Comments Thread For: Tim Bradley Nearly Stopped, Sucks It Up To Win a War

[QuebecSTAR2]

That ESPN fighter is a very good fighter. No need to take anything away from P-Kov.

No he is not. All he did was follow tim around and threw wild punches.

[deanrw]

Damn, could have won $100 dollars if I wasn't a coward and went through with the bet. It was just too much though, $750 just to win 100, too risky and look what happened anyway.

Man I got exhausted just watching the fight. I felt like I was in it. It was so good and had me at the edge of my seat watching it. If I had any real money on Bradley in this fight, that 12th round would have killed me!LOL I would have been dead before the 3 minutes were up.

[Realizniguhnit]

Overly simplistic analysis. He got shook up tonight but his fighting shape kept him on his feet.

He needs another long break to recover (unlike NFL players) if he does have a concussion, and get his head back in the game. He was fighting angry. Clearly the aftermath of the Pacquiao fight effected him. Heck, he cried during that interview they showed.

Now, it's time to get back to the basics and not try to overcompensate for his lack of power.

No he's right, Bradley is not the same. He has been in many wars and has sat for most of his prime years age 26-28. Now he still comes in shape but clearly he's not as quick and agile as he use to be. I think it's a combination of age, inactivity and also weight as he balloons up to 170 pounds between fights. Bradley's best days where @ 140..Marquez will take him out..

[tlarry]

No WAY Were Those Judges Going To Let A Russian Win!!!

This is just how crooked this Sport is! I feel for this Russian that all night long he had Bradley on ***** Street! Read this again from the article:

Bradley started well, but at the end of the round he was rocked badly by an inside hook and Provodnikov punished him until the first round bell. In the second, Bradley was rocked once again and he stood his ground to trade hard punches with Provodnikov. Bradley's legs were gone and he was nearly stopped before the round ended. Bradley stopped slugging and started boxing in the third round. Bradley took over the fourth and the fifth, but he was once again hurt bad in the sixth and they were trading punches for the final twenty seconds.

Bradley started boxing once again to sweep the next few rounds and really hurt Provodnikov in the ninth and ripped his left eyelid open. Provodnikov's face was falling apart in the tenth round. Provodnikov was firing with everthing in the eleventh, looking to get a knockout win but his punches were not landing clean enough to do serious damage. In the twelfth, Provodnikov hurt Bradley very bad with a left and a right hand. A serious of punches put Bradley down in the final ten seconds but there wasn't enough time to follow up and further.

Forget the Russians eye getting cut at the end! He nearly had Bradley stopped again in the end; the Russian was closing the deal! The article says Bradley won some rounds in the middle "by boxing", but all you hear is this Russian had Bradley "hurt", "rocked", "nearly stopped", "Bradley's legs gone"!!!!! Bradley got f*****g mugged all night long, and the crooked judges made sure Bradley kept the title no matter how bad it looked for Timmy. I suppose Bradley will say in a couple weeks, "oh it was a tough fight but after I looked at the tape, I figured I won 8 or 10 rounds and clearly won the fight". Frickin' BS! Watch how fast Mayweather calls out Bradley now that he sees how little a risk he is to fight.

This doesn't sound like a champion who won a fight. He won't fight again for over a year. Pacquiao would have closed this fool out in 5 rounds tonight!

[Realizniguhnit]

Bradley mustof been doing something right... Freddie was close to stoppin the fight, and not from the cut caused by a PUNCH by Bradley, but because Prov was taking too many shots and his face was busted up. Some of ya'll act like Bradley just stood there and did nothing. Actually, if Bradley would have gone in there and fought his normal style, he would have beat Prov by an even widder margin (which is what I expect will happen if they ever rematch). Bradley went in there trying to prove something, but fighting that way is not the style that best suits him. He needs to go back to his box and move ways.

+1. unfortunately Bradley left a whole lot in the ring tonight and I don't think he will ever be the same..

[QuebecSTAR2]

Overly simplistic analysis. He got shook up tonight but his fighting shape kept him on his feet.

