant said it best when he said that it just appears that way because of the level of competition and the toughness of his last several opponents. I think Bradleys power is severely underrated and that if he gets Khan hurt during their fight, he DOES have enough power and stamina to overwhelm and finish Khan off. He doesn't have to have 'one punch' knockout power to stop an opponent - just like Manny Pacquiao and many other fighters - they overwhelm their opponent with a barrage of multiple, flush unanswered punches. As long as Joe Cortez isn't the ref in their fight, I believe Tim Bradley has a good chance of beating Amir Khan when (and IF) they fight. Negotiations between the two camps may be tougher than the actual fight may be.Comment
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Khan eill dodge any threat he will hope madaina beats himComment
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bring it! cotto-bradley.Originally posted by PRBOXINGCOTTO View Post
i'd like to see bradley use everything fist, head, street-fight style. i want to see your take when that happen.Comment
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