Comments Thread For: Vargas Furious: Referee Cost Me Knockout of Tim Bradley

[Str8 Right]

I'd be furious at the whole situation mys3lf, but in no way do I think vargas was going to knock Bradley out in the last 7 seconds. Bradley looked to be clear headed when he clinched vargas.

[bigjavi973]

LOL, no he didn't. If the ref doesn't jump in, Vargas is hugged for another three or four seconds, they're broken up, and the fight ends before they can throw another punch. Maybe the ref doesn't break them up at all.

Bradley was hurt, but he wasn't defenseless. He easily would have survived.

This right here. As bradley explained, he was coherent & blocking vargas' punches & started to hold.

[bigjavi973]

That was a crazy ending, swing of emotions for both sides. The way he backed up Vargas and waved his arms almost looked like he was stopping the fight. At least the right man won but in reality, there are no winners in this fight, both of them looked sub-par.

So bradley winning almost every round is "sub-par"?

[bigjavi973]

People saying what "would have happened", how many predicted that a guy with 9 stoppages would even buckled Bradley in the first place?

True, but its boxing. A well timed & placed punch would buckle anybody.

[SeekDaGreat]

First of all Vargas, you didn't even knock him down. You just buckled him. Try knocking him down first if you're looking for a "stoppage." Do the job yourself, don't leave it up to the refs & judges!

2nd of all, again...You didn't even knock him down, let alone cone close to KOing him. We've seen Tim buckle like that plenty of times in his career. This history tells us he was not on his way to be ing stopped. Especially with seven seconds. "I was finna knock him out doe." No you weren't biotch, you were hoping the ref would knock him out for you cause you couldn't do the job yourself.

For all of you saying "we don't know with certainty what would have happened...."

Yeah, you do. Tim would have survived. Shut up, you sound like a cheap *** lawyer.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

True, but its boxing. A well timed & placed punch would buckle anybody.

Yeah and one or two more might have cleaned him out.

[Luilun]

This is BS how can you hear a bell when no bell was hit ?

[SeekDaGreat]

So bradley winning almost every round is "sub-par"?

Some rounds early we're close. I had it 8-4 Bradley. Far from anything I would write home about performance wise from Bradley. He was getting timed and countered by a guy in Vargas that I do not think highly of AT ALL.

[johnm is...]

See, this is that shit I hate. It seems like in boxing, something dumb always (OK not always, but whatever) has to happen to give the fighter an "out."

Vargas wasn't going to knock Bradley out in the last 7 goddamn seconds. That's nonsense.

How about holding yourself accountable for the other 11 rounds, and 2:50 of the 12th round? Fight harder. Fight smarter. Stop making lame ass excuses for why you got your butt kicked.

[johnm is...]

Yeah and one or two more might have cleaned him out.

Bradley showed he had the wherewithal to grab onto Vargas. One more clinch and the bell rings, fight over.