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    Quote Originally Posted by pacfan View Post
    I think most of you fellas got it wrong. Bradley thought if he tried to box Manny as he did the last time (and got outboxed instead) he would have no chance with the judges this time and I think he was right. That's probably the reason he went for the KO, mimicking Marquez KO punch. He probably thought he had no choice... About him being injured again, I think it's true cuz he 'bob and weaves' just a bit too much, often twisting his legs.

    About the Pac's mother, she's, to put it kindly, a devout Catholic and raised Manny as one. There was a much publicized spat between them when the so-called evangelical guys converted Pac. That's the context behind her 'blaming God' for the loss of Pac to Marquez - sort of 'I told you son, you'll be punished if you don't revert.' I guess that's why she was there waving the rosary, which Manny abandoned after his conversion, for him - she probably seriously believes Manny not bringing his rosary has something to do with his loss...
    I though she got put on the set and was just gang banging

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    Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
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    Both are excellent fighters, but Bradley lost the plot as far as I am concerned. He seemed to really believe that a KO punch would be all it took and considering that he has never been a KO artist and has always ground out wins by being versatile and active, it wasn't very smart boxing. He simply wasn't all that versatile in this fight and at times he was almost asking to be Hatton'ed with his recklessness. He was getting predictable with those wailing wide haymakers. It was as though he was trying to impersonate himself in a fightnight game. I couldn't fathom why he was being so cocky and seemingly so satisfied with a few rounds seemingly handed over on a plate. He should have been up 4-2 and it should have been about using smarts to win a few more rounds. He just wasn't able to focus for 3 minutes of each round.

    Manny won the fight, but once again he didn't look particularly impressive. He has clearly lost a step and his output is significantly down on what it used to be and if Bradley was a puncher Manny could have been out of there by the half way mark. Fair play to Manny on grinding it out, but Bradley made it easier for him than it should have been. Bradley is better than that and Manny was better than that, thus I found it lacking in the end.

    A good first half, but Bradley lost his marbles and another Top Rank love in was had. What next Manny, Marquez 5? Sheez, he better ask his promoter. I'm tired of Top Rank and want James Toney to fight Bob Arum.
    I cannot agree. Bradley is not excellent. Has never been and never will be. That is of course, just my own opinion.
    I agree with @Gandalf totally. I guess we watched the same fight. Bradley quite literally gave the fight away. It was not his skill set that folded, it was his pea sized brain that did. I had him ahead after 5 by a round and ahead 3/4 of the way through the sixth and then he suddenly turned into Augustus. It was as if somebody turned off a valve. He may have gave away the sixth round in the last 30 seconds but in theory was ahead by 2. I think the cards will show that when they are posted although the first round was tricky as they can be more often then not. So what discouraged Timmy as he was doing much better to this point then he was in the first fight? It really was as if the wheels fell off half way up the hill.

    Manny happened and he was not as aired out as maybe they thought and they truly believed they actually could knock him out. Sincere delusion but they believed it. When Manny was still standing and starting to get what looked like his second wind, all of a sudden Tim went full on Whitaker and quit throwing. He also went gun shy and on several occasions actually turned his melon head away in anticipation which is something you dont do unless you are involved in a first boxing lesson as a walk in. Manny kept coming and showed smarts but if Tim even had mediocre power I'm not to sure we'd be having this discussion.

    Manny put in a gutsy performance and deserves credit for the win but he did look about 60% of what he has looked like and even after the fight seemed a little to reserved.

    I take some issue in you saying that Tim is not an excellent fighter. Not only does that statement take away from Mannys win but its also patently false. You dont get to where he is or have the notches he has on his gun handle w/o being above average. His resume is in the top 5 of the sport. If anything, its not that people are not giving Manny enough credit but rather people giving him to much. I'm already seeing threads making the leap from this fight to the phantom one and that somehow Floyd is now more scared or bla bla bla. Yet to me if it was anything other then a feud stopping it Floyd would most likely be on the phone right now. Btw who does Manny think he is the Pope? He makes the press row wait close to 3 hours wtf? And Bradley whats with the limps again and then telling Arum not to talk about it? Drama queen. He claims to have no excuses but walks out with one. What a tool.

