Proof that Bradley was not knocked down in the 1st:

[Pain~Lucy]

so you're telling me he kissed the canvass intentionally?

[Dustaine]

Of course it was a KD. He was also trying to emulate Judah.

[letsgobrady]

could go either way but i don't think it was a kd

[Ray*]

Pure KD, not even going to argue it. He was badly hurt and fell over twice! That is not a coincidence.

[GrandpaBernard]

interesting find

[Ray*]

i just rewatched the fight, it was definitely a knockdown.

He went down as a result of a short left hook on the chin after the first huge right hand he ate that was followed by a body shot.. Prod was hardly putting any pressure on his back, Bradley just collapsed after the left hook.

This was exactly what I saw after watching the fight, the short left hook was the shot that "Knocked him over" after that shot he was "helped" down by Ruslan even though Timmy was trying to hold on to him, I have seen boxers land a punch then "Help" their victim over and the referee still count it as a KD, Hopkins KO Tito that way, Lennox Lewis KO Tyson that way..

[G22]

I dont think it was a KD for the reason that -
If a fighter is hurt by a punch then afew seconds later he is thrown/pushed to the canvas, he is hurt whilst on the floor and struggles to get up but that doesnt mean that the throw/push qualifies as a knockdown.
No doubt Timmy didnt have his legs under him but at no point was a punch landed in that 1st round which knocked him down.
10-9 Provodnikov was a fair score for teh 1st round IMO.

[Southpawology]

"Bradley eats a big right hand and immediately starts dipping low to avoid follow-up shots -- A left hook catches his jaw and he begins to dip low to avoid follow-up shots again, just as before -- Bradley starts to come up after dipping low and Provodnikov uses his bodyweight to push Bradley down -- NO KNOCKDOWN"



fools can stop faking now.

I like how you cut the video short right before timothy started doing his moonwalk and chicken dance all over the ring

[Hougigo]

Honestly this is just like the pac thing where everything is over analysed after the fight.
Ref made a judgement call on the spot and ruled it a slip because he saw Bradley went down while walking into him and Prov was pushing down.
Bradley was all over the place after it was ruled a slip, but the ref can't rule it a KD after ruling it a slip.
Looking at everything after the fact, yea that was a knockdown, he was visibly hurt and his legs were gone. He was hurt most the fight, especially after the sixth.
Dude still pulled it out though, don't see how people are still disrespecting him in that aspect

[Rapid Counter]

Its very simple. The punch did not put him down so it wasn't a knock down. Were his legs gone? Absolutely. Then Ruslan leaned on him and his legs didn't have the strength to support himself. Then he went down, tried to get up to quick and fell over again. Was not a KD and anyone who thinks so after seeing clear footage is obviously biased.