Timothy Bradley's Boxing Legacy

[-PBP-]

Where does Tim Bradley stand in terms of boxing legacy?

When I look back on his career, I see a guy who started strong, built a solid resume at 140 and despite his shortcomings, was always able to will himself to victory. He could box and brawl when he needed to.

But I also see a career that was hindered by boxing politics. This isn't a business thread. I'm not interested in Bradley dating my daughter so don't come in here with that "he gettin money doe" argument.

But by being with Top Rank, he never got to fight Floyd Mayweather, Danny Garcia, Robert Guerrero, Keith Thurman, Showtime P, and the rest of the GBP and now PBC stable. He also never fought Amir Khan when he probably should have to establish himself as the man at 140.

But in spite of all of this, he still built up a very respectable resume. So to me, I see a fighter that could've been great but left too many "what ifs" by not being able to fight the top welterweights.

Thoughts?

[SouthPawHitman]

All time great fighter at 140. Moved up in weight and ended Manny's reign of terror. He's a HOF'er.

[b00g13man]

Staying with top rank definitely hurt him imo. He's had a few "meh" fights at 147 as a result. Still has a pretty good resume though.

[NEETzsche]

he probably would've picked up a few Ls versus those guys he wasn't able to fight, so being limited to top rank's stable may have actually flattered him somewhat, at least as a WW

to me he's a solid world-class fighter but basically nothing special. i don't really view him as someone who could have been great under different circumstances

[BKM-]

All time great fighter at 140. Moved up in weight and ended Manny's reign of terror. He's a HOF.

Nah he's 0-3 against the Pac.

[Lester Tutor]

FACTS:

Bradley beat Marquez ''decisively.'' Pac never beat Marquez by UD.

Bradley performed much better in previous fights. Perhaps he was toooo stressed with Atlas' game plan he wasn't confident enough to let go like old Bradley. We all know this. Bradley is one fighter always with a bag tricks.

The boxing industry tried to play this trilogy as something significant, when we all knew it was never in comparison to the Marquez trilogy. Keep in mind Bradley beat a Marquez that had already finished the War series with Pac...

When people look at the tapes, Bradley was different in previous fights..compare it to last night... Pac nor did Bradley really let go.

Bradley only has 2 losses and has never been KO'd. The fact that Bradley has more significant retainment at seasoned classes vs managed catchweight division gimmick and never really defended titles moving up to significant players...

I say they're both tied in Legacy.

[Public_Enemy]

FACTS:

Bradley beat Marquez ''decisively.'' Pac never beat Marquez by UD.

Bradley performed much better in previous fights. Perhaps he was toooo stressed with Atlas' game plan he wasn't confident enough to let go like old Bradley. We all know this. Bradley is one fighter always with a bag tricks.

The boxing industry tried to play this trilogy as something significant, when we all knew it was never in comparison to the Marquez trilogy. Keep in mind Bradley beat a Marquez that had already finished the War series with Pac...

When people look at the tapes, Bradley was different in previous fights..compare it to last night... Pac nor did Bradley really let go.

Bradley only has 2 losses and has never been KO'd. The fact that Bradley has more significant retainment at seasoned classes vs managed catchweight division gimmick and never really defended titles moving up to significant players...

I say they're both tied in Legacy.

Who is tied in legacy? Pac and Bradley? That's insane. One of the craziest things I've read on here.

[Rip Chudd]

As I said in a previous thread, he is a really good fighter. His resume at 140 is real good, but at 147 he has a win over Marquez and other then that not much to talk about actually. He fought Manny 3 times but lost (has a bogus decision his way). I really think he should try to fight the other guys at 147, but he doesn't seem to be interested. To me he's a step below being a great fighter, he's just very good. He'll get into the HOF though

[FrankieBruno]

a 140 fighter who ducked Khan and has looked like **** at 147

[The Gambler1981]

Good fighter, and he did gain the benefits from Top Ranks limited stable so a lot of tough match-ups couldn't happen for him. The politics of it is a two way street, sure if he won those fights his stature would be much bigger (although he had 3 opportunities against a great guy who was his own size), but if he loses those fights his standing takes a pretty big hit.


Good career and got the most out of what he brought to the table really, topped out at very good although he may rank fairly high all-time at 140 because it is a red headed step child all-time list.