its really sad that Timothy Bradley does not get the credit he deserves

He never will unfortunately. Bradley went from underdog to top dog resume wise, but because he doesn't cuss his opponents out and try and choke em, he gets no casual love.
I was hoping Floyd could have threw him a bone and fought him for the exposure but he hates Arum and nothing will change that.

 

i love bradley. i didnt like his reaction to his controversial win over pac, but i can understand why it went down that way. i respect his courage and the way in which he lives his life... i also think hes the welterweight to beat.

 

In what universe has Tim not gotten credit?

 

He's underappreciated by the public but a lot of boxing fans seem to overrate him. They go on and on about his resume. Which is good, but not great.

Witter
Holt
Vasquez
Abregu
Peterson
Provodnikov
Vargas
Alexander
Rios
Marquez

That's pretty solid but only Marquez has achieved anything greater than solid contender level as an ATG.

His one crowning achievement is the Marquez fight, but I and lots of others had JMM edging it on clean punches, close fight. And it was an older Marquez.

He didn't beat Pac in either fight. That might change because Atlas has made some visible corrections to Bradley's technique which I like a lot. And who knows how much Bradley has left but his HOF status could solidify if he beats another couple of top welterweights.

But as of now, his resume is solid, and the manner in which he won those fights wasn't without controversy.

Provodnikov-nearly got stopped and arguably lost on points.
Vargas-was prematurely saved after getting rocked hard.
Marquez-s****ed by, SD win, did a lot of posing and jabbing the air.
Pacquiao-lost twice, got a gift in the first one, injured his feet in both fights.
Alexander-headbutt stoppage after an ugly fight

He often fails to separate himself from his opponents in truly dominant fashion. So while he's racked up good names, his performances haven't made them more than they are.

 

Casuals like KOs. This is why GGG, Kovalev, Thurman, Canelo (mostly), Wilder, Spence are loved by casuals because they put their opposition away.

I am what you would consider a strong casual/weak hardcore boxing fan. I'm more than casual as I can name 100 plus fighters of the top of my head. Weak hardcore cred because I've never spared and dont really know much about technique and the nuts and bolts of boxing.

 

I don't think sparring comes into it when determining if your hardcore or casual. My mate who has never stepped foot in a boxing gym knows way more about pro boxing than anyone in my club. Except me of course. Ha. But I am only a member of the club for training reasons. Yeah I still spar for the craic. But I'm no good at it. I do the odd white collar white fight every now and again. Even though im no good myself , watching boxing is probably my favourite thing to do in the world. I just think its an Amazing sport. If u can name over 100 fighters you would be a bigger fan than anyone ive ever met before (bar my mate) Any club I've been to or fight I've been at i've yet to meet a hard core fan. Only ever talk to casuals. There's not that many of us out there. That's why I love reading these forums

 

I don't hold the first PAC fight against Tim, since that was PAC's fault and not his. I still think to this day that when PAC made everyone wait so he could finish watching the Laker game the judges returned the favor by not giving PAC the nod. That said its not like PAC dominated him, since I had it 115-113PAC.

On the other hand I do hold the second fight with PAC against Bradley. Focusing only on the knockout made Bradley look like a joke. If Bradley is patient and listens to Atlas I think he might be able to pull it off. If he can't he should retire.

 

I've been saying Bradley is under appreciated for years people seem to only talk about the Pacquiao fights which he had no control but forget about the fights he had with Ruslan, Peterson, Marquez, Alexander, Witter (in england) etc

Danny Garcia is under appreciated as well

 

he's trying to hype bradley up for pac's sake.

 

Man, I give Timmy his props hes' tough, trains hard and has mad heart! dude is a workman who doesn't give up no matter what!

 

Many, many pro athletes are under appreciated. Every sport, every era.

 

What? So Bradley has to act like Floyd or Broner to get respect, by blabberin, throwing cheapshots, and dry humping? That makes no sense bro, no grown man gets respect that way. He wasn't gettin respect because he had no ko power, that's what always hurt Bradley. But he definitely gets more respect than Broner, basically most fighters do.

 

What cheap shots has mayweather thrown?

 

I like Bradley, always have. Enjoy watching his fights and he seems a good guy.

Solid resume although - as stated - quite a few of those could have ended up much worse for him...but they didn't.