Would Bradley have been KO'd in the first round if a knockdown had been called?

[Owlzfan84]

No, because it would've only given Bradley more time to recover. He definitely would've been KO'd had Ruslan done what he did in the 11th and 12th in the 4th and 5th instead.

I think what the thread starter is saying is, the first time Bradley went down the ref said it was a slip...which it wasnt. Bradley was hurt bad. The count would of started there and with Bradley getting back up and then falling down again, the ref may of stopped it or got close to a ten count.

[Light_Speed]

I think the argument is, if the knockdown was in fact ruled a scoring knockdown, Bradley would have been TKO'd by proxy of the fact he got up and fell back down again, that is an instant stoppage, as people have said look at Tsyzu's KO of Judah. Even after getting back up the second time Bradley fell back into the ropes. I'm fairly confident that if the knockdown was ruled the fight would have ended there.

It's not a rule, Berbick went down three times off of one knockdown against Tyson and the ref kept counting until he went down the 3rd time.

[KaL-EL]

Reminded me of that Judah fight

[Ray*]

Don't mean to be a d*ck but wouldn't scoring a KD give the hurt fighter more time to recover? The question on this thread sounds ******ed in a way, was Bradley already KD twice and the ref didn't count the 3rd KD or what? Havent seen the fight by the way.

[Ray*]

I think what the thread starter is saying is, the first time Bradley went down the ref said it was a slip...which it wasnt. Bradley was hurt bad. The count would of started there and with Bradley getting back up and then falling down again, the ref may of stopped it or got close to a ten count.

Ok got it. The threadstarter didn't word it properly, but I guess the ref could have stopped the fight if see fit.

[Rapid Counter]

I'm love seeing the butthurt Bradley causes every time he wins

[turkas]

I don't think so at all. He was fighting back and landed some good shots while doing so.

[BigZigga]

People just hate Bradley don't they? He gave people a fight of the year candidate and people still don't want to give him any credit. That was NOT a knockdown in the first round. There was no punch that caused that

[HeroBando]

Its a judgement call not a rule and if it is a technical ruling, when Maidana got KD vs Ortiz.. got up and droped back to his knees is taht technically a TKO?

no, he showed presence of mind to drop to a knee. it's different if your legs are all over the place

[BafanaBafana]

Don't mean to be a d*ck but wouldn't scoring a KD give the hurt fighter more time to recover? The question on this thread sounds ******ed in a way, was Bradley already KD twice and the ref didn't count the 3rd KD or what? Havent seen the fight by the way.

Please (to: posters in general) watch the fight before commenting or voting...

After being knocked down (the ref mistakenly ruled it a slip), Bradley tried to get up after going down but fell flat on his face. Then took his time to regain his composure and get back up w/the ref asking him whether he was alright. It was similar to the Tszyu v. Judah TKO.

Some people have raised some decent arguments. I'm not trying to convince anyone on a point of view, I just want to see what people think and why they do.