So i just studied a bit of Timothy Bradley

[!! Shawn]

Im convinced that Bradley is going to manhandle Manny. Manny has undeniably been on the slide. I think hes been on the downside of his career since the Cotto fight.

Hes gotten away with it because he has been fighting older, bigger, slower fighters (in mosleys case gunshy). Im by no means saying they have been easy fights, they haven't been, but they have masked his decline because of their lack of speed.

Bradley is quick. Hes not the fastest thing of all time, but he is quick, he has great reflexes, great ring intelligence, and underestimated craftiness. He is a Bernard Hopkins type fighter, he is decent at everything, but the whole package is greater than the sum of its parts. He also has extremely under-rated defense. The man is slick. He has great head movement, and great recuperative abilities. Honestly, if he got up from that shot that Kendal Holt hit him with, there is nothing Manny can hit him with that will get him out of there.

I was up in the air about who would win between them until the Marquez fight. Yes, they were made for each other, but Marquez has been steadily eroding in his abilities as of late. He looked less than stellar against Katsidis, yes he dominated, but a fighters of Katsidis level wouldn't have been remotely competitive against the marquez that fought Pacquio the first 2 times.

I consider that further evidence of Manny's erosion. Bradleys speed and youth is going to expose it.

[bose]

Before the Casamayor fight I almost bought the hype with Bradley. Prime Casamayor would have easily dealt with Bradley. Casamayor was a akward but very good boxer in his prime which is why some fighters ducked him in his prime. Pac going to ko Bradley putting more fear into Floyd.

[GOD-FR33]

Same thing..........

"Prime Casamayor would have easily dealt with Bradley."

Hey man. Good post here. I said the same thing.

[DoubleMM]

Lots of people don't understand boxing here. Just because he fought a certain way vs a certain fighter doesn't mean he fights that way vs another. He's not Pacman. He's not one-dimensional.

I don't see how Pacquiao is going to beat Bradley at all, in fact I think Bradley will make him look foolish. I actually think Bradley will be very effective walking him down. Unlike the others who have tried walking down Pacquiao, Bradley is bringing something with him, and that's speed, quickness and defense.

[GOD-FR33]

Are you......

Are you on drugs? Or do you just hate Manny? I don't get it. Since when do you walk Manny down? LoL. Bradley has feathers in his fists and has not one advantage in this fight. Will it be an entertaining fight? Yes. Will Bradley come close to winning? Hell no! For you to say that Manny is one-demensional tells me you aren't a realistic fan. You don't beat Marquez, Cotto, Cheeto, Mosley by being one-demensional man. It may look like that until he is in front of you punching you from every possible angle, sliding to the left or right leaving you punching air; Bradley may be naturally bigger, he may even bench press more, but this is boxing and he's not stronger than Manny inside a boxing ring. Manny by either K.O. or T.K.O.

[Light_Speed]

It's one thing to say it's gonna be a close fight and Bradley has a good chance of scoring an upset but to say he's gonna make Pac look foolish? Come on now. Bradley has never faced a true worldclass fighter (shot Casa doesn't count), at 140 he's a big fish in a small pond, let's see what he can do in shark infested waters.

[TehRedRanger]

He fights like a wild ****.

Why the **** is that ^^ word censored, it's a freakin animal!

[raf727]

the fight with cassamayor was so bad.... bradley won but when it was over, people were just glad they didnt have to watch it anymore.. the fight did nothing for bradley and so far i see no hype for this fight........ and im from so cal where bradley is from nearby and nobody is even talking about it

Did nothing? It earned him a cool mill for beating up on an old Cas.