Comments Thread For: Roach Upset: Ruslan Should've Had Three 10-8 Rounds

[G22]

It was a fair decison IMO. Despite being rocked regularly Tim was generally outboxing the Russian and people are forgetting that the challenger was so badly marked up that Freddie was thinking about pulling him out.

Tim was lucky to get through the fiurst couple of rounds and should have got on his bike and used his skills for the rest of the fight but he chose to trade too much with the stronger man. I dont think it was Provodnikov closing the ring off effectively I just think Tim doesnt know how to hang on when hurt and his warrior instinct kicks in. Surprised he is getting stuck for it but theres clearly an agenda against him.

His career may have been shortened after absorbing heavy head shots for 12. Provodnikov has announce dhimself on the world stage and will feature in good fights but if they had a return I think Tim would make alot easier on himself and win comforatably. He just has to stop thinking he is a puncher and use his skills like Floyd.

[lutenco]

blah blah blah how can you cry wolf when one round earlier said he was going to stop the fight i dont think one 10 8 round changed fight completely from him saying he was going to stop the fight i call . your just tired of losing roach

blah blah blah what???Roach is saying the truth and Diaz wanted stop the fight after round 6,so please don't say ****** comments only because you don't like Roach. Provodnikov deserved 10-8 in round 1,2 and 12 is the truth and he was the agressor all night in stranger land,Bradley run to win the rounds he won...please!!!

[artlargar]

While I don't have a problem with the decision, I do have a problem with how rounds are scored in general. I also felt that Provodnikov should have had three, 10-8 rounds and won the fight. There has to be some reward for hurting a fighter badly in a certain round as opposed to just winning a normal round..The fact that the Provodnikov 10-9 rounds in rounds one and two are considered equal to the Bradley 10-9 round in round three for example is ludicrous. And I do feel that the fact that Bradley actually went down again on his own in the first round after trying to get up should have been enough to call that a knockdown. And he also bought himself another 10 seconds by falling.

[rzagza]

Roach was going to stop the fight before rd 11 because his guy was getting beaten up and hit too much. Now he's b*tching about the decision. Priceless. Maybe he's got split personality disorder on top of Parkinson's?

[r__mutt]

Not sure on three 10-8s total...I'd say the first should've been a 10-8, makes the fight a majority draw which would've been fair. Not a fan of Roach or Bradley or anyone else involved, so I chalk that up as a damn good fight that both fighters ultimately benefited from.

PS To whatever muppet calling out Ruslan for saying he wasn't "hurt" by Bradley; we all should know by now that "hurt" has a slightly different meaning depending on the context. By "not hurt" I'm pretty sure Ruslan meant he wasn't dazed or rocked or dizzied by any of Bradley's punches.