Bradley got hurt in the first round, son. Bad. His jaw got pushed two feet behind his shoulders. He never had a chance. Crap example. Besides. Bradley was overweight and slow. "Depressed" post Pacquiao. He wasn't capable of getting away from Provodnikov regardless. Team Marquez thought they were going to get that version of Bradley. They were wrong.
So many excuses. It's really kind of sad people have to fool themselves into believing a certain way.
I think people underrate Provodnikov's accuracy. Part of the reason Bradley fought the way he did in the Provodnikov fight was that Ruslan was good at cutting off the ring (foot speed, and accuracy). Also each of his shots is so powerful that if one lands it throws you off mentally. But I do agree any decent boxer or mover can beat Ruslan. The thing is how many guys at 140, or 147 have good movement and are slick boxers? Ruslan pretty much takes everyone out in the weight classes barring Mayweather, Pacquiao (unless his chin is not the same), Bradley (close fights though..), Malignaggi, Judah (depends on which version shows up), Broner, Garcia (maybe), Thurman (maybe), Guerrero (maybe), Solomon, and I can't think of anyone else.
Even still he always has a great puncher's chance in all of those (except maybe Mayweather) with that power, and chin of his.
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