Mayweather vs Bradley: The Real Thread

Again, for ya'll that don't know **** about boxing...

 

This is one of those fights where it really depends on the judges.

I think Bradley would hit mostly gloves and air, but his activity, and the fact that Floyd will land few serious shots on him because he'll spend the majority of the fight off balance, means that this could be an upset.

It could be one of those fights where it is very contraversial.

Bradley's elusiveness and speed and ability to fire back, will make Floyd cautious when the bout is in the center of the ring because it's very hard to hit Bradley with more than one solid shot at a time due to his headmovement, and when you attempt a combination, Bradley fires back.

Additionally, Floyd doesn't have the same type of power that another precision punching counterpuncher that Pacquaio does, and that still wasn't enough to deter Bradley.

Bradley also doesn't fade. He appears to get stronger as the fight goes on. And he doesn't stay in one place, like Cotto does for instance.

 

Exactly. He had to run due to Pacquaio's precision punching power, and counterpunching ability.

And even then, while Bradley did run some, he still maintained the will power to take it to Pac.

Mayweather doesn't hit like Pacquaio and won't put himself at the risk Pacquio does to land combinations or to get his shots off.

 

First of all, Floyd being twice as accurate is bull****. Floyd is more accurate, but it's also because he doesn't throw as many combinations, and when it comes to single shots, it's negligable.

Manny is one of the most accurate punchers in the game.

Floyd's accuracy will only have the impact you're talking about when the fight is in the center of the ring, and when Floyd does throw it will be single shots.

The reason why is because Bradley is elusive, and therefore difficult to hit with more than one shot at at time, and also because Floyd will be hesitant to throw combinations anyway because Bradley will hit you when you're throwing even if you land shots on him.

The harder punching Pacquaio who was landing precision punches in the trenches, and will risk more anyway, was not able to fully deter Bradley from throwing back.

Due to this, Bradley will keep Floyd off balance. He'll push him against the ropes, using his head and strong neck as leverage, and still be able to be mobile and use aggressive defense. It's something that guys like Dempsey used to use in the past, but in today's scene there are very few people that utilize this.

Bradley happens to be one, even if he doesn't have Dempsey's sharper impact punches. When you got a guy off balance, they won't be able to hit you with much impact.

Look at when Cotto had Mayweather against the ropes, yes Cotto was missing his punches, and yes because Cotto doesn't move his head like Bradley does, Mayweather was tagging him with accuracy, but for the most part there wasn't **** on Mayweather's punches because Cotto was keeping him off balance.

Mayweather did his best work in the center of the ring. And due to Cotto not knowing how to move his head, Mayweather could land combinations and hard punches.

Look at when Pacquaio fought Cotto. Almost every combination he threw landed because Cotto doesn't have very good defense.

In contrast, Pacquaio had great difficulty landing more than single shots against Bradley who consistantly move his head and has great footwork.

So, Mayweather will not commit to throwing combinations when the fight is in the center of the ring and Bradley's elusiveness will make it more difficult to find openings.

When Mayweather does have an opening, he'll do his best work, but it will be with mostly single shots, and his cautiousness will give an already EXCELLENT conditioned Bradley more time to recover.

Mayweather isn't knocking him out or hurting him because Bradley has an excellent chin and if Pacquaio can land hard punches that he doesn't see and not put him down, Mayweather won't be able to either.

So this means the fight is going to take place against the ropes. Bradley does NOT FADE like Cotto. He moves his head, unlike Cotto.

He gets stronger as the fight goes on.

He will make this a rough, ugly fight, and push Floyd to work harder than he's ever had to work before.

This would be Floyd's hardest fight. Unquestionably.

 

You ain't offer **** except troll bull**** and dick suckin. I ain't into that.