Bradley vs Pacquiao I

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Typhoon, Mar 14, 2015.


  1. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Are you for real? Do you not realize Floyd is one of the toughest fighters in the sport? No fighter has gotten in the ring and out toughed Mayweather, the closest you may get is Castillo! Floyd is tough where it counts...mentally!
     
  2. Mr_Harry

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    no fighter has gotten in the ring and out toughed mayweather?

    maybe its because he runs and never takes risks he even admits he always is saftey first :lol:
     
  3. HellSpawn86

    HellSpawn86 "My heart goes out to you!" Full Member

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    I don't know where people come up with some of these opinions. I've been watching Timothy Bradley since before he was a champ at 140. He is much better now, but I still wouldn't call him very technical or smart. At 140 he embodied being a pressure fighter who just didn't have a punch. He was also and to some degree still very sloppy. He throws a lot of wild arm punches and has gotten KD many times because of it.

    At 147 he switched it up to become more of a boxer, but even then he wasn't a great counter puncher and he mainly runs/fights negative when he is on the backfoot. TB on the backfoot makes Mayweather look like Tyson.
     
  4. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ok I'm convinced, you've never watched a Mayweather fight, continue to enjoy listening to Skip Bayless, your number 1 source for boxing news!
     
  5. abuffy

    abuffy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bradley was a glorified sparring partner in preparation for Mayweather. That's all I could give him when comparing to Mayweather, but Bradley is definitely top notch; however, there are levels.

    I think fighting Bradley twice though is the best preparation you could get for Mayweather though.
     
  6. Anima

    Anima Kinetic Link Full Member

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    That's because Bradley isn't as disciplined as Floyd, he engaged plenty more rather than just boxing. Not necessarily the same form and style but Bradley did deliver some of those accurate single shots like Floyd did. Not to mention he isn't physically gifted as Floyd (range)
     
  7. Tancred

    Tancred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  8. Typhoon

    Typhoon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he is not reckless. He produced a smart technical fight vs Pac in fight 1. He did make a mistake in their second fight because he felt judges were not going to award him a decision. This made Bradley fight more offensively and it was a mistake. I thought Bradley looked real sharp in their first fight - he moves well, showed speed, was difficult to hit and threw a ton of punches. Most people thought Pacquiao won because he was more accurate and connected with the bigger shots but i think bradley did enough to persuade two judges. Those two judges were wrong but bradley's high output and skills he displayed probably won them over. These judges should've known better but it seems to me they were tough on pacquiao and were impressed by bradley's ability to go toe to toe with Pac. In any event, Bradley is much better than some people think and one thing that really jumped out at me was his punch count - 839. Floyd sometimes throws half as many punches in a fight and i think this will be a major problem for him.
     
  9. markclow

    markclow Well-Known Member Full Member

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    But he hasn't even been beaten, let alone knocked out.
     
  10. rayhogan

    rayhogan Dont worry Pac, you wont Full Member

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    I think you need your head exam. Bradley is clearly reckless. Anybody that watch boxing instead of looking at highlights should easily know bradley is reckless which is why he gets knockdown and stunned plenty of times. Bradley is a good skill fighter with speed but he doesnt have the slick defense that floyd has. If pac was having difficulty with bradley then what makes you think pac can beat mayweather???
     
  11. Typhoon

    Typhoon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    watch the bradley bs pac fight and then talk. Seems to me it's you that has been watching highlights and not the actual entire fights. In highlights, they show Bradley getting hit but look at the fights. That was a smart, cautious fight.. watch it and stop talking so much.
     
  12. rayhogan

    rayhogan Dont worry Pac, you wont Full Member

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    Ive watch it many times and many times i saw pac beat bradley 10 rounds to 2. Anybody thinks that fight was close as you making out to be are dumb. Basically everyone thought that fight wasnt close and pac won it. Pac did had problem with bradley in the rematch but the judges gave it to pac which was right. I'm not even close to a pac fan but he won the first fight pretty easy not just my eyes but basically everybody else except you and 3 re****ed judges thinks so too.
     
  13. Typhoon

    Typhoon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    who said i think Pac didn't win? I thought he clearly won but Bradley didn't let Pacquaio embarrass him in the manner Pac embarrassed Rios, cotto, DLH, Hatton, Algieri, Diaz and virtually everyone else except JMM. Pac pretty much annihilated everyone but JMM and Bradley. Bradley then went on to beat JMM handily, only JMM fanboys think JMM won. JMM fanboys are the worst, they think JMM always wins and always get robbed. Back to Bradley, it's a testament to his skill level that he has not let Pacquiao dominate him in the same manner Pac has dominated EVERYONE but JMM and Pac hit JMM much more than he hit Bradley. It can be argued that Bradley has been Pac's toughest opponent since 09. Of course, JMM KO'd him but aside from that KO, Pac had hurt JMM in virtually EVERY fight but he never really hurt Bradley or hit him as much. Without question, bradley's skills get diminished as a way to undermine Pac's wins over him... it sticks out like a sore thumb. 'He's reckless, he should be P4P' LOL... Well if he's reckless then everyone else is reckless, except Floyd. What standard are we holding Bradley to? I seriously don't see floyd beating Bradley easily, not by a long shot. That would not be an easy fight for Floyd, mark my words.
     
  14. larryx2012

    larryx2012 I AM BETTER THEN YOU Full Member

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    Who has Bradley beat at ww if you say he lost to Manny both times?
     
  15. larryx2012

    larryx2012 I AM BETTER THEN YOU Full Member

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    This man actually said Bradley is similar to Floyd...