Comments Thread For: Bradley, Provodnikov News and Notes From Aftermath

[tlarry]

Still undefeated though huh? He is one lucky dude...guess some people were just born to win.

Certainly wasn't Bradley born to win. He's the right negro in the right place at the right time. They are going to get him seriously hurt expecting him to defend against top competition. Bradley wouldn't figth anyone before Pacquaio. He had one night with a scared Alexander who couldn't throw a punch. If the Alexander of today fought Bradley, it wouldn't be close; Alexander would win going away. Bradley wouldn't fight Khan, Erik Morales, or Marcos Maidana, all who called him out. He held ut for one lottery ticket night. Since Pacquaio, he had a chance to fight Garcia, Rios, Peterson, Guerrero, and he said no to them all. He hand picked what he thought would be a one dimensional easy opponent, nobody had heard of. Nearly got killed Saturday Night. He doesn't like to fight; he fought because he had no choice, and was fighting for his life. He had no legs after two rounds. He took a standing 8 count at the end of round 12. He's crying he first had a concussion, now it's amnesia... he just can't remember. Broke his ankle trying to run from Pacquiao's onslaught. There are a dozen guys or more, between 140 & 147, Bradley CAN'T beat... that's a problem for him. He may not fight for two years now. He can't beat the following:

Mayweather
Pacquaio
Guerrero
Garcia
Maidana
Matthysee
Margarito
Cotto
Lopez
Marquez
Berto
Ortiz
Rios
Gamboa
Broner
Prov
Or a 41 year old Shane Mosley!!!

Bradley can't beat ANY of these guys!!! So now what?!!? He's train wrecked the next time out. Fight glass-chin Khan? A washed up Zab Judah? A retiring Erik Morales? A finished Ricky Hatton? A 51 year old Vinnie Pazienza?

[..David..]

props to both men

say whatever you want about the judges but both showed tremendous heart

[The Ninth Layer]

Certainly wasn't Bradley born to win. He's the right negro in the right place at the right time. They are going to get him seriously hurt expecting him to defend against top competition. Bradley wouldn't figth anyone before Pacquaio. He had one night with a scared Alexander who couldn't throw a punch. If the Alexander of today fought Bradley, it wouldn't be close; Alexander would win going away. Bradley wouldn't fight Khan, Erik Morales, or Marcos Maidana, all who called him out. He held ut for one lottery ticket night. Since Pacquaio, he had a chance to fight Garcia, Rios, Peterson, Guerrero, and he said no to them all. He hand picked what he thought would be a one dimensional easy opponent, nobody had heard of. Nearly got killed Saturday Night. He doesn't like to fight; he fought because he had no choice, and was fighting for his life. He had no legs after two rounds. He took a standing 8 count at the end of round 12. He's crying he first had a concussion, now it's amnesia... he just can't remember. Broke his ankle trying to run from Pacquiao's onslaught. There are a dozen guys or more, between 140 & 147, Bradley CAN'T beat... that's a problem for him. He may not fight for two years now. He can't beat the following:

Mayweather
Pacquaio
Guerrero
Garcia
Maidana
Matthysee
Margarito
Cotto
Lopez
Marquez
Berto
Ortiz
Rios
Gamboa
Broner
Prov
Or a 41 year old Shane Mosley!!!

Bradley can't beat ANY of these guys!!! So now what?!!? He's train wrecked the next time out. Fight glass-chin Khan? A washed up Zab Judah? A retiring Erik Morales? A finished Ricky Hatton? A 51 year old Vinnie Pazienza?

You're making a lot of really unfounded assumptions that will ultimately be proven wrong when Bradley fights again.

Bradley is a very versatile fighter. If you want to see everything he can do in the ring, please go watch his fight with Lamont Peterson in 2009. You will see Bradley be very effective both with outside movement and with inside fighting.

You are making a big mistake by judging the quality of Bradley as a fighter by the quality of the fight he had against Ruslan Provodnikov. What you witnessed was a man who had experienced 9 months of vitriol and hatred for winning a decision he had no control over, taking it all out in the ring.

It is ridiculous to claim that Bradley "ducked" anybody while waiting for Pacquiao. It doesn't make sense because none of the fighters you accused him of ducking were nearly as dangerous as Pacquiao. Bradley was not taking fights in that point of his career because he was trying to escape a bad promoter in Gary Shaw.

Honestly I don't know what fight you were watching last Saturday. Bradley did not run from Provodnikov, he stood and fought him and it was nearly his undoing. Please watch the first round and you will see Bradley come forward and stick to Provodnikov like a magnet, doing his best Brandon Rios impression and trading shots with Ruslan. He did not have to fight that way and a coward would not have fought the way he did.

I hope Bradley does not make the mistake of trying to impress people like you again. The unfortunate reality is some people will just like to hate on a fighter no matter what.

I would pick Bradley to beat every fighter you listed except Mayweather and Marquez, and I don't think those would be wide victories either.