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

[PunchyPotorff]

As usual the nuthuggers come out with some crazy sh$%#^.

Bradley was smart, he threw a lot pf punches when Ruslan was inactive. You can't win rounds if you don't throw, and Ruslan was inactive in many rounds after the 6th.

And if you know boxing, you'll know this is nothing new with Ruslan. He throws a lot in the first five and then tires in the second half of the fight. Just look at the fights he's had on ESPN2 against Herrera and company and you'll see what I mean.

You're all wet if you think the Herrera fight was textbook Ruslan. That was his worst performance ever, and any true boxing fan knows that. And you should too.

[cupocity303]

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..

No, he is not right and is quick to write off a fighter who will probably bounce back from this the same way he did when he squeaked out a decision against Kendal Holt - where he also got dropped twice.

He only just moved up to 147, and it probably benefits him at this age as sweating down to 140 with that much mass gets unhealthy for you as you get older. And he certainly has more skill than Hatton, who couldn't compete at 147 but also wasn't healthy going down to 140. He was stuck in Boxing purgatory.

[Copyright]

You are confused about the 100 punches thrown and 100 punches landed part which was not the case he won rounds no one said he didn't.

Martinez in the barker fight was conning rounds up until the stoppage he was landing nothing of note yet was up on all HBO score cards before the stoppage.

He is guilty of conning rounds its as simple as that his output wins him rounds regardless of his punches landed and i don't like that, that is all i am stating and Bradley is guilty of this maybe not in this fight as his opposite wasn't competitive in many of the mid rounds but in a lot of his past fights hes guilty of this.

A lot of fighters are and i don't like it simple.

[LHRH89]

Lets all be honest here, the scores were on par with what we saw. What no one has mentioned to say is where was Provodnikov's WORK TO THE BODY?? He never chopped on that tree. He was head hunting the whole time, and never set anything up with shots to the body. Bradley was in tremendous shape but what happens if Ruslan decides to lets his hands go the body even just a little?







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[daggum]

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

well he didn't sound right before the fight either. he kept saying he beat pacquiao.

[LAFIRPO]

You're all wet if you think the Herrera fight was textbook Ruslan. That was his worst performance ever, and any true boxing fan knows that. And you should too.

I said Ruslan should've won that fight. I am not sure what point you got from my comment, but let me highlight it for you.

Ruslan, slows down in the second half of the fight. And he proved it to me again by throwing very few punches between the 7-11 rounds against Bradley.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

Lets all be honest here, the scores were on par with what we saw. What no one has mentioned to say is where was Provodnikov's WORK TO THE BODY?? He never chopped on that tree. He was head hunting the whole time, and never set anything up with shots to the body. Bradley was in tremendous shape but what happens if Ruslan decides to lets his hands go the body even just a little?







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You are absolutely right. But what happend to his body attack was that Tim established his(Tim)body attack 1st, and consistantly. It kept P-Kov's hand home for most of the fight.

[Realizniguhnit]

No, he is not right and is quick to write off a fighter who will probably bounce back from this the same way he did when he squeaked out a decision against Kendal Holt - where he also got dropped twice.

He only just moved up to 147, and it probably benefits him at this age as sweating down to 140 with that much mass gets unhealthy for you as you get older. And he certainly has more skill than Hatton, who couldn't compete at 147 but also wasn't healthy going down to 140. He was stuck in Boxing purgatory.

You just don't get it. I like him and I believe he won, but Bradley was exposed tonight in every way. I have been following his career closely. He is clearly not the same, and just who is he going to bounce back against? The only option out there right now looks like it's going to be Marquez, and If Marquez lands the punches that Ruslan did tonight you can forget about it...Tim's been in 2 many wars he's been inactive for the majority of his prime which I believe he is on the down side now and he's getting injured more showing clear signs of decline. You need to understand that most fighters are done at 30. Bradley's a good fighter but I have always said that I don't see him fighting well into his 30's he's not Floyd he wins on athleticism and being in shape not skill..

[Hobo]

It was a great action fight
Bradley showed tremendous heart but also showed why he is not pound for pound. Life and death struggle with lower tier guys is not elite. Bradley gets my respect but let's call it like it is.

[LAFIRPO]

You are confused about the 100 punches thrown and 100 punches landed part which was not the case he won rounds no one said he didn't.

Martinez in the barker fight was conning rounds up until the stoppage he was landing nothing of note yet was up on all HBO score cards before the stoppage.

He is guilty of conning rounds its as simple as that his output wins him rounds regardless of his punches landed and i don't like that, that is all i am stating and Bradley is guilty of this maybe not in this fight as his opposite wasn't competitive in many of the mid rounds but in a lot of his past fights hes guilty of this.

A lot of fighters are and i don't like it simple.

Martinez wasn't conning anybody because he wasn't throwing against Barker for many of those middle rounds. And nobody was giving him those rounds anyway.

And apparently, those punches you say Martinez was conning were not so soft since those same punches broke Barker down a bit and led to the KO.

Your point makes no sense.