Bradley/Holt could have been a draw.

i had bradley 114-112

 

I agree. Bradley is a versatile fighter. He can do it all. I really like him. Tonight he was at a physical disadvantage with the superior height and reach of Holt, but still fought a good fight. He fought aggressive tonight. He paid for it, but it still paid off in the end. That showing, while not exactly impressive, showed us what Bradley is made of. Getting off the canvas from a picture perfect left hook like that and still pressing the fight showed how determined and tough physically and mentally Bradley is.

 

Nah, the right man won. Bradley deserved the decision clearly in my opinion.

 

:good

 

personally i think Holt lost thefight opposed to Bradley winning it ... Holt seemed to lose the plot in the mid part of the fight ... he had the power and intensity to beat Bradley but just didnt put it toghether at all.....

 

atsch I didn't even realize that. I meant SCRAPPY.

 

I figured. Like I said in an earier post (or meant to, anyways) I've been drinking High Life all night and smoking crappy weed, so I read it as scrappy at first. Took a second to realize what it actually said...

 

Landing clean, effective punches is what should win fights--which is exactly what Holt was doing. So, you're saying that just because Bradley had 'the will to win', that he earned that win? Who knocked down who? Who had the better jab? Who landed the better, harder punches throughout the fight? Bradley is tenacious, and had good bodywork for some of the fight, but that doesn't trump what Holt did--regardless if Holt was less active in the ring. Bradley's ineffective activity (which there was a lot of), consisted of fouling Kendall and being tied up with Holt. Holt was the one landing the better shots throughout the course of the fight and it was plainly obvious whose punches were more effective.

 

Holt won 4 rounds at most. Going into the 11th, my score was 8-2 for Bradley. Bradley regrouped very well after that 1st round KD. The commentators were dumb for saying that the scorecards should have been close when it wasnt clearly.

 

If, Holt upped his workrate a bit, then we could've had a close fight. Yes he did land the clean effective punches, but Bradley outworked him. Holt landed like what? 3 punches a round in the rounds he was losing?

 

atschatschatsch

 

Yeah, when he decided to throw any punches, which was rare.

I'm saying that Bradley came to win the fight, by any means necessary. Intangibles are a big part of boxing. Stick around for a while and you'll see this.

I'll ignore the whole "whom" thing for now and just say that, yes, Kendall Holt landed some clean, effective punches, including that massive left hook in the first which was obviously the most telling blow of the fight. Problem was, the clean, effective shots from Holt were very few and far between. Meanwhile, Bradley was walking Holt down, doing very good work inside to the body and making it tough for Holt to throw.

Yes it does.

Yes, along with a lot more effective activity

Holt was fouling just as much as Bradley was and most of the clinches were initiated by Holt.

It was obvious that Bradley was the winner of that fight. By a pretty damn big margin too, even considering the kds.