    I'll watch it again because Mannys mom could have played a key role in this



    She went into the ring and hugged Bradley after the decision had been announced. No doubt she whispered in Bradley's ear something like:

    "You lost, so I took the spell off you. We're cool."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by pacfan View Post
    I think most of you fellas got it wrong. Bradley thought if he tried to box Manny as he did the last time (and got outboxed instead) he would have no chance with the judges this time and I think he was right. That's probably the reason he went for the KO, mimicking Marquez KO punch. He probably thought he had no choice... About him being injured again, I think it's true cuz he 'bob and weaves' just a bit too much, often twisting his legs.

    About the Pac's mother, she's, to put it kindly, a devout Catholic and raised Manny as one. There was a much publicized spat between them when the so-called evangelical guys converted Pac. That's the context behind her 'blaming God' for the loss of Pac to Marquez - sort of 'I told you son, you'll be punished if you don't revert.' I guess that's why she was there waving the rosary, which Manny abandoned after his conversion, for him - she probably seriously believes Manny not bringing his rosary has something to do with his loss...
    I though she got put on the set and was just gang banging


    I'm sure you'd do her. Too old and fragile to fight back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
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    I think most of you fellas got it wrong. Bradley thought if he tried to box Manny as he did the last time (and got outboxed instead) he would have no chance with the judges this time and I think he was right. That's probably the reason he went for the KO, mimicking Marquez KO punch. He probably thought he had no choice... About him being injured again, I think it's true cuz he 'bob and weaves' just a bit too much, often twisting his legs.

    About the Pac's mother, she's, to put it kindly, a devout Catholic and raised Manny as one. There was a much publicized spat between them when the so-called evangelical guys converted Pac. That's the context behind her 'blaming God' for the loss of Pac to Marquez - sort of 'I told you son, you'll be punished if you don't revert.' I guess that's why she was there waving the rosary, which Manny abandoned after his conversion, for him - she probably seriously believes Manny not bringing his rosary has something to do with his loss...
    I though she got put on the set and was just gang banging


    I'm sure you'd do her. Too old and fragile to fight back.
    She don't got a dick. So I know you won't go any near her

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    Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by pacfan View Post
    I think most of you fellas got it wrong. Bradley thought if he tried to box Manny as he did the last time (and got outboxed instead) he would have no chance with the judges this time and I think he was right. That's probably the reason he went for the KO, mimicking Marquez KO punch. He probably thought he had no choice... About him being injured again, I think it's true cuz he 'bob and weaves' just a bit too much, often twisting his legs.

    About the Pac's mother, she's, to put it kindly, a devout Catholic and raised Manny as one. There was a much publicized spat between them when the so-called evangelical guys converted Pac. That's the context behind her 'blaming God' for the loss of Pac to Marquez - sort of 'I told you son, you'll be punished if you don't revert.' I guess that's why she was there waving the rosary, which Manny abandoned after his conversion, for him - she probably seriously believes Manny not bringing his rosary has something to do with his loss...
    I though she got put on the set and was just gang banging


    I'm sure you'd do her. Too old and fragile to fight back.
    She don't got a dick. So I know you won't go any near her


    C'mon... you know that's the only way you can get a broad.
    If she's old and weak and can't fight off your rape attempts.

    We're all adults here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
    In a funny way this fight was maybe a bit like Hatton's fight with Malignaggi. It was an end of career huurah against someone who was unlikely to be able to dent him. Yet Bradley did hit him clean several times and I sense a puncher would have put Pac down. If Pac goes in with Mayweather now, he would do better than Hatton did against Pac, but I can see Mayweather timing him sweet and down she goes.

