Give Pacquiao a break

[Gandalf]

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.