prime Timothy Bradley vs Current Teofimo Lopez

As long as Bradley does what he did vs JMM and use his feet and not get drawn into the counter punching Teo's style by being overly aggressive, I see Bradley winning on points.

 

Teo at his best has a good chance to win but he is too inconsistent. Most night Tim would beat him.

 

Teo is better than Marquez imi

 

Does imi mean "in my inebriation" ? If I was drunk enough, I might agree that Teo could maybe hold JMM's jockstrap.

 

Tim was a very good fighter at 140, and he never had many bad performances and always found a way to win in his biggest fights. I'd favor Tim.

 

I don't see a scenario where Tim loses, not even getting clipped because you'd have to plant him so far into the ground he couldn't move to keep him there and no one was able to do it and he fought some real hitters that couldn't, Teo definitely couldn't. Tim was prepared, busy, steady and had an engine, he'd have Teo in Hell stylistically from round 1 to round 12.

 

Yeah
..... but Teo at his best is better than anyone Bradley faced imo

 

López is the weirdest fighter, he's beaten Loma and Taylor, and I still have no idea how good he is, or if he just got lucky... Twice

 

Honestly, just being objective, I think at his Teo could hang with anyone fro. 135 to 147 if he is serious. Teo is a tremendous counterpuncher, elite power, and his fundamentals are above average. He is in the class of Morales, Marquez, Hamed, and Barerra imo

 

Not Pac...........

The thing is, Teo does have 2 very very good wins, but he has a horrendous loss a win that looks very much like a loss and a win that was very ugly but still a win. These are his most recent fights. You can't be hot and cold against Tim Bradley, Tim was one of the most physically and mentally prepared for every single fight boxers in the last 20 years. And he could box front foot and back foot, and he could press, far better than the man who gave Teo his horrendous loss.

 

This.

While Teo might be more physically gifted/talented, Bradley's steady-Eddie consistency, exceptional mental toughness, and dogged determination get the job done.

Bradley UD.

 

I don't think it was luck or even up and down focus from Teo.

Right now he kind of is at where early Marquez was. He's a counter puncher like Marquez who when he has an opponent who comes at him allowing him to utilise his exceptional counter punching skills, he looks elite. But when he's faced with a boxer who moves he struggles to press the action and ends up losing rounds. Much like JMM, who lost to the counter punching style of Freddie Norwood and Chris John (albeit controversially in my opinion), Teo needs to make that adjustment to be able to successfully press the action if he's to fulfil his full potential, like JMM did after the John loss.

He's an exceptional but flawed fighter right now. But at 26 he should really only now be starting to peak. So hard to say where his ceiling is. If he can learn to be more effective on the front foot, he might very well become a great fighter.

 

You never miss with these breakdowns, I agree. Teo needs to make those adjustments before he would challenge someone like Bud Crawford. Right now he has better chance fighting Spence

 

Those very steady guys are sometimes the worst fights for dynamic fighters.............