Comments Thread For: Bradley/Atlas: Too much ado about nothing that special

[nacho daddy]

Not an impressive win, but still a good win for Bradley. He needs to fight only the elite at 147 from now on.

why did Bradley even fight this guy? I had no idea he was that shot mentally and physically but I bet they knew. tim should be calling out brooks Thurman khan porter. fight was a disgrace and atlas who I loathe was 100% right

[kennethjohn]

Bradley fought more like he should as that was a pretty unexciting fight consider it had an unexpected ko

[komandante]

Teddy Atlas doesn't bring much on the game. :

[mathed]

Bunch of salty dudes in here. Rios was a light heavyweight that got outclassed and stopped by a guy who barely rehydrated to the jr middleweight limit.

[billfifty]

Bunch of salty dudes in here. Rios was a light heavyweight that got outclassed and stopped by a guy who barely rehydrated to the jr middleweight limit.

Right.....dam, I don't know how anyone could shiat on what Atlas/Bradley put together. You can't even enjoy a feel good story like this without someone saying it's nothing special....at the beginning of the eighth when Bradley had fire in his eyes from Atlas fireman speech......that was something special!

[jai mari078]

I want to see Bradley against the thurmans, porters, brooks, and khans,

EXACTLY!!!!!! Hebeen fighting bums of late, and got rocked by Jesse Fuc*in Vargas not impresseat all

[theface07]

Does boxing hold any mental aspects? If so, then a fighter believing that someone or something helps, can only make them better. Nice job though Lyle, using your appointed position to downplay and bash another man's accomplishment.

It's obvious that Fitzsimmons doesn't like Teddy Atlas. Maybe he had a bad experience in the past or something but the criticism against Atlas, Bradley and Rios is unprofessional and completely uncalled for. Just because Rios didn't come into the fight in shape or properly prepared shouldn't take away from the fact that Bradley did everything right and ended the fight with a KO which nobody expected, out of shape, past his prime Rios or not.
I don't know why people like Fitzsimmons, who are not involved in boxing, have no training experience or legitimate ring experience, feel like they are some kind of authority who feel justified in denigrating the achievements of professional boxers who have accomplished far more than they ever will.
Some people just cannot resist the compulsion to criticize positive efforts and results of people who are in the public eye and getting credit from reputable sources who were actual championship level boxers like Roy Jones Jr. Shame on you Lyle Fitzsimmons.