    What on earth is Manny's mother all about? She is clearly insane and needs to stop putting the hex on people. It is sinister.

    Miles, Bradley posed a threat and is a very good fighter. This was not some gimme fight, many people thought Pac was absolutely done after Marquez KO'd him.


    Clearly, he's not. He's about 80% of what he was, which is still better than 98% of other active boxers.
    "You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"

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    I think most of you fellas got it wrong. Bradley thought if he tried to box Manny as he did the last time (and got outboxed instead) he would have no chance with the judges this time and I think he was right. That's probably the reason he went for the KO, mimicking Marquez KO punch. He probably thought he had no choice... About him being injured again, I think it's true cuz he 'bob and weaves' just a bit too much, often twisting his legs.

    About the Pac's mother, she's, to put it kindly, a devout Catholic and raised Manny as one. There was a much publicized spat between them when the so-called evangelical guys converted Pac. That's the context behind her 'blaming God' for the loss of Pac to Marquez - sort of 'I told you son, you'll be punished if you don't revert.' I guess that's why she was there waving the rosary, which Manny abandoned after his conversion, for him - she probably seriously believes Manny not bringing his rosary has something to do with his loss...
    I though she got put on the set and was just gang banging


    I'm sure you'd do her. Too old and fragile to fight back.
    She don't got a dick. So I know you won't go any near her


    C'mon... you know that's the only way you can get a broad.
    If she's old and weak and can't fight off your rape attempts.

    We're all adults here.
    I will say this. I'll rape that lady all day and night instead of getting bend over and taking it in the ass like you and Orlando Cruz do

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greenbeanz View Post
    Great fight. Really enjoyed watching the recording earlier but turned a little sour when reading thru the Fight night and other threads. You would think that Bradley only had to turn up and not prance about pretending to be the great boxer that he is clearly not and the conclusion would have been a foregone one, won in the gym or even the dressing room.Nobody seems inclined to admit that they

    1. May have overestimated the demise of an battle worn and ageing fighter in Manny

    2. May have fallen for the smoke and mirrors hoopla thrown by Bradley who clearly is not half the boxer he thinks he is and overestimated his own skills

    Pacquiao has never just been a brawler despite going thru opposition like a buzz saw and he proved that yet again last night. He has lost some speed but his ring IQ, ability to use angles to hurt people and clever feet to get out of the way is still firmly intact. Tim couldn't cope because he simply is not good enough, he made it entertaining in places but the guy is embarrassing in and out of the ring and yet people still hang off his nuts.
    I think Bradley injured his leg or it would have been much closer. I'm a Manny fan.

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    In a funny way this fight was maybe a bit like Hatton's fight with Malignaggi. It was an end of career huurah against someone who was unlikely to be able to dent him. Yet Bradley did hit him clean several times and I sense a puncher would have put Pac down. If Pac goes in with Mayweather now, he would do better than Hatton did against Pac, but I can see Mayweather timing him sweet and down she goes.

    What on earth is Manny's mother all about? She is clearly insane and needs to stop putting the hex on people. It is sinister.

    Miles, Bradley posed a threat and is a very good fighter. This was not some gimme fight, many people thought Pac was absolutely done after Marquez KO'd him.


    Clearly, he's not. He's about 80% of what he was, which is still better than 98% of other active boxers.
    Bradley is an excellent fighter, as is Paulie Malignaggi, but the truth is that they don't hit very hard and both fought very poor fights against Pac and Hatton respectively. Hatton was good, but Malignaggi was never going to hurt him and Bradley was silly for thinking he would repeat the Marquez trick when he doesn't stop people. Bradley hits harder than Paulie, but he doesn't concuss people.

