Only cabbies and losers will consider Rios "shot". Any half sane fan knows that Rios has always been a walking sandbag. Bradley just shocked me with his aggression and persistent attacks. He literally ripped him apart and showed him no mercy. Bradley was a true beast last night.
I mean Pac won 7-5 In the second fight, i can see Bradley beating Pac in the 3rd fight 7-5:deal Definately a dream that can become a reality:yep
As bad as Pac looked vs Mayweather I'd certainly give Bradley a much better chance the next time if they fought. Pac doesn't look to me like he can pull the trigger anymore and his footwork has really deteriorated.
Put Pacquiao in against Rios again and he's got his footwork back. Put Bradley in against Mayweather and you'll wonder where the footwork he showed vs PB Rios went.
Agreed. Bradley looked the same as always. It's easy to be accurate when your target stays in the same spot.
Not only that, its really easy to pivot to your left or right and get in punching position when your opponent stands right in front of you and offers no waist movement. Bradley was good vs Rios, all I'm saying is that he wasn't better or worse than he's always been. Bradley is a good fighter, but again vs Rios his tendency to get himself into exchanges when it might not be the wisest thing to do came to the forefront..
But that was his biggest problem, losing the discipline and that was the reason why people were underrating him and somehow picking Rios to beat him. He took a hellacious shots from Provodnikov, looked like he could've died in there and people forgot that he treated Provo like a punching bag and smashed his face in for the most rounds. Bradley is not taken for granted for anyone @140-147, that's for sure.
I think few picked Rios. Quite a few thought Rios would compete but this version of Rios had little energy and very little snap in his punches from the very beginning. If Bradley fights Provo in a rematch like he did Rios, I think he'd get his ass handed to him. How did you score the Bradley-Provodkin fight? I had it a draw and Bradley was getting tagged clean to often because of his willingness to get inside and keep digging. Bradley cant do that against fighters with punching power, like Mathysse, Garcia, Khan, Maidana, Thurman, etc..........