Anyone else have a problem with Arum's disrespect towards Bradley?
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I just think the ankle prevented more back and forth action that Bradley seemed very willing to provide before he was wobbled. Maybe he got scared of the power, I can see that...happens to every opponent of Manny's. But many ppl believed he was really willing to go out in a blaze of glory and respond to most of the flurries Manny had with some of his own. **** changes when you get hurt tho, so who knows. Either way, I think it took way from the potential of the fight being better than it was. The more aggressive Tim would have been, the better for Manny as well. o wellTim only injured his ankle because of being wobbled by Manny, so it was from the punches. Tim pitterpattered his way to maybe winning the last 4 rounds when he needed more than that. Pac should have alredy been up at least 7 rounds by that time. Robbery! Who knows when Tim really injured that ankle, he was still dancing around. he has a fracture in one foot but that don't mean the foot is totally broken.Comment
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Pretty much. I think Pacquiao sat behind his guard to bring Bradley onto him because in the 10th and 11th when Pac had to chase Bradley he was easily outboxed. I'm not sure whether Pacquiao was tired or just cruising but Bradley won those rounds by staying on the outside. He should have did that from the start.I just think the ankle prevented more back and forth action that Bradley seemed very willing to provide before he was wobbled. Maybe he got scared of the power, I can see that...happens to every opponent of Manny's. But many ppl believed he was really willing to go out in a blaze of glory and respond to most of the flurries Manny had with some of his own. **** changes when you get hurt tho, so who knows. Either way, I think it took way from the potential of the fight being better than it was. The more aggressive Tim would have been, the better for Manny as well. o wellComment
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I'll say this, the fight was closer than people thought. Anybody who says 11-1 needs to get a napkin, spit and clean the jizz off their face.
With that said, I still can't find a way that the fight could be scored 7-5 in Bradley's favor.
Arum's greed really isn't a surprise...shouldn't be, I thought it was kind of odd, when I think Bradley said, the rematch promotion came by the suggestion by Arum.Comment
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If Arum really did set up this fight as a fix, he probably banked on it being closer than it turned out to be. He thought if Bradley made it ugly enough, you could at least make the case that he did enough to win. When that didn't happen, the **** literally hit the fan. Arum realized his colossal ****-up and threw his new baby boy under the bus. He's like that.
That's why I think the next guy to get shafted, unfortunately, is Bradley. Arum realizes that Bradley was a bad idea for an experiment and now will just either find a way to un-legitimatize Bradley's chance at a rematch and screw him that way (which almost seems possible considering Arum's post-fight comments), or he'll see to it that Pacquiao gets the decision in November, win or lose.
If Tim were smart, IMO, he'd see this coming and figure out his next play and make it one that gets back at Arum. When the world ends, Arum will still be here living with the ****roaches.Comment
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Yep. We have no idea what is being said behind closed doors. I think Bradley is a very happy guy right now. He got the decision and $5 mil. For a rematch he will get at least $7 mil or more.Comment
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Lol yeah he feels like ***** alright. Biggest payday of his life, a title, one other biggest payday of his life with him being the champion.Just watching the reaction of Bradley, his team and his wife before the decision tells the whole story. His team and especially his wife looked dejected, and they were shocked just like anybody else after the result. Seriously the whole arena went dead quiet after the decision.
Watch Bradley-Witter for a legitimate reaction after winning a title.Comment
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The fans no Bradley had nothing to do with this disgracful decision it was Arum who has the power to bribe officialsI think it's classless (although not unexpected) the way Arum is throwing Bradley under the bus instead of being neutral and saying the better man will be determined in the rematch.
Now if Bradley was under another promotional company.....no problem, but it is ridiculous that your own promoter is coming out saying the things Arum is saying.Comment
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