Comments Thread For: Bradley Thinks He Was A Very Different Fighter Against Rios

[Lou Cipher]

All fighters are different on the heavybag

[Boxfan83]

IDK why people want to take this fight away from Bradley. I was at this fight and I was rooting for Rios but Bradley showed me why I shouldnt bet against him. If Rios was out of shape or didnt train correctly than thats his and his trainers problem. Rios embarrassed himself and his fans with that PATHETIC performance and Tim Bradley did exactly what he was supposed to do and some! Tim Bradley KO'd a young rugged fighter that had never been KO'd before. I dont think Atlas helped at all, I think it was just Tim Bradley doing what he does best and brought it to a guy that normally brings it himself. Hell, he even made Rios cry lol #desertstorm

[WesternChamp]

How come before every Pacquiao fight, his fans are always thinking Manny is going to destroy the opponent? Manny & Tim has faced each other twice already & Bradley fared well in each of those fights! There was no beat down as most of Pacman's fans claimed would happen before each of those fights! Many hasn't beat the **** out of anybody in a long long time! I think Cotto was the last fighter he beat down. It's going to be a great 3rd fight between this two great fighters. With all the mismatches being forced onto the fans, I'm o.k. with seeing these guys go at it again. Can't wait!

Where in that statement u quoted that says Manny is gonna destroy Tim? Also if u're rooting for your fighter, wouldnt u want to say the same? That he's gonna beat his opponent down? I mean now its a crime to root for your fighter? If its so wrong for Pac fans to make statements like Manny is gonna ko his next opponent, then we shouldnt post anything on here because 95% of the time its someone hyping up their fighter doing the same thing!

[WesternChamp]

Bradley was in the fight (Pacquiao II) before he changed his game and started looking for the KO shot. He says he hurt his calf, and I guess it's OK to use an injury as an excuse (Lol). However beating Rios proves nothing. Beating Sadam Ali would have been a better judge of his talents.

i wonder why he "changed" his game plan..... It possibly couldnt have anything to do with what Manny was doing right.... I mean bradley was winning but just decided to f around and gave the fight away right? .....

[Wicky]

Rios is a punchbag. Bradley shouldn't read too much into that fight.

[Bronx2245]

i wonder why he "changed" his game plan..... It possibly couldnt have anything to do with what Manny was doing right.... I mean bradley was winning but just decided to f around and gave the fight away right? .....

Bradley said he changed because he injured his calf:

April 14, 2014

Said Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's Hall of Fame trainer: "Manny was a little sloppy tonight but I was happy with his performance. It looked like Bradley was going for a one-punch home run."

Bradley said he was hampered by a right calf injury in the first round, but he did not make excuses. He was a sportsman and gave Pacquiao credit for the victory.

"I have no excuses," Bradley said. "Stuff happens. I got nothing to say about it. You can't say nothing against Manny. I lost to one of the best fighters in the world. Manny fought his heart out. I tip my hat to his whole corner, Freddie Roach and his whole team."

Said Joel Diaz, Bradley's trainer: "After the first round Tim came back to the corner and said, 'I think I tore my right calf.' I began to massage it. He was in a lot of pain from that point on and I didn't have much to work with."

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...thy-bradley-jr

The question is, should we give Bradley a pass because he sustained an injury during the fight? If the answer is NO, well then...

[ShoulderRoll]

Bradley is about to undergo another training camp with Teddy Atlas so it's reasonable to expect that he will be even more improved this time around.

They have a chance to ingrain more of the Cus D'Amato methodology into Tim's muscle memory.

I would have preferred to see him have two or three more training camps with Teddy because then things would really start to sink in but you have to jump on the opportunities when they present themselves.

[moonshineman]

Bradley

Bradley's a great guy, and I really respect him, but he will believe anything.....

[NachoMan]

Bradley is a positive, strong-willed dude. Regardless of the opponent, he did fight differently. Bradley SD Pacquiao.

[Dr Rumack]

"It was like I was seeing everything in slow-motion"