I believe he didn't throw a single uppercut in this fight. I don't know why? Bradley was charging in all the time. He was open for one. What happened to the Alexander that knocked out Urango with a brutal uppercut?
Unlike Urango....Timmy wasn't looking at the floor when he was coming forward. He came forward behind a feint, a jab, and with head and upper body movement.....that is why Devon didn't throw much and didn't land cleanly.
Agreed. I think Bradley's right hand would have been at the end of any Alexander uppercut. It seems they knew this, so it was probably part of the gameplan.
Counter or not, he should have still thrown it. That was the other the problem with Alexander. He didn't take any chances.
He left his uppercut-throwing ability in the Urango fight. His uppercut was absent in the Kotelnik fight too.
Another fighter that kept his hands up. Do you guys ever box? You don't take a chance throwing an uppercut just for the fun of it, at this level you get your ass countered. Maybe there were certain moments but Alexander isn't an intelligent fighter at all to see the opportunity and was busy eating Bradley's right hand counter anyway.
Bradley was open. Hell he would load up on the straight right and Devon still did not handle it. He is just green.
I was just mentioning that he didn't throw much if any uppercuts in the Kotelnik fight. Froch threw uppercuts against Abraham and Maidana threw uppercuts against Kotelnik. High-guarded fighters can get hit with uppercuts especially if they leave enough room in the middle of their gloves. I agree that Alexander lacks Ring IQ and was getting hit by right hand leads & counters.
That's the same thing I saw. Bradley routinely left himself wide open on the inside and when he opened up on his wild combinations, but Devon couldn't or wouldn't pull the trigger on it. He rarely made Bradley pay for winding up, if at all.
First Bradley was up on Alexander's ass not letting him set up the punch, second he showed really good active defense (upper body & head movement) not offering a stationary target, third he made it clear pretty early if you open up with something big I'll counterpunch in your mouth. High ring IQ'd fighters pretty easily dismantle Alexander for the basic fighter he is. I like the kid, but his last two fights completely undressed him.
I'm not taking anything away from Bradley all I was saying is that he didn't throw much uppercuts. Now I wouldn't condone Devon to be uppercut-happy be there still were times where he could've thrown them. Not saying they would've changed the outcome of the fight but still he could've thrown some.