Thread: What's next for Bradley?

Can I say that the fight at the weekend was no doubt the best fight I think I have seen this year. Bradley has taken a lot of criticism in his career and I can understand at times why, especially with what happened with the Pacquiao fight. Moving on from that now, I thought Bradley wanted to prove something by trading blows and no doubt that was really exciting to watch. I think Bradley needs to be commended on how badly he did get rocked and he still got up and boxed well and did enough to just about win.

Has Bradley won any fans with that performance? I think he should because he could have just boxed to a decision and made it easier for himself, but he wanted to get him out of there so he traded with Provodnikov, although that wasn't a wise move, it did make a great fight for the fans. Bradley has acknowledged what he did wrong and if they ever fight again, Bradley would win a wider points decision because for a lot of the fight Bradley was in control and he was boxing well. Considering how much punishment he did take early on, Bradley really did well to take control of the fight and I congratulate him for that he showed true spirit staying on his feet, although he was badly hurt.

What's next for Bradley? He needs to stay out of the wars if he wants to further his career, Marquez seems interested in a Bradley fight, how do you think he will step up against him?

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Marquez would be grand and then perhaps a rematch with Manny. I think he has the youth and tenacity to beat both. It would be a bit like Steve Collins getting Benn and Eubank towards the end of their shelf lives.

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Marquez would be grand and then perhaps a rematch with Manny. I think he has the youth and tenacity to beat both. It would be a bit like Steve Collins getting Benn and Eubank towards the end of their shelf lives.

You are off your rocker Miles!

Bradley barely just beat the #10 140 lber in the world. He lost convincingly to Manny before that.

Originally Posted by Tam Seddon

Can I say that the fight at the weekend was no doubt the best fight I think I have seen this year. Bradley has taken a lot of criticism in his career and I can understand at times why, especially with what happened with the Pacquiao fight. Moving on from that now, I thought Bradley wanted to prove something by trading blows and no doubt that was really exciting to watch. I think Bradley needs to be commended on how badly he did get rocked and he still got up and boxed well and did enough to just about win.

Has Bradley won any fans with that performance? I think he should because he could have just boxed to a decision and made it easier for himself, but he wanted to get him out of there so he traded with Provodnikov, although that wasn't a wise move, it did make a great fight for the fans. Bradley has acknowledged what he did wrong and if they ever fight again, Bradley would win a wider points decision because for a lot of the fight Bradley was in control and he was boxing well. Considering how much punishment he did take early on, Bradley really did well to take control of the fight and I congratulate him for that he showed true spirit staying on his feet, although he was badly hurt.

What's next for Bradley? He needs to stay out of the wars if he wants to further his career, Marquez seems interested in a Bradley fight, how do you think he will step up against him?

I don't fully agree. Bradley said afterwards he thinks he has a concussion, and that it affected his performance since round one. Bradley was trying to box troughout the 11 rounds , after the first. He just continued to get caught. He should fight Marquez, since he would get money for it, and it would be interesting. Marquez beats him I think , and so does Manny

Bradley should cash out against Marquez, did Pacquiao ruin him!?

Originally Posted by gest12645

Originally Posted by Tam Seddon

Can I say that the fight at the weekend was no doubt the best fight I think I have seen this year. Bradley has taken a lot of criticism in his career and I can understand at times why, especially with what happened with the Pacquiao fight. Moving on from that now, I thought Bradley wanted to prove something by trading blows and no doubt that was really exciting to watch. I think Bradley needs to be commended on how badly he did get rocked and he still got up and boxed well and did enough to just about win.

Has Bradley won any fans with that performance? I think he should because he could have just boxed to a decision and made it easier for himself, but he wanted to get him out of there so he traded with Provodnikov, although that wasn't a wise move, it did make a great fight for the fans. Bradley has acknowledged what he did wrong and if they ever fight again, Bradley would win a wider points decision because for a lot of the fight Bradley was in control and he was boxing well. Considering how much punishment he did take early on, Bradley really did well to take control of the fight and I congratulate him for that he showed true spirit staying on his feet, although he was badly hurt.

