Is Tim Bradley Overrated?

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Underrated, has like 3 fans on here despite having one of the best resumes of an active fighter. I'd call that underrated.

Keith "The Distant Promise" Thurman seems to have 10x the fans Bradley does, that's overrated right there.

[creekrat77]

I'd say he is still an elite level welterweight. It's not that he is going to beat you into the ground or be untouchable, it's that he gives it his all and clearly wants it more then others he fights. He is not necessarily elite in any area of his game other then heart, but he can do everything in the ring relatively well. Whether it's slipping punches, fighting backing up, fighting coming forward, taking heavy shots and appearing to be unfazed....he is a very demoralizing opponent to fight against, he just doesn't give up. It's hard to imagine he doesn't have a ton of knockouts, he really just doesn't have that heavy power. And honestly I'm downplaying his ring generalship, he is a very smart tactician when he wants to be.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Underrated, has like 3 fans on here despite having one of the best resumes of an active fighter. I'd call that underrated.

Keith "The Distant Promise" Thurman seems to have 10x the fans Bradley does, that's overrated right there.

He may only have a few diehard fans but everyone seemed to rank him in their top 5 or even top 3 in the world at one point which is ridiculous IMO.

[Robbie Barrett]

He's #6 on the P4P list of course he's overrated. He's barely a top 5 fighter in the WW division.

Mayweather, Pacquiao, Khan, Brook beat him. Fighters like Thurman and Maidana have a good chance.

[JohnnyRebel]

so what, completely irrationally and illogically?
In this case, Bradley is a can. He needs to fight someone with a pulse already.

Extreme nitpicking is not completely irrational lol. I mean do you consider Abregu a good welterweight win? What about old blown up Casamayor? Was the Manny robbery a good win? Was the Ruslan(140lber moved up in weight) victory a great non disputed and ranked WW victory? Is a win over ancient Marquez beating the best Marquez? Did Tim look great in the Manny rematch swinging like an amateur? Was Chaves a good fight knowing he was coming off basically two losses in a row(I don't count him KOing a bum)? Didn't Bradley have a draw with Chaves lol. Hell typing this all out makes me not that disappointed at the prospect of Bradley vs Rios lol!!!!

[IronDanHamza]

Dan you are one of the most knowledgeable posters on Boxingscene and I think highly of your opinion. How do you rate Bradley's Welterweight resume? Do you consider Tim a top 5 P4P fighter? What do you really think of Bradley's skills? Is Tim slick?

I think his WW resume is decent.

Abregu, Provodnikov, Marquez

Decent, but he didn't look impressive in any of those fights IMO.

Do I think he's Top 5 P4P? No.

Skill wise, he's average at best.

Do I think he's slick? A resounding no.

[PACnPBFsuck]

I think he's overrated, his best wins are Vasquez, Abregu and PEDerson, dude has been squeaking by and getting by with headbutts and heart.

How the **** do you not have any real power at 147, but you thought trying to KO PAC was a good strategy, hell I only remember him knocking down PEDerson at 140, so I'm trying to figure out where he thought he was a KO artist.

[-MEGA-]

How could he be over rated with no fan base or network push? He worked for everything he has. No easy ride.

[Spray_resistant]

Bradley is not anything special at all, but like i said he is a good solid fighter....Just not elite at all

That toughness can carry him to a win over an elite fighter if that fighter has not given 100% or has any doubt in his mind at any point in the fight because Bradley's overall talent and skill is just below that special level. His mentality can compensate for flaws and hurt him sometimes.

He could have made the Ruslan fight so easy if he chose and was clearly robbed in his last fight of what I saw as a convincing but not impressive win.

[boliodogs]

I voted he is rated where he should be by most. Some will always overrated or underrate any particular fighter. Some guys think GGG is not a good fighter and some think Mayweather can't fight very well and of course some think Pacquiao is not very good.