Tim Bradley: What must he do to earn your respect?

[B-Bomber]

Bradley's style is not always crowd pleasing, overally though he is a solid fighter who gets too much disrespect for a controversial win.

I don't remember so many people bashing on Holifield for his underserved draw against Lewis, nor blaming Lewis for the debatable result of their rematch. Pacquaio himself has more than a controversial victory against JMM.

As for fighting dirty, yes, his style makes headbutts likely, but then how about Klitschko's clinching? Matthysse rabbit punching?, Mayweather's forearms?, Ward's hit and smother technique?. I could go on for ever, even Ali could be discredited for having no inside game and resort to holding, if I were to apply the same standards many people use for Bradley.

Tim deserves respect, he's not a pure technician like a Mayweather or a Rigondeaux, nor does he have the kind of power that keeps fans on the edge of their seats, but he can do everything well enough and has a very solid resume.

[MRBOOMER]

If he grows a rozay beard that'll do it for me the meme's I could make with that would be hilarious.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Sooo many b it ch es on this site.

Tims a great fighter and he is a nice guy. He ducks NO ONE !!

Many talk shi t but run when they see me!! HeltaH Skeltah

WWBCC

What, like how Bradley talked **** about beating Khan live on HBO and then ran away from the fight and stayed silent when Khan told him to "Grow some balls" to his face?

[T18Z]

Bradley's style is not always crowd pleasing, overally though he is a solid fighter who gets too much disrespect for a controversial win.

I don't remember so many people bashing on Holifield for his underserved draw against Lewis, nor blaming Lewis for the debatable result of their rematch. Pacquaio himself has more than a controversial victory against JMM.

As for fighting dirty, yes, his style makes headbutts likely, but then how about Klitschko's clinching? Matthysse rabbit punching?, Mayweather's forearms?, Ward's hit and smother technique?. I could go on for ever, even Ali could be discredited for having no inside game and resort to holding, if I were to apply the same standards many people use for Bradley.

Tim deserves respect, he's not a pure technician like a Mayweather or a Rigondeaux, nor does he have the kind of power that keeps fans on the edge of their seats, but he can do everything well enough and has a very solid resume.

Bradley doesn't deserve respect, you don't earn respect by trash talking the guy who congratulated you infront of millions of people even though you literally just robbed his belt from him and got given a gift decision.

The moment Bradley turned into a punk ass b1tch with no integrity or respect, I knew I wouldn't watch him again. It's fine if he wants to believe he won, but don't go saying you 'ruined him before marquez got to him' and how he deserved to get KO'd. 'karmas a *****'

He's a scumbag, end of.

[IIG]

He just needs to keep doing what he's doing, beating everyone in his path.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Bradley's style is not always crowd pleasing, overally though he is a solid fighter who gets too much disrespect for a controversial win.

I don't remember so many people bashing on Holifield for his underserved draw against Lewis, nor blaming Lewis for the debatable result of their rematch. Pacquaio himself has more than a controversial victory against JMM.

As for fighting dirty, yes, his style makes headbutts likely, but then how about Klitschko's clinching? Matthysse rabbit punching?, Mayweather's forearms?, Ward's hit and smother technique?. I could go on for ever, even Ali could be discredited for having no inside game and resort to holding, if I were to apply the same standards many people use for Bradley.

Tim deserves respect, he's not a pure technician like a Mayweather or a Rigondeaux, nor does he have the kind of power that keeps fans on the edge of their seats, but he can do everything well enough and has a very solid resume.

This is Church..Kids won't understand it tho..

[B-Bomber]

Bradley doesn't deserve respect, you don't earn respect by trash talking the guy who congratulated you infront of millions of people even though you literally just robbed his belt from him and got given a gift decision.

The moment Bradley turned into a punk ass b1tch with no integrity or respect, I knew I wouldn't watch him again. It's fine if he wants to believe he won, but don't go saying you 'ruined him before marquez got to him' and how he deserved to get KO'd. 'karmas a *****'

He's a scumbag, end of.

You are of course free to dislike Bradley as a person, I though prefer to judge boxers for what they do during a fight, not for what they think or say.

I mean, I like Tyson, Ali, Mayweather and Bhop for what they did/do in the ring, it surely doesn't mean I see them as role models or anything.

I'd be curious to know what you think of guys like Tyson Fury and Kelly Pavlik .

As for JMM, I really like the man, but I don't think it's going to be an easy match up for him, especially at his age.

[$mannyFresh]

I like Bradley and am exited for him to fight Marquez, but if that fight ends because of a clash of heads...

[LoadedWraps]

I've always been a bit reluctant putting Rigo top 10 p4p.

Bradley might make it because of his consistency over a longer period of time.

To answer the original question, I didn't pick any of the options because I'm not the WAR Bradley type of fan but neither am I a hater. I respect Bradley, think he has decent handspeed, good footwork and decent skills, added with a tonne of heart but he still needs that defining win. He has had opportunities, the Khan fight would have been huge but he lost it there, then he had Alexander who was just looking for a way out and then came Pacquiao, which was just horrible judging.

Bradley gets a 4th opportunity here, if he beats JMM legitimately then he gets even more respect from me and most other fans. He puts himself firmly into the p4p and in for fights against Floyd, Pac, Cotto!

Good post, but I have a hard time believing you wouldn't put Bradley or Rigo in your top 10 p4p.

Bradley's style is not always crowd pleasing, overally though he is a solid fighter who gets too much disrespect for a controversial win.

I don't remember so many people bashing on Holifield for his underserved draw against Lewis, nor blaming Lewis for the debatable result of their rematch. Pacquaio himself has more than a controversial victory against JMM.

As for fighting dirty, yes, his style makes headbutts likely, but then how about Klitschko's clinching? Matthysse rabbit punching?, Mayweather's forearms?, Ward's hit and smother technique?. I could go on for ever, even Ali could be discredited for having no inside game and resort to holding, if I were to apply the same standards many people use for Bradley.

Tim deserves respect, he's not a pure technician like a Mayweather or a Rigondeaux, nor does he have the kind of power that keeps fans on the edge of their seats, but he can do everything well enough and has a very solid resume.

Good post.

He just needs to keep doing what he's doing, beating everyone in his path.

This.

[mathed]

What, like how Bradley talked **** about beating Khan live on HBO and then ran away from the fight and stayed silent when Khan told him to "Grow some balls" to his face?

Yeah, that was before Bradley went on to win every fight and make almost 10 million while Khan lost twice, got KTFO, and is now rebuilding his career