    Manny is 35 and is starting to look it. Calzaghe started to get hit more at this age, but he was able to maintain that intensity and activity until the end. Manny seems to want to continue with the decline being fairly obvious. He fights only in spurts and seems reticent. If Bradley makes him hold back, then Mayweather will turn him into a statue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
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    In a funny way this fight was maybe a bit like Hatton's fight with Malignaggi. It was an end of career huurah against someone who was unlikely to be able to dent him. Yet Bradley did hit him clean several times and I sense a puncher would have put Pac down. If Pac goes in with Mayweather now, he would do better than Hatton did against Pac, but I can see Mayweather timing him sweet and down she goes.

    What on earth is Manny's mother all about? She is clearly insane and needs to stop putting the hex on people. It is sinister.

    Miles, Bradley posed a threat and is a very good fighter. This was not some gimme fight, many people thought Pac was absolutely done after Marquez KO'd him.


    Clearly, he's not. He's about 80% of what he was, which is still better than 98% of other active boxers.
    Bradley is an excellent fighter, as is Paulie Malignaggi, but the truth is that they don't hit very hard and both fought very poor fights against Pac and Hatton respectively. Hatton was good, but Malignaggi was never going to hurt him and Bradley was silly for thinking he would repeat the Marquez trick when he doesn't stop people. Bradley hits harder than Paulie, but he doesn't concuss people.

    Manny is 35 and is starting to look it. Calzaghe started to get hit more at this age, but he was able to maintain that intensity and activity until the end. Manny seems to want to continue with the decline being fairly obvious. He fights only in spurts and seems reticent. If Bradley makes him hold back, then Mayweather will turn him into a statue.
    Bradley is a good deal better than Paulie ever was IMO.

    Mayweather does punch sharper than Bradley but he's not devastating by any stretch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hulk View Post
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    I think most of you fellas got it wrong. Bradley thought if he tried to box Manny as he did the last time (and got outboxed instead) he would have no chance with the judges this time and I think he was right. That's probably the reason he went for the KO, mimicking Marquez KO punch. He probably thought he had no choice... About him being injured again, I think it's true cuz he 'bob and weaves' just a bit too much, often twisting his legs.

    About the Pac's mother, she's, to put it kindly, a devout Catholic and raised Manny as one. There was a much publicized spat between them when the so-called evangelical guys converted Pac. That's the context behind her 'blaming God' for the loss of Pac to Marquez - sort of 'I told you son, you'll be punished if you don't revert.' I guess that's why she was there waving the rosary, which Manny abandoned after his conversion, for him - she probably seriously believes Manny not bringing his rosary has something to do with his loss...
    It was a bit classless by HBO to put Mrs. Pacquaio on blast like that.

    She comes from a dirt poor background n probably has about a 4th grade education. She is obviously prone up superstition and apparent religious fanaticism.

    I believe in God, however I do not believe he much cares about the outcome of a prize fight or that clutching inanimate objects and pointing fingers can do much.

    It was a bit sad seeing Manny's mother behaving like that. More sad that HBO felt the need to put a huge spotlight on it so we all could have a good white America laugh at her.
    That's true. There are lot of things many westerners still don't know about countries like ours. Most, and I said most, of the folks here still believe in gnomes or trolls which they call duendes (dwarves). And what's more amusing is that they blame them for their sickness, particularly the trolls whom they call duende itim (black dwarfs). Who can blame them cuz many of them, especially in the rural areas, have never seen a doctor. Still things are improving, a bit slowly though.

    But don't judge the lady with that action of hers, she's a pretty nice lady though. She said in an interview and told that she hugged Bradley and said 'I'm sorry' and Bradley reportedly told her 'no, it's okay, mommie.' Well Brad has a new mom now...
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    Quote Originally Posted by pacfan View Post
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    I think most of you fellas got it wrong. Bradley thought if he tried to box Manny as he did the last time (and got outboxed instead) he would have no chance with the judges this time and I think he was right. That's probably the reason he went for the KO, mimicking Marquez KO punch. He probably thought he had no choice... About him being injured again, I think it's true cuz he 'bob and weaves' just a bit too much, often twisting his legs.