He needs another long break to recover (unlike NFL players) if he does have a concussion, and get his head back in the game. He was fighting angry. Clearly the aftermath of the Pacquiao fight effected him. Heck, he cried during that interview they showed.

Now, it's time to get back to the basics and not try to overcompensate for his lack of power.

simplistic? the man could have died tonight, concussion is no joke.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

Bradley mustof been doing something right... Freddie was close to stoppin the fight, and not from the cut caused by a PUNCH by Bradley, but because Prov was taking too many shots and his face was busted up. Some of ya'll act like Bradley just stood there and did nothing. Actually, if Bradley would have gone in there and fought his normal style, he would have beat Prov by an even widder margin (which is what I expect will happen if they ever rematch). Bradley went in there trying to prove something, but fighting that way is not the style that best suits him. He needs to go back to his box and move ways.

Green K given. Sis you are soooooooo spot on its crazy. Im so glad you are here to give your input. Me and you saw the same fight.

[LAFIRPO]

Ruslan should have been going balls out period. Every round is critical in a close fight, and he gave several of them away. Ruslan will likely be kicking himself tomorrow for not letting his hands go more often, and I think Roach should be kicking himself as well for not keeping him on track in the middle rounds.

Bottom line: You can agree or disagree, but I think a guy like Ruslan would benefit more from having Garcia in his corner than Roach.

LOL. Dude, if Ruslan could go balls out every round he would. But I am telling you that I knew Ruslan would tire in the second half of the fight because in the 3 fights that I saw him fight he would tire in the second half.

Again, some fighters just tire out in the second half of the fight. It's something with their stamina or its a mental block. But some fighters struggle with it and are known to have this issue. De La Hoya for all the training and trainers he had always struggled in the second half of his fights.

[Realizniguhnit]

This is just how crooked this Sport is! I feel for this Russian that all night long he had Bradley on ***** Street! Read this again from the article:

Bradley started well, but at the end of the round he was rocked badly by an inside hook and Provodnikov punished him until the first round bell. In the second, Bradley was rocked once again and he stood his ground to trade hard punches with Provodnikov. Bradley's legs were gone and he was nearly stopped before the round ended. Bradley stopped slugging and started boxing in the third round. Bradley took over the fourth and the fifth, but he was once again hurt bad in the sixth and they were trading punches for the final twenty seconds.

Bradley started boxing once again to sweep the next few rounds and really hurt Provodnikov in the ninth and ripped his left eyelid open. Provodnikov's face was falling apart in the tenth round. Provodnikov was firing with everthing in the eleventh, looking to get a knockout win but his punches were not landing clean enough to do serious damage. In the twelfth, Provodnikov hurt Bradley very bad with a left and a right hand. A serious of punches put Bradley down in the final ten seconds but there wasn't enough time to follow up and further.

Forget the Russians eye getting cut at the end! He nearly had Bradley stopped again in the end; the Russian was closing the deal! The article says Bradley won some rounds in the middle "by boxing", but all you hear is this Russian had Bradley "hurt", "rocked", "nearly stopped", "Bradley's legs gone"!!!!! Bradley got f*****g mugged all night long, and the crooked judges made sure Bradley kept the title no matter how bad it looked for Timmy. I suppose Bradley will say in a couple weeks, "oh it was a tough fight but after I looked at the tape, I figured I won 8 or 10 rounds and clearly won the fight". Frickin' BS! Watch how fast Mayweather calls out Bradley now that he sees how little a risk he is to fight.

This doesn't sound like a champion who won a fight. He won't fight again for over a year. Pacquiao would have closed this fool out in 5 rounds tonight!

You don't know shyt about boxing. Bradley threw more, landed almost 100 more, landed at a higher percentage, while throwing more and even cut Ruslan from a punch and almost had Roach ready to stop the fight. At the end of the day this is pro boxing and nothing more who ever scores the most wins..

[Realizniguhnit]

simplistic? the man could have died tonight, concussion is no joke.

He didn't sound right after the fight either. Hope he's Okay..