[Grantland] Will Boxing Ever Forgive Tim Bradley?

[mathed]

I think that the hate came from Pac's popularity for the most part. I've seen far worse decisions and the anger subsides in less than 2 weeks' time. The JMM KO took some of the sting off in a sense but all Tim can do now is put on good performances and not look back.

The good thing is that Tim is not a quitter, he will keep on trucking despite the adversity.

[S. Saddler 1310]

and the people that believe Bradley won the fight are only at 1%...

not actually true. take a big sample of opinion from hardcore fans and Bradley can do considerably better than 1% of the vote, from what i've seen on forums.

if you're talking about a general public vote, how else would you expect Joe Blow to vote? they've been told it was a robbery and Pac won. HBO, ESPN and Yahoo all said so.

[lefthook2daliva]

I don't hate Bradley. I'm disappointed in him for wasting the last year of his career looking for paydays while he sat on the shelf. His win over Pacquiao wasn't legitimate in the eyes of the boxing public. He should have recognised that and did more to pursue fan friendly fights instead of waiting it out for a payday only to fight an unknown Russian anyway.

Other than that I hope he looks good tomorrow and starts fighting some world class opponents soon.

Well said. I don't blame Bradley for acting a little butthurt over the situation, but yeah...hope he looks good tomorrow and starts gettin' back into the up-tier mix.

[Hougigo]

I think that the hate came from Pac's popularity for the most part. I've seen far worse decisions and the anger subsides in less than 2 weeks' time. The JMM KO took some of the sting off in a sense but all Tim can do now is put on good performances and not look back.

The good thing is that Tim is not a quitter, he will keep on trucking despite the adversity.

Yea... it's that fanbase.... sending death threats....

[Pretty Boy Swag]

not actually true. take a big sample of opinion from hardcore fans and Bradley can do considerably better than 1% of the vote, from what i've seen on forums.

if you're talking about a general public vote, how else would you expect Joe Blow to vote? they've been told it was a robbery and Pac won. HBO, ESPN and Yahoo all said so.

I was just exaggerating Bradley can prob do 5-9% no more than 10% and 90%+ is for Pac.

Your part of the 5-9% which is fine... I don't think your dumb, because that's your opinion. I disagree with the majority sometimes as well.

However, when 90%+ of people thought Pac won the fight that's called a robbery.

[-PBP-]

Winning in sports cures everything. If he runs through anybody that Arum puts in front of him he will land another opportunity at a major fight and he will be much better prepared and more experienced when that next opportunity comes.

[Rome-By-Ko]

I was just exaggerating Bradley can prob do 5-9% no more than 10% and 90%+ is for Pac.

Your part of the 5-9% which is fine... I don't think your dumb, because that's your opinion. I disagree with the majority sometimes as well.

However, when 90%+ of people thought Pac won the fight that's called a robbery.

Nothing about that fight was a robbery except the play by play..They robbed Bradley of credit for effective work..They robbed the fans of a clearly good fight by not calling it fairly imo..

[thuggery]

not actually true. take a big sample of opinion from hardcore fans and Bradley can do considerably better than 1% of the vote, from what i've seen on forums.

if you're talking about a general public vote, how else would you expect Joe Blow to vote? they've been told it was a robbery and Pac won. HBO, ESPN and Yahoo all said so.

As far as ringside it was literally 99% to 1% or something very close to that. And these dudes were sitting there live, best seats available and not listening to the HBO broadcasters.

Of course you always have the Floyd fans that will say without a doubt that Bradley clearly won.

[Rome-By-Ko]

As far as ringside it was literally 99% to 1% or something very close to that. And these dudes were sitting there live, best seats available and not listening to the HBO broadcasters.

Of course you always have the Floyd fans that will say without a doubt that Bradley clearly won.

Must've not have been watching the fight either to score it 10-2..Which a lot of them did..

[rambov]

That was a very opinionated read. Lots of assumptions. I don't think Bradley lost. I think he won on points.

That being said, I have always been a true believer in you must win decisively and obviously in order to take the belt from a champ!

Bradley didn't loose but Pac didn't win