Does Bradleys win over Peterson

Bradley's problem is his never in exciting fights. The Alexander fight was a disgrace!!

 

Bradley fought an inferior less experienced version and Peterson fought Khan much harder, with it being his last chance and especially it being his home town.

He fought Bradley with Respect (in the boxing sense) , whereas he didnt show Khan any respect.
Khan fought a much tougher version, and i still scored him a comfortable winner even allowing the ridiculous point deductions.

 

A) Incomparable situations. :hi:

B) Bradley is #1 now and was #1 before. Nothing has changed that - not Khan losing to Peterson (although it drives the point home and solidifies Bradley as #1) and not the "duck" of Bradley choosing to forestall a Khan match until a time of his choosing...especially as Khan has since proven himself to be no clear #2 at all. :deal

C) The old #2 just lost (officially, however you scored it - but it was close no matter what) ....to a guy the #1 already dominated.

D) Maidana lost to that same previous #2 guy...so he's automatically no higher than three until he beats someone at the top...and he CLEARLY ducked the #1.

 

so you're more impressed by Khan's lost to Peterson than Bradley's near shutout

 

Bradley has to be number 1, he dominated the man who beat the number 2 and he's unified 2 times aswell as beating the best titlist in the division. Now Khan did face the better more mature Peterson, but he lost, it automatically moves him down.

 

I didnt say that and im not repeating my points again, and i dont think Khan should have lost anyway.
I know Bradley is class and I still think its 50-50 between him and Khan as to who is no1 at 140 imo.

 

By what criteria, Rob?

By not cowing to the will of the fans and giving them what they want to see right away? Since when are we in charge of saying who meets who and when in a boxing ring, by simply kicking and stomping and crying for it? I missed the memo that we'd suddenly been granted that power after all these years.

Does anyone truly believe that Bradley is afraid to fight Khan? Because that to me is the primary and really only criteria to say one man has ducked another. If there's no fear involved - it's just a decision to not fight someone at a particular time (whatever the motive or reason, be it a business decision to wait until the purse fattens, just not convenient for them, wanting to build more leverage to possibly have it at home and dictate more terms - anything except fear of losing).

If you believe in your heart that Bradley is scared of losing to Khan, calling it a duck is acceptable. Otherwise (and really, come on now. Bradley isn't scared of Khan) it isn't.

Of course none of us can know what's in the minds of other men. So deciding whether someone is motivated by fear is all speculation. We can still use our heads and work out that it's highly implausible for someone to be afraid of someone they're clearly better than and would probably beat - especially when there are plenty of far more plausible alternate motives for choosing to wait.

 

Bradley did something similar with Devon also and wanted to prolong the fight to gain buzz

 

Bradley ducked Khan because he's a *****.

And Peterson handled Bradley's business for him which makes Bradley Peterson's *****, too.

 

this reminds me of Mayweather/Pac/Marquez p4p situation.

Some Pac fans want to keep Pac there even though he "lost" to Juan. You can't put Juan number 1 because he got dominated by Floyd.

The difference here is though, Khan actually officially lost

 

There can be different types of ‘ducking’. Whether it be for financial reasons, actual fear of a person, or whatever.

Bradley, having initially agreed to fight Khan, decided to pull out at the last minute. It’s not like it was just a ‘potential’ fight that he brushed off (one that could be forgiven because it was never really set in stone). It was actually scheduled and all parties, at the very least, agreed verbally that they would fight each other. It was planned for months. HBO, Shaw, GBP, Khan and Bradley himself, they all committed to it.

So when you pull out of something like that, for fear of losing and upsetting your dreams of facing Pacquiao (Bradley actually admitted to this), it should be classified as a temporary duck, in my opinion. Khan, the actual boxer himself, may not have struck fear into him. But the prospect of losing and jeopardizing a big payday, did :deal.

 

...and eventually proved to be the better man when they met. :nod Although it was an abomination in the sight of the boxing gods.

 

:yep I didn't mind the fight that much, but most people should have known tht fight wasn't going to be exciting

 

True. :good

Should the super-sized version of Bradley-Alexander ever happen (Ward-Dirrell) I expect it to be no different. Ugly to watch, and with the lesser athlete but smarter/better boxer coming out on top.

 

I thought the 'duck' was to get away from Shaw's financial abuse, let's not forget Shaw left Corrales broke when he died