Povodnikov fought a ****** fight.

[killamoneymike]

he didnt beat his ass he merely walked him down and got his ass beat nearly 10 rounds of the fight. the only rounds he clearly won were the ones where bradley hit the floor. so what he was doing wasnt working he lost a wide decision. what fight were you watching?

he should have altered his gameplan mid-fight im sorry call me ****** but he should have changed his gameplan mid-fight. because after all, he DIDNT WIN IT so it wouldnt have hurt to change something!?

[killamoneymike]

ppl say he wasnt going to outbox bradley but how do you know that? okay so he might not be as mobile as him or have the jab, but land a few shots early get the lead on the compustrike, and move away frustrating him until he leaves himself open for a few counters. if provodnikov doesn't have that in his arsenal which as a pro boxer he should, then he didnt deserve to win against bradley.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

He should have started to potshot and shoulder roll him, maybe even go lefty

Hahaha, he should have did the Ali shuffle and hit him with a spinning back fist.

he didnt beat his ass he merely walked him down and got his ass beat nearly 10 rounds of the fight. the only rounds he clearly won were the ones where bradley hit the floor. so what he was doing wasnt working he lost a wide decision. what fight were you watching?

he should have altered his gameplan mid-fight im sorry call me ****** but he should have changed his gameplan mid-fight. because after all, he DIDNT WIN IT so it wouldnt have hurt to change something!?

I don't know if you are serious but I'm bored at work so I will play along. Ruslan only knows one way to fight, going forward. He did everything right, what lost him the fight was the ref missing the knockdown in the first round and Bradley's amazing chin.

Give credit to Bradley staying up.

[-PBP-]

he didnt beat his ass he merely walked him down and got his ass beat nearly 10 rounds of the fight. the only rounds he clearly won were the ones where bradley hit the floor. so what he was doing wasnt working he lost a wide decision. what fight were you watching?

he should have altered his gameplan mid-fight im sorry call me ****** but he should have changed his gameplan mid-fight. because after all, he DIDNT WIN IT so it wouldnt have hurt to change something!?

Ohhhh. I misunderstood you.

I agree. He had no answer for Bradley's movement and gave away all but one of the rounds from 3-10.

Cutting off the ring effectively and the lack of a body attack hurt him during these rounds.

[RVABoxer]

Bradley* fought a ****** fight... but he got that W

[killamoneymike]

ok, i guess thats my problem then. i didnt really know that about provodnikov. i dont really know him at all as a fighter. if he only knows one direction, power to him for being good at that, but he needs to work on a few more things when he gets back to the gym then. that one trick pony style of walking people down will not work against the top fighters of this day.

[Russian Crushin]

he didnt beat his ass he merely walked him down and got his ass beat nearly 10 rounds of the fight. the only rounds he clearly won were the ones where bradley hit the floor. so what he was doing wasnt working he lost a wide decision. what fight were you watching?

he should have altered his gameplan mid-fight im sorry call me ****** but he should have changed his gameplan mid-fight. because after all, he DIDNT WIN IT so it wouldnt have hurt to change something!?

When you're hurt every round and have shaky legs all night long, you're def getting your ass beat

He didnt lose 10 rounds and he didnt lose the fight by a wide decision either, it was razor sharp. He clearly won 5 rounds with an official KD. You can also argue him taking the 10th and the missed KD call as well. This was a razor thin fight yet he should have changed something up?

[Russian Crushin]

Ohhhh. I misunderstood you.

I agree. He had no answer for Bradley's movement and gave away all but one of the rounds from 3-10.

Cutting off the ring effectively and the lack of a body attack hurt him during these rounds.

Except when he beat his ass in round 6 and arguably took round 10 as well

[-MAKAVELLI-]

no


what he SHOULD have done was put some work to the body...that would have sapped Bradley's legs and given him a less mobile target...as it was, Bradley was able to move around and survive the rough parts


there's no doubt in my mind that it would have been a totally different fight had he done some body work

[Russian Crushin]

no


what he SHOULD have done was put some work to the body...that would have sapped Bradley's legs and given him a less mobile target...as it was, Bradley was able to move around and survive the rough parts


there's no doubt in my mind that it would have been a totally different fight had he done some body work

He was landing at will with bombs to the head, he, like most of us probably didnt expect bradley to take that much punishment