Comments Thread For: Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley: Pre-Fight Report Card

[4Corners]

The main thing I noticed is that Pac's dome is f**king massive.

Bradley is about as strong a puncher as Lamont Peterson in my eyes. He did drop Witter, and knocked Peterson down, though it was more of a quick little knock down. He can punch a bit, enough to respect him, but he isn't a huge puncher.

[The Tase]

tim bradley is top 10 p4p in the whole sport. is rated arguably as the best 140 pounder in the world. Young, Prime, & undefeated.

If he's not a A fighter, what is?

[4Corners]

If Pac beats bradley, he gets every bit as much credit from me as Mayweather got for beating undefeated and #8 P4P Hatton. I'm as excited for this fight as Mayweather-Cotto no doubt.

I'm riding with my n*gga Bradley.

[devildg]

Tim is no legend. C'mon...let's be real.

If you look at the past two generations at 140/147, Tim's name/ability doesn't measure up:

Trinidad, Mosley, Leonard, Benitez, Duran, Delahoya, Mayweather, Whitaker, Chavez, Cotto, Hearns, etc.

Tim doesn't beat any of those guys in their prime.

If Pacquiao can't beat Tim Bradley, that's pretty sad. And it would raise serious su****ions around Pac's legacy.

yea so he should keep on winning to not discredit himself?

what kind of joke expectation is that.

[Hougigo]

Manny's head looks crazy compared to Bradley's head. Manny's dome looks abnormally large. I've been saying a few things about Manny's dome but not until he just had a staredown with helmet head Bradley, I'd have to say it's worse than I thought. Manny looked soft around the middle and his killer instinct seems to have left him. If he has lost a step, Bradley will expose and defeat Pac. When asked about their gameplan, Joel Diaz said they were going to frustrate Manny and that is right on target with what needs to be done. Manny's mental makeup is superb. He's a warrior but he gets frustrated in there and that can be exploited.

Oh yay, the head again.

[damned1974]

This. No way does this fight have an obvious outcome in either direction. I think Manny should be the favorite, of course, but Bradley could give him trouble. I think it's either going to be that Bradley has the perfect style to give Pacquiao headaches, or he'll be made-to-order. It's a bit hard to tell to be honest, you could make an argument for either.

I agree here. Manny has struggled and looked subpar against guys who just took 2 steps to their left and used a touch of range...Bradley has said he will use movement so maybe this gives him a better chance than people give him.

The question is if Manny has lost enough steps for Bradley to beat him at the right time.Also,Bradley has never been on this big of a stage and even though he looks phenomenal and prepared physically and in training videos-I cannot help but think that he is TOO psyched up mentally for the occasion. Usually fighters moving up in class either "go for gold" or fight safely...

I just wonder if Floyd would be getting flack if he took a fight with Tim.

[damned1974]

tim bradley is top 10 p4p in the whole sport. is rated arguably as the best 140 pounder in the world. Young, Prime, & undefeated.

If he's not a A fighter, what is?

But at 147 he is untested against anyone note worthy and jumping in with the 2nd best fighter in the world p4p...the odds are/should be against him. The only thing that makes this fight appear competitive is the fact that Manny hasn't looked stellar lately and is assumed to be passing his best days.

Bradley is jumping up not only in weight,but in class....

[STEELHEAD]

all you loyal bradley fans
i have a betting prop going on this one if interested:

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=553369

this fight will last as long as pacquiao wants it to last.

[wizard king]

No way does pac medicore boxing skills beat Timmy,pac is to dam limited, pac speed and power will not be enough to beat timmy.Timmy has the right punches to beat pac jab jab straight right, its dam mismatch ill be bold and say pac gets koed

[crold1]

But at 147 he is untested against anyone note worthy and jumping in with the 2nd best fighter in the world p4p...the odds are/should be against him. The only thing that makes this fight appear competitive is the fact that Manny hasn't looked stellar lately and is assumed to be passing his best days.

Bradley is jumping up not only in weight,but in class....

The leap from 140 to 47 against a guy who hit prime at 26/30 and grew is a non-issue. I'll grant the jump in class, but no one is 'on that level' until they get there.