    About the Pac's mother, she's, to put it kindly, a devout Catholic and raised Manny as one. There was a much publicized spat between them when the so-called evangelical guys converted Pac. That's the context behind her 'blaming God' for the loss of Pac to Marquez - sort of 'I told you son, you'll be punished if you don't revert.' I guess that's why she was there waving the rosary, which Manny abandoned after his conversion, for him - she probably seriously believes Manny not bringing his rosary has something to do with his loss...
    It was a bit classless by HBO to put Mrs. Pacquaio on blast like that.

    She comes from a dirt poor background n probably has about a 4th grade education. She is obviously prone up superstition and apparent religious fanaticism.

    I believe in God, however I do not believe he much cares about the outcome of a prize fight or that clutching inanimate objects and pointing fingers can do much.

    It was a bit sad seeing Manny's mother behaving like that. More sad that HBO felt the need to put a huge spotlight on it so we all could have a good white America laugh at her.
    That's true. There are lot of things many westerners still don't know about countries like ours. Most, and I said most, of the folks here still believe in gnomes or trolls which they call duendes (dwarves). And what's more amusing is that they blame them for their sickness, particularly the trolls whom they call duende itim (black dwarfs). Who can blame them cuz many of them, especially in the rural areas, have never seen a doctor. Still things are improving, a bit slowly though.

    But don't judge the lady with that action of hers, she's a pretty nice lady though. She said in an interview and told that she hugged Bradley and said 'I'm sorry' and Bradley reportedly told her 'no, it's okay, mommie.' Well Brad has a new mom now...

    Some Mexicans down in Mexico, Colima at least, believe in gnomes and chupacabra and all that fantasy stuff as well.


    I'd say a lot of that is due to lack of an education, tradition and just a superstitious culture.
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    In a funny way this fight was maybe a bit like Hatton's fight with Malignaggi. It was an end of career huurah against someone who was unlikely to be able to dent him. Yet Bradley did hit him clean several times and I sense a puncher would have put Pac down. If Pac goes in with Mayweather now, he would do better than Hatton did against Pac, but I can see Mayweather timing him sweet and down she goes.

    What on earth is Manny's mother all about? She is clearly insane and needs to stop putting the hex on people. It is sinister.

    Miles, Bradley posed a threat and is a very good fighter. This was not some gimme fight, many people thought Pac was absolutely done after Marquez KO'd him.


    Clearly, he's not. He's about 80% of what he was, which is still better than 98% of other active boxers.
    Bradley is an excellent fighter, as is Paulie Malignaggi, but the truth is that they don't hit very hard and both fought very poor fights against Pac and Hatton respectively. Hatton was good, but Malignaggi was never going to hurt him and Bradley was silly for thinking he would repeat the Marquez trick when he doesn't stop people. Bradley hits harder than Paulie, but he doesn't concuss people.

    Manny is 35 and is starting to look it. Calzaghe started to get hit more at this age, but he was able to maintain that intensity and activity until the end. Manny seems to want to continue with the decline being fairly obvious. He fights only in spurts and seems reticent. If Bradley makes him hold back, then Mayweather will turn him into a statue.
    Bradley is a good deal better than Paulie ever was IMO.

    Mayweather does punch sharper than Bradley but he's not devastating by any stretch.
    I had always thought Bradley was a step above, but he fought immaturely against Provodnikov and Pac. Actually, Paulie against Bradley might be a decent fight at this stage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
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    Both are excellent fighters, but Bradley lost the plot as far as I am concerned. He seemed to really believe that a KO punch would be all it took and considering that he has never been a KO artist and has always ground out wins by being versatile and active, it wasn't very smart boxing. He simply wasn't all that versatile in this fight and at times he was almost asking to be Hatton'ed with his recklessness. He was getting predictable with those wailing wide haymakers. It was as though he was trying to impersonate himself in a fightnight game. I couldn't fathom why he was being so cocky and seemingly so satisfied with a few rounds seemingly handed over on a plate. He should have been up 4-2 and it should have been about using smarts to win a few more rounds. He just wasn't able to focus for 3 minutes of each round.

