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

[LHRH89]

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.

True, but it was when Bradley was practically out on his feet and throwing arm punches that I was saying wtf!! This guy is no position to hurt you and you can't even throw two shots to the body or an upper. Bradley Kept him honest at times, but I also think that just like it looked like Freddie made Ruslan realize he needed a KO that he could of also emphasized him to work the body when ever he had him hurt, which he didn't.

[Caxcan]

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.

I'm not claiming that he has the stamina to outwork Bradley for the entire fight, but he certainly could have edged out an additional round. The fight was well within his grasp and imo he allowed it to slip away. We're repeating ourselves, so again, we'll have to agree to disagree: I think Garcia could have given him the extra incentive he needed. Roach seemed as unmotivated and discouraged as Ruslan in those middle rounds.

[cupocity303]

It wasn't Bradley's best performance, but you also can't write a guy off because of one performance.

That's a big problem in boxing today; you lose a fight or have a bad performance and people want to write you off.

Do you know how many great fighters have loss fights and have come to win championships?

Precisely. A lot of knee-jerk hysteria tonight.

But this is the fun of Post-fight forum participation. Combat the reactionaries and put them in their place by contain and controlling their message. Contain and control, before it spreads.

[FeFist]

Timmothy fought a silly fight but he won a clear decision.

[debobrown]

Great Fight not mad at decision
but one thing to note in the 1st round Bradley went down got up and fell back down again . If I recall thats fight over by rules like zab vs kostya
so in theory if it was ruled a knockdown bradley would've lost right then and there. anyway felt bradley did enough considering and would love to see a rematch

[feroth]

for everyone saying Tim was exposed...i don't buy that. Honestly there was something in his eyes tonight and all that negativity and hate he got after the Manny fight got to his head. All he wanted to do tonight was put on a show and shut mofos up whether it meant getting KO'd or winning by KO. The dude he fought got a hard head and big power but he aint ****, if Bradley boxed him, now that's a easy win, but he brawled the dude for no reason and I respect the man but I'm telling yall he's got depression or some mental issues to put it all on the line like that the way he did tonight, he needed the negative **** to stop and that's how he did it.

Craziest fight i've ever seen but honestly, the way Bradley looked after the fight and the punches he took during it told me something. He's never gonna be the same again, he took real brain trauma tonight, he was concussed and delusional, he had memory loss which is normal but he's gonna be punch drunk and he won't have the same chin he had tonight I promise u that. If JMM fights him its all over...another KO in the bag and someone better have a stretcher ready

[Realizniguhnit]

No, again - he wasn't.

Exposed means when someone who was untested gets in the ring and something new happens that exposes his weakness. We already saw this fight before, and it happened against Holt.

Add that up with the possiblity that little Timmy wasn't all there emotionally tonight (as evidenced by his crying during that interview), and that's why he tried to overcompensate by trying to slug on the inside.

He was NOT exposed. He faced and has beaten much better fighters with just as big Punching power as the Russian. Next!!

The man was exposed bro. He said he was going to get Ruslan out of there, KO HIM! He said that he would show better technique and have a lot more punching power! He said he would dominate. These words came out of Bradley's own mouth and because of those statements that he made that he couldn't back up I think it's safe to say he's been exposed and it cannot be denied because it is a fact. Maybe you should go back and watch a few of Bradley's pre fight interviews.

[QuebecSTAR2]

No, again - he wasn't.

Exposed means when someone who was untested gets in the ring and something new happens that exposes his weakness. We already saw this fight before, and it happened against Holt.

Add that up with the possiblity that little Timmy wasn't all there emotionally tonight (as evidenced by his crying during that interview), and that's why he tried to overcompensate by trying to slug on the inside.

He was NOT exposed. He faced and has beaten much better fighters with just as big Punching power as the Russian. Next!!

You are right homie.

[LHRH89]

for everyone saying Tim was exposed...i don't buy that. Honestly there was something in his eyes tonight and all that negativity and hate he got after the Manny fight got to his head. All he wanted to do tonight was put on a show and shut mofos up whether it meant getting KO'd or winning by KO. The dude he fought got a hard head and big power but he aint ****, if Bradley boxed him, now that's a easy win, but he brawled the dude for no reason and I respect the man but I'm telling yall he's got depression or some mental issues to put it all on the line like that the way he did tonight, he needed the negative **** to stop and that's how he did it.

Craziest fight i've ever seen but honestly, the way Bradley looked after the fight and the punches he took during it told me something. He's never gonna be the same again, he took real brain trauma tonight, he was concussed and delusional, he had memory loss which is normal but he's gonna be punch drunk and he won't have the same chin he had tonight I promise u that. If JMM fights him its all over...another KO in the bag and someone better have a stretcher ready

best believe if Marquez hurts Bradley he'll go to the body to seal the deal unlike Provo????, what ever his name is.

[FeFist]

It wasn't Bradley's best performance, but you also can't write a guy off because of one performance.

That's a big problem in boxing today; you lose a fight or have a bad performance and people want to write you off.

Do you know how many great fighters have loss fights and have come to win championships?

I think boxing fans have been spoiled by the likes of Mayweather, Ward and Donaire who easily dispatch of fighters levels beneath them. Seeing Bradley fight made me realise that those guys are special as the average good fighter is more than capable of slipping up.

Happy that Bradley collected a win but he needs to get his head in the game and stop trying to prove a point.