Timothy Ray Bradley

**OumaFan** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-19-2006, 11:27 PM

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I drove 112 miles round trip (one hour each way) to check out undefeated junior welterweight prospect Timothy Ray Bradley ply his brutal trade for 2 minutes and 44 seconds on a Thompson Boxing-promoted card at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario Monday night

Bradley, now 16-0 (10), demolished Alfonso Sanchez before the veteran trialhorse could get started, repeatedly hurting the Mexican with body shots. Despite the brevity of his performance, I thought the 23-year-old Coachella native was worth the drive.

He reminded me of a young Shane Mosley. He reminded Johnny Ortiz, a ringside boxing observer for at least 50 years, of Aaron Pryor.

No, Bradley is not as skillful or as complete a fighter as Mosley was when he was 16-0, and he doesn’t belong in the same sentence as hall-of-famer Pryor. But his style is much like Mosley’s. He’s an aggressive orthodox boxer with speed, power and a commitment to body punching; a talented African-American athlete who is the product of Mexican gyms.

Bradley’s spirit is very reminiscent of The Hawk’s ring fury. He doesn’t take a backward step and he’s got a bit of an attitude, a little swagger, in the way he attacks his opponent.

I can’t wait to see Bradley fight again and I hope it isn’t too long before fight fans outside of Southern California get a chance to see him.

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Anybody seen this guy? Sounds like he could be an interesting prospect.

bigragu · #2 (**permalink**) 10-20-2006, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by OumaFan

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I drove 112 miles round trip (one hour each way) to check out undefeated junior welterweight prospect Timothy Ray Bradley ply his brutal trade for 2 minutes and 44 seconds on a Thompson Boxing-promoted card at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario Monday night

Bradley, now 16-0 (10), demolished Alfonso Sanchez before the veteran trialhorse could get started, repeatedly hurting the Mexican with body shots. Despite the brevity of his performance, I thought the 23-year-old Coachella native was worth the drive.

He reminded me of a young Shane Mosley. He reminded Johnny Ortiz, a ringside boxing observer for at least 50 years, of Aaron Pryor.

No, Bradley is not as skillful or as complete a fighter as Mosley was when he was 16-0, and he doesn’t belong in the same sentence as hall-of-famer Pryor. But his style is much like Mosley’s. He’s an aggressive orthodox boxer with speed, power and a commitment to body punching; a talented African-American athlete who is the product of Mexican gyms.

Bradley’s spirit is very reminiscent of The Hawk’s ring fury. He doesn’t take a backward step and he’s got a bit of an attitude, a little swagger, in the way he attacks his opponent.

I can’t wait to see Bradley fight again and I hope it isn’t too long before fight fans outside of Southern California get a chance to see him.

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Anybody seen this guy? Sounds like he could be an interesting prospect.

no but it sounds like an up and comer worthy of checking out...thanks for the info!!!!

luvfightgame · #3 (**permalink**) 10-20-2006, 02:36 AM

I've seen him twice. He always headlines the shows here. Very good, but he hasn't had tough competetion yet. He's got a strong amatuer background and he's very solid technique wise. I am looking forward to seeing him step up in competetion a little. I heard ESPN talking about him a few months ago. Teddy was saying they were looking to get him a televised fight on FNF.