    Manny won the fight, but once again he didn't look particularly impressive. He has clearly lost a step and his output is significantly down on what it used to be and if Bradley was a puncher Manny could have been out of there by the half way mark. Fair play to Manny on grinding it out, but Bradley made it easier for him than it should have been. Bradley is better than that and Manny was better than that, thus I found it lacking in the end.

    A good first half, but Bradley lost his marbles and another Top Rank love in was had. What next Manny, Marquez 5? Sheez, he better ask his promoter. I'm tired of Top Rank and want James Toney to fight Bob Arum.
    I cannot agree. Bradley is not excellent. Has never been and never will be. That is of course, just my own opinion.
    I agree with @Gandalf totally. I guess we watched the same fight. Bradley quite literally gave the fight away. It was not his skill set that folded, it was his pea sized brain that did. I had him ahead after 5 by a round and ahead 3/4 of the way through the sixth and then he suddenly turned into Augustus. It was as if somebody turned off a valve. He may have gave away the sixth round in the last 30 seconds but in theory was ahead by 2. I think the cards will show that when they are posted although the first round was tricky as they can be more often then not. So what discouraged Timmy as he was doing much better to this point then he was in the first fight? It really was as if the wheels fell off half way up the hill.

    Manny happened and he was not as aired out as maybe they thought and they truly believed they actually could knock him out. Sincere delusion but they believed it. When Manny was still standing and starting to get what looked like his second wind, all of a sudden Tim went full on Whitaker and quit throwing. He also went gun shy and on several occasions actually turned his melon head away in anticipation which is something you dont do unless you are involved in a first boxing lesson as a walk in. Manny kept coming and showed smarts but if Tim even had mediocre power I'm not to sure we'd be having this discussion.

    Manny put in a gutsy performance and deserves credit for the win but he did look about 60% of what he has looked like and even after the fight seemed a little to reserved.

    I take some issue in you saying that Tim is not an excellent fighter. Not only does that statement take away from Mannys win but its also patently false. You dont get to where he is or have the notches he has on his gun handle w/o being above average. His resume is in the top 5 of the sport. If anything, its not that people are not giving Manny enough credit but rather people giving him to much. I'm already seeing threads making the leap from this fight to the phantom one and that somehow Floyd is now more scared or bla bla bla. Yet to me if it was anything other then a feud stopping it Floyd would most likely be on the phone right now. Btw who does Manny think he is the Pope? He makes the press row wait close to 3 hours wtf? And Bradley whats with the limps again and then telling Arum not to talk about it? Drama queen. He claims to have no excuses but walks out with one. What a tool.
    I completely agree about Bradley. If Bradley had won on Saturday, I don't think there is anyway he is not number three on most people's p4p list. Wins over Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao (I thought he lost), Provo (debatable), Devon Alexander, Lamont Peterson, Luis Abregu and Kendal Holt, amount to one of the best resumes in the sport. Where does he go from here? You know what's an interesting fight for Bradley in the UK? Kell Brook.

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    Both are excellent fighters, but Bradley lost the plot as far as I am concerned. He seemed to really believe that a KO punch would be all it took and considering that he has never been a KO artist and has always ground out wins by being versatile and active, it wasn't very smart boxing. He simply wasn't all that versatile in this fight and at times he was almost asking to be Hatton'ed with his recklessness. He was getting predictable with those wailing wide haymakers. It was as though he was trying to impersonate himself in a fightnight game. I couldn't fathom why he was being so cocky and seemingly so satisfied with a few rounds seemingly handed over on a plate. He should have been up 4-2 and it should have been about using smarts to win a few more rounds. He just wasn't able to focus for 3 minutes of each round.

