I have no problem with Bradley winning the fight, but I didn't have it that way.

To me, what may have beeen one of the 4 most boring rounds of the bout was the 7th but it also may have been the most pivotal. A badly dazed Bradley came out, feigning punches and keeping on his bike while landing almost NOTHING of consequence. Provodnikov didn't exactly light the ring on fire in the round but landed the only significant blows of the round and anything he got hit with was absolute pitter pat. Bradley didn't set his feet at all that round. I ask everyone to go back and actually watch that round and it probably works best if you watch that round exclusively. Provodnikov won it! And by a wide margin I would argue. In the flow of the fight, it felt like a letdown round for Provodnikov because he wasn't able to hurt Bradley or stack any momentum in his favor after a huge 6th round. I get that the round was a dud for Provodnikov but that doesn't mean he didn't win it. The eighth round was Bradley boxing beautiful, not getting hit and actually landing punches of consequence. That's how you win a round without having to set your feet much. The 7th is the antithesis of that. I get how people scored it for Bradley, because it just had the feel of a Bradley round because he was only losing up to that point when he did get stationary but he lost that round. The tenth is the huge one, I could see it being scored either way but I would absolutely score it for Provodnikov.

So you have rounds 1,2,6,7,10,11,12 for Provodnikov on my card. Even without a 10-8 round in the first or second, even if you give the 10th to Bradley (there is no argument for the 7th imo) then you still get a Provodnikov decision win. I understand I'm in the minority and I know there were 3 swing rounds, that's just how I scored it.

Bradley fought excellent though, he just was being MOVED by punches. Towards the end, it was even the jab that was hurting Bradley and just physically pushing him backwards. Bradley carries the left pretty low and always stays real loose which is why he can let so much leather fly but at 147 pounds, those punches have a lot more effect on him than they did at 140. That right hand over the low left of Bradley hurt him EVERY time it landed. He did his best work when he was able to avoid the Provodnikov jab and keep him for closing in behind that jab. Then he pitter pat around Provodnikov's guard from a distance, kept Provodnikov plodding and handcuffed. That's what he did in the 8th and that's what made me think he was the best 140 pounder on the planet a few years ago when the division was brimming with really good, young talent.

And yes, Roy was terrible. Please everyone, go rewatch the most boring round of a great fight Tell me Bradley won it, no way! That is all. Yeah though, HBO has a Roy Jones problem whenever he sees even a tiny bit of himself in a guy.