I scored it a draw, Pacquiao was lazy there in the fight, only flurrying when the it is only a minute left in the round. I scored the close rounds to Bradley for his work rate in the first too minutes.
Bradley has been my favorite fighter since Terry Norris and Evander Holyfield left the sport. With the exception of power, he was the total package. Tim is a great champion, and although I would love to see him match his skills against Thurman, Garcia, Brook, and Porter, I think he should fight one more time and retire. There is nothing left to prove. After fighters like Cotto, Mayweather, Marquez, and Pacquiao, Tim has the best resume of this era. If its going to be his last fight, then it needs to be against Cotto. He would make a lot of money and has a serious chance of winning. But win or lose, with the punishment he would take in that fight, its best to call it quits. Hopefully it would be for the WBO jr middleweight championship. so he could go out a world champion. But I know fighters like Timothy Bradley. With all that heart he has and competitive spirit, he will fight at least 4 or 5 more times.
Desert storm one of my favorite fighters. But a little overrated on some forums. Glass chinned steel resolve and iron willed. He was a problem at 140 he was Shawn Porter before Shawn Porter but he could box as well depending on the opponent.
Desert storm one of my favorite fighters. But a little overrated on some forums. Glass chinned steel resolve and iron willed. He was a problem at 140 he was Shawn Porter before Shawn Porter but he could box as well depending on the opponent.
Glass chinned? Well Good luck getting hit in the chin and head by Provodnikov six times in a row!
When 1st watching that fight live, I thought Manny won. When rewatching it 5 more times, I had Bradley winning it. Then I watched it 5 more times and it could have been a draw. So that first fight was very close to fans who understand the science of the sport. I thought Bradley did even better in the 2nd fight, although he was injured. The knock downs made the difference in the 3rd fight. I truly think ex fighters and former trainers should judge boxing matches. They comprehend the sport much more than these current judges and fans. To say Manny blew Tim out all 3 fights shows the serious lack of understanding for the sport of boxing with these new era fight fans. In all 3 fights, what I saw was Tim controlling the rounds and then Manny catches him with some big shots and makes the round very difficult to score. It was Tim's lack of power that cost him those fights against Manny and not the case where Manny was just that much superior to Tim. Their skill level is about even, but Manny's punches moved Tim and had him dazed more so than vice versa. But if you watched closely, Manny was hurt in both the 2nd and 3rd fight as well. They were 3 highly competitive fights that were ruined by the HBO commentating and the pro Manny crowd who reacted every time Manny threw a punch. If it was 2 unknown up and coming fighters competing, I'm not sure if the results would be the same in the 2nd fight and the 1st fight wouldn't have been controversial.
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