Does anyone here honestly think Pac can legitimately beat Bradley?

50/50 Pac took a good challenge.

 

Pacquiao is going to demolish him. Bradley is not ready for someone like Pacquiao and this is his first legitimate fight at the weight. If Bradley beats him I'll be beyond shocked. I know that Bradley is a good fighter but I just don't believe he's ready for someone in Pacquiao's caliber, especially not when it's his first proper fight at 147. If he wins I have no excuses and give him full credit.

I know someone will bring up that Bradley fought a can at Welterweight, it means nothing so please spare me those idiotic responses.

 

Nice avatar


but no, Pac will be too much for him. And if Pac loses I won't make any excuses..
I can see him losing a decision to an efficient counter puncher, but I don't see anything in Bradley that makes me think he can outbox/counterpunch Pacquiao.. and if he decides to sit and trade he will just get blasted out.

 

More like:

"Does anyone here honestly think Bradley can legitimately beat Pac?"

OR to rephrase that - "Can Bradley win without headbutts"

Pacquiao gonna KO that punk.

After fight expect threads like:

Bradley is a bum who has no power and has to use his head the dirty cheat!

Harsh but true.

 

Yes, Bradley has never been that impressive imo and is VERY inaccurate with his punches.

 

WW doesn't matter, PAC comes in at 148 what JR WW's come in at fight night... Pac's size won't be the problem, it will be speed power and agressiveness thats if he wants to muscle bradley cause I doubt he is gonna outbox bradley and make the mistake what he did to marquez...

 

obviously. they cherry picked a sloppy feather fisted 140 pounder for a reason

 

The question is how will Bradleys face look after the fight.I want to see Brad's eyes when he gets hit.If they light up and he starts to run like Mosley then it's going to be a boring fight.Pac will have to chase this slick chicken around the ring and get blamed for the fight being boring.

 

Weight doesn't matter when it's someone's first fight at the weight against the P4P#1 boxer and one of the greatest fighters ever?, seriously? It's not just his opponent he should worry about you know, it's how he carries the weight in a fast paced fight like this.

That aside, I expect Bradley to be overwhelmed early by Pacquiao's speed and power and fully expect him to take advantage of his head as Pacquiao comes in and out. Hopefully Roach will train Pacquiao for this and will keep him going in and out smarter and never reckless. This is an interesting fight but I don't see Bradley going far. If he does manage to butt Pacquiao and cut him then Pacquiao is in for hell.

 

Bradley has the tools to make the fight competitive, and even make Pac look bad, but Manny still has all the tools necessary to beat Bradley.

To be fair, Bradley has fought at 147, against Abregu. While the opponent was hardly top-notch, nothing suggested that Bradley couldn't move well or take shots substantially worse than at 140.

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Yes, Bradley hasnt exactly faught the best competition. Joel Casamayor was well a truly shot.

 

Pacquiao's opponents have been carefully selected for some time now. I take nothing away from his skills or accomplishments but all of his recent opponents, especially in the last 3 or 4 years fit into one or more of the following categories:

• B level fighters hyped commercially as A level fighters
• Guys over 35
• Fighters coming off of losses
• Fighters without any significant, recent or otherwise, wins.
• Fighters well beyond their prime.
• One club level disgraced fighter.
• Fighters who have not been tested against elite competition.

Bradley is one of the most overrated and overhyped fighters I've seen in quite sometime. People call him awkward but I call him sloppy, underpowered and untested. He's also a dirty fighter. I believe Bradley loses to all of the top guys in the sport and I think Pacquiao will carry him for half the fight before stopping him. Tim Bradley was carefully selected because Top Rank and team Pacquiao know this is a very winnable fight.