What's next for Bradley? He needs to stay out of the wars if he wants to further his career, Marquez seems interested in a Bradley fight, how do you think he will step up against him?

I don't fully agree. Bradley said afterwards he thinks he has a concussion, and that it affected his performance since round one. Bradley was trying to box troughout the 11 rounds , after the first. He just continued to get caught. He should fight Marquez, since he would get money for it, and it would be interesting. Marquez beats him I think , and so does Manny

Yes that's what I mean even though he was badly hurt he still managed to find rhythm in the fight and box to a decision albeit a close one. Many fighters who take that many punches would fold and lose a fight...eg Amor Khan, but Bradley showed great character to somehow manage to win rounds after taking a lot of shots and that's what I respected the most about Bradley that fight.

On a side note, Bradley might have taken a lot of punishment, but he sure did dish some out himself. Did you see the state of Provodinkovs face at the end of the fight? He was messed up too! If Bradley was to fight him again I'm pretty sure he would learn from his mistakes from the first fight.

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Bradley should cash out against Marquez, did Pacquiao ruin him!?

I don't think he was ruined, because he knows he should have stuck to the game plan and if he did like he showed us for a lot of rounds, he was more than capable of out boxing Provodinkov. But he got silly by doing what he doesn't normally do and he tried to blast him out of there, which clearly wasn't the right tactic against a power puncher. However it did bring us a great fight and for Bradley to be that hurt and still somehow win a close fight commands respect IMO.

I don't know how his punch resistance will be after this fight, he could have taken a lot of years off his career with this fight, we will have to wait and see. He's shown that he can also be hurt we well, which might bode well for other 147 fighters. Bradley needs to box more and win rounds if he wants to carry on being a champion though.

I don't know how he would get on against Marquez, but he certainly should go for that fight now and adopt different tactics than he used in the last fight. I still Marquez would take him though, I think it would be close but Marquez is the man at the moment.

Bradley vs. Rios and Pacquiao vs. Marquez V are inevitable for me. I'd imagine they're next.

Originally Posted by bzkfn

Bradley vs. Rios and Pacquiao vs. Marquez V are inevitable for me. I'd imagine they're next.

Inevitable? I'm not sure about that, look at the Floyd vs Manny fight we all wanted.
I would sure like to see those fights though.

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Bradley should cash out against Marquez, did Pacquiao ruin him!?

Your question should have been, did Bradley ruin Pacquiao?
Did Manny see something about Bradley that put some doubts in his mind?

How could Pacquiao have ruined Bradley if he only hurt him once in that fight and the fight was relatively close?

I understand most thought Pacquiao won (I did too), but in no way did Pacquiao blow Bradley out of the water in that fight, or make him look foolish. He belonged in the ring with Pacquiao that night.

After fighting a good, albeit losing, fight against Pacquiao, and a corker of a fight against the Siberian, Provodnikov, he earned the fight with Marquez. I think Marquez will think Bradley looked vulnerable enough to risk a fight with him. Recall that prior to Bradley-Provodnikov, Marquez's team thought Bradley was too risky to fight.

Bradley is a warrior, always has been and it took a thrashing for people to sit up and take note. His determination and pride is a credit to his heart and can be a curse to his game. He can't change who he is and his slugging or 'sticking to his game' wasn't really his option to decide with a clear head once he was repeatedly rattled. They should choose wisely for next fight and honestly not Rios, Provo or that sort. If JMM wants to dance it would be a well earned high profile payday and style clash but I'd favor Marquez on accuracy and depth.

Mannys sparring partner did a better job than he did.
Plus bradley had ankle issues in the manny fight.
So true are the words that "styles make fights.."
You can never say A fighter will beat B fighter because he beat C.

Probably Rios. Whoever it is, I'll be watching. Bradley is one tough motherfucker.