Provodnikov admits Bradley beats him

[daggum]

This was an easy fight to score. I don't get why it was so controversial. The judges scored this fight perfectly.

it was the ref who missed 2 knockdowns which would have given ruslan the win if scored properly. the judges should have been smarter and given ruslan the 4 10-8 rounds that he deserved but they were in the bag for top rank. ridiculous scorecards as well giving bradley every somewhat close round. why? because he's bradley! you could easily give ruslan 7 rounds in that fight. he dominated 5 and another 2 were close but bradley gets them because he's bradley!

[Bermuda]

well fight could have been stopped had the first knockdown in the first round been called correctly...and there was one point when provodnikov knocked bradley down but the ropes held bradley up..so those were two instances that could have been called a knockdown...

not taking those two missed knockdowns into consideration i thought bradley won BUT barely...wouldn't even have a problem with a draw...

was another controversial win by bradley imo....

[-PBP-]

it was the ref who missed 2 knockdowns which would have given ruslan the win if scored properly. the judges should have been smarter and given ruslan the 4 10-8 rounds that he deserved but they were in the bag for top rank. ridiculous scorecards as well giving bradley every somewhat close round. why? because he's bradley! you could easily give ruslan 7 rounds in that fight. he dominated 5 and another 2 were close but bradley gets them because he's bradley!

LOL..Yeah. Top Rank was trying to protect their next PPV cash cow kingpin Timothy Bradley. He packs arenas worldwide and generates millions of PPV buys and viewer ratings. And the Bradley brand is taking off selling millions of dollars of merchandise worldwide.

"Money" Bradley!! Maybe soon we will see Timothy Bradley promotions taking over the game.

[Prawn Jovi]

He could have won but he did not go to the body!! He was head hunting all night. I really feel like if he had went to the body he would have had a better chance of stopping Bradley.

[daggum]

well fight could have been stopped had the first knockdown in the first round been called correctly...and there was one point when provodnikov knocked bradley down but the ropes held bradley up..so those were two instances that could have been called a knockdown...

not taking those two missed knockdowns into consideration i thought bradley won BUT barely...wouldn't even have a problem with a draw...

was another controversial win by bradley....

could have? should have. why wouldn't you take those into consideration? you saw them happen. because the ref messed up i guess they didn't happen? so anytime the ref helps the A-side fighter we should just let it go? oh well he missed 2 knockdowns that helped him to win the fight. oops!

[daggum]

tim bradley the man who wins every round as long as he is still standing at the end.

"look he's not dead! 10-9 bradley!" -professional boxing judge

[racer59]

I talked the the ref (Pat) two weeks after the fight. He maintained it was a push.

I thought it was a knockdown and told him that's how I saw it. But it's hard to argue with someone who was right there. Especially someone who's been the third man in a lot of really good wars recently.

[daggum]

I talked the the ref (Pat) two weeks after the fight. He maintained it was a push.

I thought it was a knockdown and told him that's how I saw it. But it's hard to argue with someone who was right there. Especially someone who's been the third man in a lot of really good wars recently.

yes he also maintains a ghost came along and pushed bradley down the second time

[Hougigo]

I talked the the ref (Pat) two weeks after the fight. He maintained it was a push.

I thought it was a knockdown and told him that's how I saw it. But it's hard to argue with someone who was right there. Especially someone who's been the third man in a lot of really good wars recently.

Daggum has more credibility than him. He was there...watching the fight on his laptop.... on the crappiest stream

[-PBP-]

All of the arguments for Provodnikov are what the ref "could have done".

They are judgement calls and nobody is complaining but select BoxingScene posters.

What needs to be talked about is what Provodnikov "could have done". The rounds he won big, but the rounds he lost he didn't do ****. 10 points is 10 points whether you beat the **** out of your opponent or move and outbox him for most of the round.