Has Floyd BEATEN Anybody As GOOD AS TIM BRADLEY???

[boxingfocus]

Yes. A better question, Has someone as good as Tim ever change in mid fight from a style that looked like it was ideal to beat the opponent to a clowning form of showmanship that allowed the opponent to beat his ass easy?

You should try boxing some time. Then when you suffer an injury in a fight, you'll understand the bull you have to hear even though you fought through it.

Oh wait, you're a keyboard warrior.... don't have the guts to actually lace up.

Bradley was compromised by a calf injury. He complained about it inbetween rounds and had very poor balance 2nd half of the fight. (And 2 fights now he has hurt his feet/legs avoiding Pacquiao so you could put that down to the threat Manny presented.)

[icha]

P4P Top 10 (legitimate unlike canelo and guerrero's golden boy promotions forced ranking) slick, undefeated (officially) young, in his prime, has floyd ever faced anybody as good as time bradley?

Corrales maybe? Castillo?

What do you say?

so who do you think wins canelo vs bradley??
there is your answer.... sçhit canelo even beats pac...
after canelo beats lara there wont be no denial on this...

[turkas]

Why did TS even start this thread in the first place? IF he had already made up his mind why even ask the question, why not simply state "Floyd has not beat anyone as good as Bradley".

He clearly wants no debate and when someone disagrees they are simply called a Floyd fan.

Sound arguing and logic!

[4Corners]

You'd have to go way back to find a fighter on Floyd's resume who is better than Bradley.

Floyd has not fought any prime young opponents in recent years. Especially not at their actual weight class.

Ortiz, Guerrero, Canelo, and Maidana all prime. Are you mental?

Bradley is the ONLY......ONLY prime fighter aside from Clottey that Manny has fought since god knows when.

[Marvellous1]

sigh,

floyd fans and their horrible reading comprehension skills.

nowhere in that post did i say bradley and leonard fight the same. both are slick fighters, leonard being slicker by a good margin. bradley is a slick fighter. the way he evades punches, his movement qualify him as a slick fighter. the way he dips his head sort of like a semi philly shell defense qualifies him as a slick fighter.

My leonard remark was based on your "did you see how he fought provo" comment as your proof of bradley not being slick so i countered it with did you see leonard fight duran the first time? does that make ray leonard not slick? Just because you fought out of character for one fight like leonard did with duran 1 just like bradley did with provo.

A smart human being would have known the difference and not come to dishonest reaching conclusions.

there are different levels of slickness and all slick fighters dont fight alike.

I wouldn't call a fighter that's been dropped and hurt as many times as Bradley, "slick".

He has some good skills and a ton of heart, but he's more of a good boxer with sound fundamentals. He sure does have a lot of trouble with his feet for someone so slick.

Most people ask a question to gain information or learn something. You asked one with the opposite intention, seeing as you seem determined not to accept legitimate answers. Corrales, Castillo, Hatton, Oscar, Mosley and Marquez are AS GOOD (your question , remember?) wins as one over Bradley for varying reasons. Bradley may have been in his prime, may have been highly ranked P4P, but you can pick holes in the win if you're inclined to do so. What notable performances has he given at welterweight? Does he pose any huge physical difficulties (Height? Reach? Punching power?)? If you're going to scrutinize every name given to you, you have to do the same with Bradley.

So, what about that "Castillo always lost to slick fighters"? Gonna back that up or be a man and admit you f'd up?

[MayMosPeaHop]

When did Bradley become special? Nobody thought he was special, so why make him special now? For the TS to ask such a dumba$$ question, he should get banned.

[AllBoxingAD]

Why did TS even start this thread in the first place? IF he had already made up his mind why even ask the question, why not simply state "Floyd has not beat anyone as good as Bradley".

He clearly wants no debate and when someone disagrees they are simply called a Floyd fan.

Sound arguing and logic!

When TS stated that Castillo was a regular come forward Mexican brawler, and that he always lost to slick boxers, I knew this guy was trolling the whole way.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

This thread back fired in a major way. Well done to everyone involved.

[Showtime..]

Bradley was easily a top guy at 140, people seem to forget that. Obviously he hasn't done as well at 147, but beating JMM was a solid win.

I would rank Pac's win over Bradley to that of Floyd over Hatton, slightly better.
Both were solid at 140, but Bradley had a better resume overall @ LWW. @ 147, both had 1 robbery win (Collazo,Pacquiao) leading up their big fight at WW. But at WW, Bradley has wins over Provo & JMM, while Hatton only has 1 over Malignaggi.

So yea, Pac's win is slightly better than Floyd's vs Hatton. Put that to rest in this thread.

[[T][B][E]]

Bradley did a 100m Sprint only to realize he has a competitive x12 800m laps togo. He gassed himself out trying to KO Manny. If he tried to do this and try to KO Cotto, Canelo, Mosley when Floyd fought them Bradley would Loose. Bradley Beat himself he could have beat Pacquiao last night if he followed a better game plan, but scorecards was off anyways Tim had no chance.