People dont realise that this fight is a close, pick-em fight in an ideal world, and no one has really figured out that Bradley and Marequez combined will contribute 50% to the final outcome of this fight, and the judges will contribute the other 50%. This is boxing. The judges will lean toward the guy who brings in the most money for the promotional outfit (Top Rank in this case). I think JMM as an A-side is a bigger name, but Bradley would almost certainly agree to do a Pac fight, whereas JMM wont. So, who brings in more money for TR after this fight?
Promoters, and judges by extension, want to see JMM win, so that a fifth Pac fight can be set up - though I don't think JMM has any interest. He lost a couple battles, maybe, but won the war. Bradley doesn't bring enough 'wow' to interest the suits. He lost to Pac and many would say lost to Provodnikov. Judges are pawns of the promoters and the $$. Sad but true
Bradley's judges are always on Bradley's side. Pac beat Bradley, in one round Pac landed 2 punches to 1, yet Bradley's judges gave that round to Bradley! Provodnikov beat the crap out of Bradley, but Bradley's referee did not call all the knockdowns, so he helped Bradley, of course.
I think if its close the judges go with Bradley. Vegas collects on the dog, Marquez is punished for ****ing around on Pac 5, and assuming Pac gets a stellar knock out of Rios, suddenly Pac is riding high and Bradley is right there on deck if JMM ****s around again as far as Pac 5. Or possibly Alvarado if he gets past Prov. If Prov wins, suddenly JMM has the option of making 10 times the money and fighting a guy he just knocked out who is riding high, or fighting the beast Prov for a fraction. You could argue that a Marquez "L" damages Pac 5 but it really doesn't all that much, assuming Bradley over Marquez is a close decision or a bull**** decision.
An american with an 0 fighting in america and you need to ask which do the judges favor ? lol marquez needs the ko to win
Especially with his boxing style that many casual fans do not understand, they will see bradley coming forward and award the fight to him on that. JMM needs to really hammer bradley to win a decision. How much would JMM's marketability go down if he goes with one more loss? Not much... Tim would lose his "0" if he loses.
I don't know, Marquez vs Pacquiao 5 is the biggest money fight that can be made out of all the potentials for either guy after this one. Bradley doesn't really make any money for anybody unfortunately. But then you see what happened when he fought Pacquiao, so I've got no idea who is the most likely to get robbed here.