    Manny won the fight, but once again he didn't look particularly impressive. He has clearly lost a step and his output is significantly down on what it used to be and if Bradley was a puncher Manny could have been out of there by the half way mark. Fair play to Manny on grinding it out, but Bradley made it easier for him than it should have been. Bradley is better than that and Manny was better than that, thus I found it lacking in the end.

    A good first half, but Bradley lost his marbles and another Top Rank love in was had. What next Manny, Marquez 5? Sheez, he better ask his promoter. I'm tired of Top Rank and want James Toney to fight Bob Arum.
    I cannot agree. Bradley is not excellent. Has never been and never will be. That is of course, just my own opinion.
    I agree with @Gandalf totally. I guess we watched the same fight. Bradley quite literally gave the fight away. It was not his skill set that folded, it was his pea sized brain that did. I had him ahead after 5 by a round and ahead 3/4 of the way through the sixth and then he suddenly turned into Augustus. It was as if somebody turned off a valve. He may have gave away the sixth round in the last 30 seconds but in theory was ahead by 2. I think the cards will show that when they are posted although the first round was tricky as they can be more often then not. So what discouraged Timmy as he was doing much better to this point then he was in the first fight? It really was as if the wheels fell off half way up the hill.

    Manny happened and he was not as aired out as maybe they thought and they truly believed they actually could knock him out. Sincere delusion but they believed it. When Manny was still standing and starting to get what looked like his second wind, all of a sudden Tim went full on Whitaker and quit throwing. He also went gun shy and on several occasions actually turned his melon head away in anticipation which is something you dont do unless you are involved in a first boxing lesson as a walk in. Manny kept coming and showed smarts but if Tim even had mediocre power I'm not to sure we'd be having this discussion.

    Manny put in a gutsy performance and deserves credit for the win but he did look about 60% of what he has looked like and even after the fight seemed a little to reserved.

    I take some issue in you saying that Tim is not an excellent fighter. Not only does that statement take away from Mannys win but its also patently false. You dont get to where he is or have the notches he has on his gun handle w/o being above average. His resume is in the top 5 of the sport. If anything, its not that people are not giving Manny enough credit but rather people giving him to much. I'm already seeing threads making the leap from this fight to the phantom one and that somehow Floyd is now more scared or bla bla bla. Yet to me if it was anything other then a feud stopping it Floyd would most likely be on the phone right now. Btw who does Manny think he is the Pope? He makes the press row wait close to 3 hours wtf? And Bradley whats with the limps again and then telling Arum not to talk about it? Drama queen. He claims to have no excuses but walks out with one. What a tool.
    I completely agree about Bradley. If Bradley had won on Saturday, I don't think there is anyway he is not number three on most people's p4p list. Wins over Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao (I thought he lost), Provo (debatable), Devon Alexander, Lamont Peterson, Luis Abregu and Kendal Holt, amount to one of the best resumes in the sport. Where does he go from here? You know what's an interesting fight for Bradley in the UK? Kell Brook.
    I can not agree. You have just undermined your own argument. He beat Marquez who is certainly done now. That's it. He lost to Manny twice, even you have admitted the Provo win is debatable and he is hardly an elite fighter. Alexander is massively over rated, always has been and should have lost to Maidana . Lamont Peterson ? the guy should be banned for life.Abregu and Kendall Holt? Look nobody is saying Bradley is a bum but number 3 on people's P4P list? really the guy is just not that good. He is most definitely not excellent and that takes nothing away from Pacquiao. Manny beat him handily TWICE despite what the judges say. The only point I had him ahead was after round one on Sunday morning certainly not by half way through the fight. What fight were you guys watching? I still believe Khan could beat him. Brook even more so, possibly by KO. I am not impressed by Bradley at all. Having a pea sized brain is not a separate issue from boxing, his lack of ring smarts will always cost him just as it has Khan. Yes he he has a far better chin so that it is not so obvious but he isn't as fast and if a clearly 70% version of Manny can have him grasping and reaching for thin air then a younger guy with a bit of speed and style will make him look like even more of a chump.
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