Timothy Bradley, overrated or underrated?

[Mister Wolf]

Timothy Bradley is the Evander Holyfield of this generation. I dont think any other fighter around has more heart than Bradley. Where other fighters fold under adversity and punishment Bradley always comes back fighting harder.

[BUNGALOWS]

Timothy Bradley is the Evander Holyfield of this generation. I dont think any other fighter around has more heart than Bradley. Where other fighters fold under adversity and punishment Bradley always comes back fighting harder.

Pacquiao, JMM, Morales, Barrera, Sergio, Paul Williams, list goes on and on. Too many to name.

[El Angel]

Get use to it papa...JMM just doesn't match up well with other boxers. He needs that come forward boxer to bring the best out of him. It' won't be a 12-0 washout that Floyd gave him, but I think it'll be a solid 8-4 fight for Bradley

Cotto-Marquez has to happen. It has to.

[bojangles1987]

Why are people dreaming about Cotto-Marquez? Is that fight even realistic? Cotto's not moving down to welterweight, and Marquez is already too damn big where he is now.

[Earl-Hickey]

I'm going to say underrated, because there's very few who don't think of him as the average guy who got 2 straight gifts.

He IS an average guy who just got two gifts

[Rome-By-Ko]

Clearly underrated imo..

[Rome-By-Ko]

He's a decently skilled fighter and certainly not slick.

Bradley's never been outclassed other than perhaps the Pacquaio fight which shows he's a good fighter, a top fighter. Which he is.

He was outclassed in a fight he won??Dude Bradley has never(I repeat Never!!)been outclassed..

[torosboxing75]

For me an overrated fighter is a fighter that has a lot of people talking about how great or amazing he is but hasn't really faced that much good competition and with Bradley it's kind of the opposite, from what I see most people don't see him as being that great, yet he sports some very impressive names on his resume so to me that is an underrated fighter.
I'm not a Bradley fan either I'm just saying.

[soul_survivor]

Underrated. The guy is a dog in the ring, and has legit skills.

Gets no respect because of the Pacquiao fight.

underrated how?
that is the big question, I like Bradley, I think he beats JMM next, he had great heart, a good chin, decent skills and a very high work rate. Apart from the obvious avoidance of Khan I can't say he hasn't looked for the best fights.

Having said all that, it's difficult to say if he's under or over rated. The reason is because it depends on what people think of him. I think he's a guy verging on being a top 10 p4p guy but that's because there is a lack of any great young talent in this era. His resume isn't stellar but it's better than most guys his age.

But if someone thinks he is a fighter who is verging on being great, that he legitimately beat Pac and is one of the best fighters of our era then I'd say that is overrating him.

[Bushbaby]

Tim Bradley is good enough that you can't seriously name 3 better welterweights currently. Another thing people take pfp too seriously. Whether he makes anyone's personal and (mythical) list or not, he's still one of the best at 147.

Most of his hate stems from the Pacman fight. To the point of delusion. It went from Pacman going to stop him cold, to Pacman running out of steam and giving away championship rounds.