Tim Bradley's Welterweight Run

[BM dnobagaV]

This is what i dont get about this site..they praise stuff like this but **** on bigger accomplishments...the fighters listed are not even full ww's

Floyd beat on a lot of JWW's, LW's, etc at WW.
PEOPLE MOVE UP. Realize that.

Is Hagler's win over Hearns a throwaway because Hearns was a "Welterweight"?

Floyd beat a FW in Marquez. Why is that a good win?
He beat Canelo who once was a WW. That win sucks right?

Get your own head out of your ass. Is Vargas not a WW now? He beat an up-coming Ali by knockout for a WW belt.

[soul_survivor]

Bradley completely schooled Marquez that fight. Shove your stats mate, it can't be seen worse than 8-4.

Agreed! Compubox is a load of bollocks and I've never once referenced it as a scoring criteria.

They are all good fighters and his wins are good, but most of them could have taken place at LWW.

Abregu and Chaves are decent, but nothing special.

Mayweathers wins over Judah, Hatton and Ortiz at the very least were all over "140 pound fighters" or Pacquiaos over Cotto and Hatton or Leonard's over Duran (LW) or Mosley beating Oscar was simply beating a super feather.

We could do this nonsense all day.

[soul_survivor]

Floyd beat on a lot of JWW's, LW's, etc at WW.
PEOPLE MOVE UP. Realize that.

Is Hagler's win over Hearns a throwaway because Hearns was a "Welterweight"?

Floyd beat a FW in Marquez. Why is that a good win?
He beat Canelo who once was a WW. That win sucks right?

Get your own head out of your ass. Is Vargas not a WW now? He beat an up-coming Ali by knockout for a WW belt.

Don't reply to Larry. He thought Whitaker was a heavyweight and Broner was a future atg, FOTD and p4p guy. smh.

[LacedUp]

Mayweathers wins over Judah, Hatton and Ortiz at the very least were all over "140 pound fighters" or Pacquiaos over Cotto and Hatton or Leonard's over Duran (LW) or Mosley beating Oscar was simply beating a super feather.

We could do this nonsense all day.

there's a difference between a win over a former 140 lber and a win over a guy who should fight at 140.

[mathed]

So, Bradley's ww run started all the way back in 2010, with a fight against Carlos Abregu.

Since then, his run has consisted of the following fights, in chronological order:

Pacquiao (W) WBO title
Ruslan Provodnikov (W)
Marquez (W)
Pacquiao (L)
Diego Chaves (D)
Jessie Vargas (W)
Rios (W) WBO title

In that time, Bradley has become a 2 time WBO champ, beaten 2 HOFers (one of them very dubiously) and been in 2 FOTY contenders. That's not bad and far better than the likes of Porter, Thurman, Brook, Khan, Guerrero and Garcia. I won't even bother mentioning Berto and Ortiz.

It's pretty obvious to me that he is the 3rd best ww of his generation, second only to Mayweather and Pacquiao.

What do you guys think?

I agree and think that Tim would dominate anyone that PBC has ATM. Not even a knock on those guys, I just think he is on another level than they are.

[ramses07]

It's not about having a great resume (I was simply listing all his ww fights) but it's better than anything the other guys in the division have done thus far.

Also, he beat Marquez pretty easily, stopped Rios who had never been stopped before and went to war with Ruslan who looked on fire that night.

What's bad about that? Has Berto, or Ortiz or Thurman done anything more?

pretty sure the marquez fight was far from easy.

even his own trainer, teddy atlas, scored it it 7-5 bradley.

and marquez was 40

and marquez outlanded him in power punches

[soul_survivor]

I agree and think that Tim would dominate anyone that PBC has ATM. Not even a knock on those guys, I just think he is on another level than they are.

I think Porter gives him a could fight but it would be an ugly affair, like that DA fight some years ago. Difference is, Porter has heart.

[soul_survivor]

pretty sure the marquez fight was far from easy.

even his own trainer, teddy atlas, scored it it 7-5 bradley.

and marquez was 40

and marquez outlanded him in power punches

Atlas wasn't his trainer back then.

Marquez had just KOd Pacquiao and looked in better shape than most 25 year old athletes.

Compubox don't mean **** with me son.

[Santa_]

Vargas DESTROYS him in a rematch!


All I ask for is a competent ref.

[soul_survivor]

Vargas DESTROYS him in a rematch!


All I ask for is a competent ref.

Why do you think this? Vargas showed nothing new against Ali. Right hand, left hand, rinse, repeat. That's all he is. He got fortunate enough to catch Bradley at a time when Bradley had just lost a tad concentration. One punch does not change what happened.

Bradley one at least 10 rounds that night.