Comments Thread For: Bradley, Arum: A Pacquiao Fight Was Never Promised

[Rome-By-Ko]

"A proper promotion will make Bradley a real attraction to paying fans."

I don't entirely agree. Top Rank can promote the hell out of Bradley, but what it comes down to is for the most part Bradley's fights aren't entertaining to watch ... and who he's promoted by can't change that

**if you look on ESPN.com there's another quote where Bradley whines about the Alexander fight supposed to make him a star yet it didn't turn out that way

and that was a fight hyped up and put on HBO.

you can do all the hyping you want, but at the end of the day, the fight actually has to deliver and be entertaining

**Even the highlights of Bradley-Alexander were boring. Bradley's been on HBO and Showtime a fair amount of times (vs Peterson, Campbell, Witter) etc

yet he's still not a star. IMO you can't blame the promoter on that, as Bradley's been on premium cable with decent opposition. He's just one of those fighters who's not going to get a big following, because IMO he's not very exciting to watch

Bradley Peterson was not a good fight to watch??How about Bradley Holt??Both very good fights imo..Alexander was dominated as was Campbell and Abregu..Most thought those fights were not exciting because they were one-sided,that's not Bradley's fault..Quick question who do you blame for Bradley Alexander being boring??Bradley or Alexander??Let me tell you outside of Khan's fight with Maidana,most of his fights have been ****..Why does he not get the same backlash??He is promoted better then Bradley was that's the reason..I know of plenty of boring fighters who made big names for them self's,and when they were match with someone who was gonna bring that fight they did have exciting fights..Winky is one of umm,B-Hop is a fighter who was boring off and on..Taylor,Mayweather etc etc..Boring fights are usually the fights when one fighter is dominating the other..Bradley(outside of Peterson Holt and Witter)has not really had a fight where he has lost more then a rd..I like boxing so this does not bother me,but to the casual or none boxing fan this makes for a very boring night..But I think Bradley's opponents are to blame just as much as Bradley..

[rckdees]

bradley will never be a main event pay per view attraction and just because he signed with one of the devil's minions will do nothing to change that. his style is not conducive for that. he's extremely overrated. his best attribute maybe that he can take a half decent punch, but he's short and he has suspect punching power and unless he gets on ariza's program(which would subject him to serious accusations) that's a bad combination.

[ballgamessuck]

Sure, Arum. Sure.

Unless he loses he'll get a Pacquiao fight in early 2012.

didn't need to be, it's common sense
Floyd keeps ducking, so give Bradley a deal and set up the fight
if Bradley wins his against Joel, he'll get the fight
Floyd still wants none of Pac

Why shouldnt Paq have another fight lined up? We all know that he wants Floyd, and that Floyd wants none of it. So after Floyd ducks Paq again, Bradley is just as good a choice of opponent as anyone.

[JCairo]

So do they plan to build Bradley up?

how? put him in the fights he was supposed to be in! but we all know arum is prob gona have him fight nothing but top rank fighters. he'll prob fight mike jones or whatever his name is.

he needs to fight khan. the fans have been wanting that for a while. then maybe another fighter at 147, berto or jones, then he'll prob be ready for pac.

[MJ406]

looking back on it, I actually enjoyed Bradley-Peterson .... even though Peterson was getting outclassed, he still came forward and made it an interesting fight. But Peterson kinda has the same problem as Bradley, in being talented but not exactly crowd pleasing.

and Campbell wasn't "dominated" Bradley was throwing more punches, but did most of his damage with the head clash he caused which ended the fight. Very disappointing end, because that fight was just starting to get interesting.

vs Holt IMO the only things entertaining about the bout were the knockdowns. The other rounds were just Bradley chasing down and landing punches on a fighter who appeared to mentally check out. Credit to Tim for pushing the pace and taking the initiative, but it wasn't exactly a Thriller. **Holt deserves some of the blame for this also.

as for the other boring guys, Taylor, B-Hop .. true, Taylor had some dreadfully boring fights (like that title fight vs Spinks) which explains why he isn't a star. But let me be clear, simply fighting on HBO won't make you a star

while Hopkins isn't known as an Action Fighter, he can at least hype a fight (see vs Trinidad, which was huge) and generate the public's interest .. same goes for Mayweather

Khan probably is promoted better, but don't use that as a cop out and the only reason Amir is more known as besides the Maidana fight, Khan impressively took out Salita, and dominated Paulie + Judah .. stopping both inside the distance. Don't forget that, Khan did his thing in those fights

^ Put in the same position If Bradley fought Paulie + Judah, Tim most likely wins both fights in a boring lopsided decision.

Bradley's headbutts made the Alexander fight boring.

I'm not denying the skills of Bradley, he is talented and has fought some tough dudes, and you don't get to 27-0 on luck. But looking at his fights from a casual fans perspective

Would Tim Bradley really make you want to buy a fight of his?

and don't use the cop out of being "better promoted" or Tim being "too dominant" as both as ****ty excuses

Khan dominated Paulie + Judah and stopped both inside the distance.. which helps his stock tremendously .. and that has nothing to do with the promoter

because from the way Bradley was talking about his fights, you'd think vs Peterson, Witter and Holt were all on ESPN or something.

Method of victory is another thing you need to take into consideration, and Khan's been finishing off his opponents, which again ups his stock.

[Simply Zyzz]

no one cares for bradley and he cant fill a ballroom in his own hometowm of palm springs, good luck trying to promote that alien head crack head, he wont sell

[Best in Boxing]

bradley has to earn a fight against Pac. Just like floyd has to earn a fight against Pac and losing 3 outta 4 rounds against Ortiz aint gonna cut it.

You musta been watching with those Pac-goggles on .......

[Nonitard]

only problem with Bradley is that he's not a thug nor does he KO guys.

If he had a thuggish out of control, anti-social personality he could market himself that way.

Guys like him and Ward will never be main attractions despite their high school level

Bradley did do the right thing for his career by going with a REAL promoter, not someone like Shaw who was never going to give him the proper support and actually have his fights staged in Vegas where he belongs