I had it 8-4 or possibly 7-5 for Bradley. There were 2 or 3 rounds that were really too close to call, seperated by only 2 or 3 punches. Its a fair decision and Nacho needs to take some of the responsibility for the loss. Marquez could have easily stole a few rounds if he fought a little more aggressive. Nacho should have been screaming at Marquez to fight more aggressive and try to lure Bradley into a brawl...... which wouldnt have been hard because Bradley loves to scrap and is known to deviate from a game plan.
Bad game plan by Nacho and Marquez in what was a winnable fight.
Couldn't agree more with most of this.
It's a trainer's job to be honest with his fighter. Nacho's apparent inability to see that his fighter was probably losing on points and to implore him to adjust (become more aggressive, let his hands go, take risks) didn't help Marquez. That said, Marquez is a veteran and future Hall of Famer. After the close fights with Pacquaio, if he still can't tell when he's in a close fight, maybe his ring IQ has been overestimated.
As for Marquez being able to beat Bradley, I'm not so sure. Smart fighters don't assume that they'll score a knockout, and without a knockout, the key to beating Bradley is to maintain a high punch output. If you don't do that, you're going to get outworked. There was never a sustained effort on the part of Marquez to keep his punch volume up so I don't know what he was planning. Maybe at 40 he just doesn't have the ability to fight outside of his comfort zone. He looked quite sapped to me in the post-fight interview.
No Nacho ur fighter was looking for a home run and struck out swinging for the fences. It's simple to beat a slick style yall need to work on yall slickness!
"Bend ur knees more and work on ur slickness"
-Nard Hopkins
No Nacho no they just trying to dickride the Pacquiao robbery he needs new glasses everyone and their mother even the most hardcore Marquez fans admit he lost as hard as it is for them to even say Bradley "edged" it which he didnt he wont at least 8 rounds.
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