What is special about Bradley?

[johnsebastianmiran]

There isn't that much anyone could say because he isn't stylish but he goes to work from the opening bell and he is exasperating and he's a pin in the ass that will not go away once he is inside. He uses his head as a battering ram and he is rough. He has to be because one punch power is not in his repertoire.

[Taeth]

How are Holyfield, Hopkins, Marciano, Lamotta, Frazier, or anyone else for that matter special?

Special fighters are the guys who have enough talent, and immense dedication and determination for the sport.

Bradley is special because he works as hard as anyone in the gym, and he makes as much with what he has as he can.

There is always somebody who faster, stronger, etc. That isn't why guys like Mayweather, Martinez, Pacquiao and Donaire are at the top. They are there because they can do everything else better than guys who are specifically better at one thing. I used to look for one quality that defines the greatness of a fighter, and there isn't one. It's a mixture of things coming together for a determined individual that makes a great fighter.

[ono]

His giant head

[Mars_ax]

Bradley isn't a crowd pleasing type of fighter, mainly because his power isn't all that great, but he can get his opponents attention with it. Bradley is also a damn good fighter, he's beaten everyone they've put in front of him, is a 140 lb. champion, (or was) and has made several successful title defenses against the top pugs in the Jr. welterweight division. Considering that a lot of fighters never accomplish that, i'd say that makes him a bit special, and for what it's worth, if the fight ever happens, he'll give Khan a run for his money.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

His giant head

Punctuated perfectly by a miniature signature moustache!

[:::PSL:::]

He squat to pee.

[Pugilistic]

How are Holyfield, Hopkins, Marciano, Lamotta, Frazier, or anyone else for that matter special?

Special fighters are the guys who have enough talent, and immense dedication and determination for the sport.

Bradley is special because he works as hard as anyone in the gym, and he makes as much with what he has as he can.

There is always somebody who faster, stronger, etc. That isn't why guys like Mayweather, Martinez, Pacquiao and Donaire are at the top. They are there because they can do everything else better than guys who are specifically better at one thing. I used to look for one quality that defines the greatness of a fighter, and there isn't one. It's a mixture of things coming together for a determined individual that makes a great fighter.

Nice post bro.

[marbleheadmaui]

How are Holyfield, Hopkins, Marciano, Lamotta, Frazier, or anyone else for that matter special?

Special fighters are the guys who have enough talent, and immense dedication and determination for the sport.

Bradley is special because he works as hard as anyone in the gym, and he makes as much with what he has as he can.

There is always somebody who faster, stronger, etc. That isn't why guys like Mayweather, Martinez, Pacquiao and Donaire are at the top. They are there because they can do everything else better than guys who are specifically better at one thing. I used to look for one quality that defines the greatness of a fighter, and there isn't one. It's a mixture of things coming together for a determined individual that makes a great fighter.

Holyfield is special because he is probably the finest cruiser ever to lace'm up. BHOP is special because he is succeeding a decade after 99.99999% of all great fighters have retired. Marciano was special because he cleaned out the heavyweight division in his time. Jake Lamotta was special because he was the first man to beat Robinson, was undisputed middle champ, was a legendary bodypuncher and had one of the sports supreme jaws. Joe Frazier was special because he beat Muhammad Ali in one of the sports most spectacular fights and because he showed such nerve getting up again and again against Foreman and because of the nerve he showed in Manila.

Bradley hasn't done or displayed any or those things.

I disagree on the bold. For 99.9999% of all fighters, even great ones there IS a single advantage they employ that makes them who they are, isn't there? That doesn't mean everything else stinks, in fact, for great fighters, usually everything else is at least decent enough not to be exploited, but there really is a single, essential element that drives things.

For men like Louis, Foreman, Langford, Arguello, Tito, Chavez, Saad Muhammad, Foster, Hearns, Duran, McLarnin, Qawi, Mike Spinks, Jimmy Wilde etc. it was punching power.

For men like Canzoneri, Locche, Jones, Britton, Conn, Ambers it was reflexes

For men like Dempsey, Chocolate, Meldrick, Floyd, Manny etc it is handspeed

For men like McGovern, Harada, Villa, Perez, Hagler, Basilio, Armstrong it is ferocity.

For men like Ali, LaBarba, Pep, Burley, Giardello and Whittaker it is magic feet.

For men like Loughran, Gibbons, Harold Johnson, Monzon, Jack Johnson, Ross, Tunney, JMM it is an uncommon understanding of what is actually happening in the ring.

For men like Marciano, Walker, Chacon, LaMotta, Jeffries, Holyfield it is an almost preternatural toughness.

Now are there men who truly have such a highly developed toolbox that they really can fight at the top of the sport as chameleons without losing effectiveness? Yup. Robinson, both Leonard's, Eder Jofre, Joe Gans, Ezzard Charles, Finito and already I am running out of names.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

he's not Khan.