Re: Pacquiao VS Provodnikov 4/12?
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Originally Posted by
Ron Swanson
Could someone please link the first round of the Bradley/Provodnikov fight? I'm on my phone so I can't do it. This rumor that Provodnikov made Bradley stop and fight needs to stop. Bradley chose. Watch the round. There seems to be this thing in boxing fandom where if you say something that isn't true enough it becomes popular opinion. Watch the round! Bradley is moving and Bradley stops, it has nothing to do with Provodnikov. Provo deserves all the credit in the world for his success he created when Bradley stopped. But tell the truth, Bradley stopped.
The vast majority of fans believe that Bradley fought the way he did to get back in the fans' good graces after winning (but losing) the Pacquiao fight.
Regardless if Bradley made the decision to try and fight Provo or the other way around, Provo showed that at at the "fight" game, he's as good, if not better, than Bradley.
I would love to see a rematch between Provo and Bradley to see if Bradley can outbox him.
Also, Alvarado beat Rios by boxing him in the rematch, but even in his hometown, he couldn't stay away from Provo.
I'm just suggesting that Provo has become a pretty decent pressure fighter.
Re: Pacquiao VS Provodnikov 4/12?
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Originally Posted by
uptoscratch
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Originally Posted by
Ron Swanson
Could someone please link the first round of the Bradley/Provodnikov fight? I'm on my phone so I can't do it. This rumor that Provodnikov made Bradley stop and fight needs to stop. Bradley chose. Watch the round. There seems to be this thing in boxing fandom where if you say something that isn't true enough it becomes popular opinion. Watch the round! Bradley is moving and Bradley stops, it has nothing to do with Provodnikov. Provo deserves all the credit in the world for his success he created when Bradley stopped. But tell the truth, Bradley stopped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIlVQO71PbQ
As you say, Bradley boxes for the first half of round one, but right around 1:30 they come out of a clinch in the middle of the ring, and Bradley suddenly decides to stay there and try to wallop Provodnikov with combinations.
If anything, the way Provodnikov got Bradley to stop boxing was by being almost impossible to miss with a punch. Provo showed great toughness to be able to keep throwing back, but it was nothing to do with him foiling Bradley's movement.
A Pac-Provo fight probably ends with Provo being stopped on cuts.
Bradley's weakness though has always been his lack of punching power. He wins by volume and defense. Wouldn't you suspect that Provo's game plan was to take a few punches to land one? Bradley let him do that, whether it was by mistake or not is impossible to tell, frankly. Also, Bradley makes some mental mistakes in boxing matches, but usually it's here and there, would he really make one for a whole fight? It's unfair to not give some credit to Provo.
How about we split the baby? Bradley made a mistake and decided to fight when he should have boxed in the first round, but Provo's ability forced that mistake would cost Bradley the entire fight. With a world class competitor like Bradley, credit to Provo for doing that.
What we do know is that the fight was 12 rounds and Bradley for some reason stopped boxing from the outside after getting hurt in the first round. If he wanted to win the fight and thought he could do it from the outside, he should have switched it up after the first round. If he couldn't switch it up because Provo was fighting too well, then credit to Provo.
Why hasn't Provo got a rematch with Bradley? Didn't his performance in their first fight earn him one? By the way, I think Bradley would win a rematch.
Re: Pacquiao VS Provodnikov 4/12?
Just rewatched part of the fight, wow, is Bradley a warrior. He was hit with helacious shots and just kept coming back. Holy crap was that a good fight.
Re: Pacquiao VS Provodnikov 4/12?
Also, Bradley's punches dont generate much power because of his lack of technique.. He doesn't clinch his fists tightly nor does he put his body into it and turn punches over.. He punches like an amatuer..
That's why he bores me..
