Comments Thread For: Bradley Says Provodnikov Win Earned New Respect

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Timothy Bradley remembers the first and final rounds of his last bout. The rest has vanished into a haze. The welterweight champion candidly acknowledges his brain took a beating in his victory over Ruslan Provodnikov last March. Determined to prove his ring bravery to a doubting public, Bradley abandoned years of technical discipline and waded into a fistfight with the Siberian brawler.

"I wanted to prove I was the true champion," Bradley said this week. "I was going to prove it to everybody just by trying to knock out Ruslan. I was trying to show a different side of me."

He paid for it with a swollen skull, ugly injuries and two months of pain and slurred speech. Yet it's a transaction he would make again.
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[Drunk Punch]

That kind of battering will definitely leave some long term damage on your body. Kudos for getting through it, and he's right - it did change the public perception of him.

[kombayn]

If Tim somehow can stop Juan Manuel Marquez by TKO, I think he moves clearly into the driver seat to fight Floyd Mayweather. It just depends when Tim's contract is over with Top Rank.

[DosRounds]

I respect his heart, most people would have been out cold with those shots

[$Bullsfam$]

Can't even front. Bradley went through hell and back giving us one of the best wars of the year so he definitely had to have earned your respect.

If he beats Marquez their are no if and's or but's he is a legit GREAT fighter and deserves the #2 P4P spot with an argument for #1. Depending on his next few fights afterwards he could seal the deal on a lock in as a hall of fame fighter.

Bradley is the good's because he's good at everything. He's one of the most well rounded boxer's in the game. WARquez is my motherfn' warrior though so I still hope he pulls out the win because a win over Bradley would SEAL THE DEAL OF AN ALL TIME GREAT CAREER.
(Since Bradley was the legit 140 kingpin and Marquez gets a alot of crap for his paper title but I think a win here kills that criticism)

[Duckweather Jr.]

do you clowns not realise bradley lost a clear dec. to pac??

[Sugar Booger]

do you clowns not realise bradley lost a clear dec. to pac??

No, I had Bradley winning that fight 7-5. And I'm not a clown

[$Bullsfam$]

do you clowns not realise bradley lost a clear dec. to pac??

What the hell does that have to do with anything? Did Bradley make the decision? Did Bradley ever harm you or your family? Of course not so why the hell are you so butt hurt?

Especially since Marquez put Pac to sleep after beating him three other times before he was robbed of. So if Bradley can convincingly beat Marquez then it really doesn't make a difference at all since Marquez is already the better fighter proven FOUR TIMES

[Duckweather Jr.]

So bradley is better than PAC because he got one of the worst Due bent decisions courtesy of Arum.

if you scored that for bradley lol.

wheelchair champ

[Sugar Booger]

So bradley is better than PAC because he got one odometere worst Due bent decisions courtesy of Arum.

if you scored that for bradley lol.

wheelchair champ

So next you're going to tell me it was a robbery and Bob Arum was apart of some scheme to give pacquiao the shaft for holding up the fight. lol GTFOH