Manny Pacquiao Vs Timothy Bradley 2 & Undercards Master Discussion Thread

[-MARKAVELLI-]

If this happened in the firs round, would the outcome be the same?

[jas]

[Spoon23]

If this happened in the firs round, would the outcome be the same?

That was from a head butt. Big skulled timmeh.

[bojangles1987]

Oh cmon now, I can see you're very upset but your statement is so out-of-wack it's unreal. How you gonna say his elite days are over when he beat p4p#3 is beyond me. Scared of the fight? The guy got knocked out 2 fights ago and this was one of the most important times of his career to win, you gonna knock him because hitting Bradley is a difficult task? He wobbled the guy plenty of times, sheesh... you're overeacting Bojangles, really.

Compare how he was reacting in those first few rounds to how he typically does. When Bradley was bullrushing right at him, Pacquiao was trying to get away from him rather than fire combinations. That's not the Manny Pacquiao I know. Hell, even in the first fight when Bradley came right at him, Manny was standing right there and catching him. This time he was circling away and jumping away and that's when Bradley would catch him every time.

Look, it tells you just how great Manny Pacquiao is that he can be so diminished and still beat guys like Bradley. But make no mistake, the man is diminished. He's pretty far gone.

[kurt0411]

Compare how he was reacting in those first few rounds to how he typically does. When Bradley was bullrushing right at him, Pacquiao was trying to get away from him rather than fire combinations. That's not the Manny Pacquiao I know. Hell, even in the first fight when Bradley came right at him, Manny was standing right there and catching him. This time he was circling away and jumping away and that's when Bradley would catch him every time.

Look, it tells you just how great Manny Pacquiao is that he can be so diminished and still beat guys like Bradley. But make no mistake, the man is diminished. He's pretty far gone.

Absolute nonsense. I'm sorry but I used to value your opinion before, not anymore. The way Manny dominated the best welterweight ( after floyd) was just something to behold. What more did you want him to do?

[alexguiness]

8-4 Pacman.

I don't know what Bradley was thinking after round 6 TBH.

Manny started cautiously, when Bradley was throwing his bombs. At the end of the 4th round I honestly thought Bradley was going to take hold of the fight but he started showboating which made no sense at all.

Manny was patient, once he backed Bradley up to the ropes he grew in confidence and started to walk him down - Bradley started to look like a fool with all his antics, weird.

With Bradleys KO record I am amazed that the game plan was to go for an early KO, with no real plan B on offer from Diaz.

I think Tim Bradley was exposed last night, maybe for the first (or second) time. His 'legendary' conditioning was clearly not present and his footwork and combination punching pretty sloppy in the last 6 rounds.

Manny did not exactly give a hugely impressive display, but...

He fought smart, took his opportunities and delivered a professional performance.

That's what real champions do.

[bojangles1987]

Absolute nonsense. I'm sorry but I used to value your opinion before, not anymore. The way Manny dominated the best welterweight ( after floyd) was just something to behold. What more did you want him to do?

I'm sorry that actually remembering Manny Pacquiao at his best and knowing this guy isn't even close offends you so much.

[Dr Rumack]

Full respect to Pacquiao. A truly great win.

[Dr Rumack]

8-4 Pacman.

I don't know what Bradley was thinking after round 6 TBH.

Manny started cautiously, when Bradley was throwing his bombs. At the end of the 4th round I honestly thought Bradley was going to take hold of the fight but he started showboating which made no sense at all.

Manny was patient, once he backed Bradley up to the ropes he grew in confidence and started to walk him down - Bradley started to look like a fool with all his antics, weird.

With Bradleys KO record I am amazed that the game plan was to go for an early KO, with no real plan B on offer from Diaz.

I think Tim Bradley was exposed last night, maybe for the first (or second) time. His 'legendary' conditioning was clearly not present and his footwork and combination punching pretty sloppy in the last 6 rounds.

Manny did not exactly give a hugely impressive display, but...

He fought smart, took his opportunities and delivered a professional performance.

That's what real champions do.

I think the plan was to wear Manny down, and in rounds 4 and 5 it looked like it might work. It was amazing to see Pacquiao outlast Bradley like that. Bradley and Diaz sure as hell didn't expect it.

[kurt0411]

I'm sorry that actually remembering Manny Pacquiao at his best and knowing this guy isn't even close offends you so much.

Prime Manny would not have knocked bradley out, I think Manny done a better job this time round then the first fight and bradley got much better since and supposedly Manny got worse. I'm not saying Manny is still in his prime but he's definitely not far off.