Did Bradley's fractured foot affect him against Pacquiao?

[samouraļ]

Manny literally broke his ankles. It's a part of the game. Same w/ Matthysse's eye. No excuses imo.

Tim will be very confident after beating JMM. Also, he survived the war with Ruslan.

This should be a more competitive fight, but I think Pac is still too versatile for Tim.

This right here.

I think this will be more competitive and we'll see better versions of both guys. That said, Pacquiao should still prove too much.

[bojangles1987]

I thought he moved fine, and he was getting beat before the injury anyway.

His best rounds were late.

[Weebler I]

I thought he moved fine, and he was getting beat before the injury anyway.

His best rounds were late.

That's what I thought too although I saw a Dwyer video claiming he took some early rounds. I couldn't find a replay of the fight on youtube.

[boliodogs]

I have a hard time believing he hurt his feet at all. His footwork seemed fine to me the whole fight. I never saw him limp or stumble or show any sign that his feet were injured. I expect Pacquiao to give the rematch a 100% effort instead of the 85% effort he gave the first fight. I thought Pacquiao won at least 9 rounds. This time I think he will go for the KO and probably get it.

[-MEGA-]

I seen him on crutches in a walking boot like two months later at a football practice. How could not have affected him? It was a freakish type of injury. Sure it happened from getting out of the way of pac's punches. What's he's supposed to do just stand there? It's a lot different than getting your orbital bone broken cause the whole idea is to punch the other guy in the face. With that said it's still part of the game. But a freak thing none the less.
I think this will be a much better fight this time for this very reason. Not to mention they both are coming in with a chip on their shoulder.

IMO Bradley won the first to rounds pretty clearly.

[pnksntdead]

They way Bradley talks about his ankles, you'd think that he was totally immobilized like Foreman against Cotto. Those ankles didn't seem to affect him much as he actually moved better in the later half of the fight. I think that tim will perform better in the rematch but I don't think it gonna have as much to do with the ankles than him just having more experience at ww and also having been with pac in the ring before.

[mathed]

Or do you believe that we saw the best possible version of Tim that night?

First PPV headline, moving up in weight, two injured ankles....didn't get knocked down, didn't bleed, two judges gave him the fight. Tim will put it on Pac this time, they better not sleep on Tim this time around.

[pnksntdead]

First PPV headline, moving up in weight, two injured ankles....didn't get knocked down, didn't bleed, two judges gave him the fight. Tim will put it on Pac this time, they better not sleep on Tim this time around.

you forgot "didn't land". tim's gotta get pac's attention this time around and actually win a few exchanges, which means he has to take more risks. I think that he only wins if he fights disciplined and boxes/pot shots pac. if he tries to "put it on pac", he'll be trading with a guy who has shorter punches, fast handspeed and more power.

[Mike D]

Manny literally broke his ankles. It's a part of the game. Same w/ Matthysse's eye. No excuses imo.

This. He tweaked his ankle in the middle of a Pacquiao flurry. Bad things tend to happen when you're on the receiving end of a 7 or 8 punch flurry, lmao. And anyway, he was fine. Nobody moves as well as he did in the late stages of that fight with a truly f**ked up ankle.

He lost the fight clearly and did so with a Pacquiao who fought and gave genuine effort for virtually a third of the bout.

Lame performance from Tim that night, and it had **** to do with his "ankle".

[Uklad]

No his Foot was Hurt and Twisted for a while in that round..But I guess he recovered...