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

[Caxcan]

Coulda, woulda, shoulda. There are just some fighters who tire in the second half of the fight. I am not sure if it's physical or something else. But it's very hard to correct.

De La Hoya, Cotto, and many others have had that problem. Freites was another guy. They just have trouble pulling the trigger in the second half of the fight.

Yeah, I get that he doesn't have the best stamina, but when we're talking about a single round, I definitely think he coulda with a different trainer. Sometimes fighters lose their way unless their corner keeps them on track and reminds them of the urgency of the moment.

[LAFIRPO]

Lets not forget the several rounds that Provodnikov threw 0 punches. it was a close fight because of the last KD, but i think Tim won about 8 rounds to 4. 7 rounds to 5 maybe. Great fight, and no reason for anyone to hate on TB or Provodnikov. i was thoroughly entertained. At the end of the day, people saying that Tim got exposed have to remember, Pacquaio fought him too, and HE didnt have him hurt or down the way Ruslan did.

You're exactly right.

Like I said in another post, how do you award rounds to a fighter who is not throwing while the other guys is throwing a 100 punches?

It's really just plain and simple bias. Forums were created for some of the most biased people in the world to write their strange conclusions.

[Realizniguhnit]

We fans won, but Bradley and Provodnikov both lost I believe. That was a fantastic fight, but also the kind of fight where they both left something behind in the ring permanently.

Bradley was just trying to prove to everybody that he could be a knock out puncher when thats not who he is. If he would of just came out and boxed for a few rounds he would have won easily...

[VatoMulatto]

Bradley could easily have out boxed the Russian but he wanted to show the critics that he can go all out in a war. Nearly cost him the fight but he ****** it up and beat Ruslan. No robbery or "gift decision" here. Ruslan only had a punchers chance

I don't think he wanted to show the critics that he could battle. That's just his aggressive nature. Unfortunately he's not a big puncher

[DominiBox]

I had the russian in a split decision. respect to both men.

How do u score a split decision by yourself?

lmaoo

[PEBBLES!]

The best way to settle this is to have a rematch and watch Bradley put on a boxing clinic without any drama the next go-around.

exactly. if these guys fight again and Bradley fights with the strategy he should be fighting this guy with, Bradley dominates. wide UD. he won deservedly tonight even while playing into this guy's hands and giving him every chance to score the upset KO.


to hell with this convo and all these haters. real fans of the game know what's up.

[twosweethooks]

You could feel the robbery coming again, whewwww LOL

Ruslan won the fight

I won't give a fight to a pitty patter

HEY , I KNOW : lets put May and Bradley in da ring together and see who is the best ,,,,,,,,,,,,,PITTY PATTER

Ruslan had Timmy rockin and rollin, had him down in the first and nearly out in the last

Sic decision

[LAFIRPO]

Yeah, I get that he doesn't have the best stamina, but when we're talking about a single round, I definitely think he coulda with a different trainer. Sometimes fighters lose their way unless their corner keeps them on track and reminds them of the urgency of the moment.

You're talking about a single round. But how does Roach or anybody know they were behind by a single round?

You're talking in hindsight. Sure, if Ruslan knew they were behind by one point Ruslan would've gone all balls out, but they don't know the scorecards.

It's not like in Baseball where you know the score. Roach and Ruslan had no idea that one round could swing the fight.

[Cnota21]

It pisses me off that nowadays you can flop around the ring and throw little slapboxing hits and snap your head back like if it was going to be ripped off, but you can still be the winner. Arum why do you give Bradley these gift decisions. He sucks!

[LAFIRPO]

The people who who think Ruslan won are either Eastern European, Russian, or Filippinos. LOL