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Watching the replay again i really believe if bradley sticks to boxing like in the second half of the fight he will be victorious yet again.
Pac has the speed but was gassed out towards the end and got confused when bradley started to box.
Will pac avoid a rematch? Who else would he fight? Marquez has his number so perhaps he might just retire and use God and the leg cramp issue..but with so much money to be made how could he..
Bradley can improve. I don't see how Pac can.
Apply more pressure, but I don't think he has the stamina now.
Bradley has no power but his stamina and heart won the fight.
He took pacs best shots and that must have frustrated him.
I feel sorry for him he's a humble guy who is stuck in the middle of all this BS from no fault of his own
He lost the fight , he wont improve, and he fights ugly.
This thread could have been started by Bob Arum.
LolQuote:
Originally Posted by roberto duran legend
And you fell into my trap..now buy the next fight and see
He won the fight. He fights ugly. He will improve.
I agree with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoBias
He gave an honest as answer he could in the post fight interview with Kellerman.
Bradley hasn't been given enough credit yet, I think. He's proven that his mind and his heart are twice the size of his head... Which is twice the size of his body... Which is three eights the size of his ego which seemingly has been kept in check. I mean guys loose fights and claim they won just to claim they won but Bradley kept it real. He felt like he lost a fight but ended up winning a boxing match.
Next time Tim, keep the boxing up along with your hands ;)
Bradley didn't win the fight , no way.
He deserves credit and praise, but not those that come towards having a win over Pacquaio as well as the #3 p4p according to Boxrec.
If Bradley does improve, I think he will come in with tremendous confidence.
He should keep his hands up, like Diaz kept telling him.
He might not get caught as cleanly in the rematch if there is one.
Bradley is the type of fighter that although lacking in power he can stand close and clutch, paw hold and make a fight really ugly and stamina will not be a question for hm because he has the capacity to frustrate most fighters and make them forget their game plan like a Gene Fulmer or the original Raging bull Jake Lamatto. Neither had great punching power but man did they drive their opponents crazy. In Lamatto's case he had no one to fight for years but Sugar Ray Robinson.
I said before the fight that Bradley will improve as a fighter WIN or LOSE.
He certainly adjusted in teh last 1/4 of the fight. I had him sweeping the last 3 rounds because he stayed at distance and made Pacquiao lunge at him. Pacquiao's workrate certainly dropped too.
Bradley now knows for a rematch that his chin held up and he went 12 rounds with the guy (and with an injury)
WIN OR LOSE the rematch Bradley will again learn alot and will in teh next few years be involved in some very big fights.
Pacquiao won - to me there is no doubt BUT i think Bradley made so many fans with hsi performance on 24/7 and by his gritty performance in the ring. The only good thing to come out of this fight is that Bradley will get another $5m + therefore making his family financially secure.