A long-time boxing commentator described his performance to his face in the post-fight interview as amateurish. He was not alone in his disgust and disappointment. Tim was supposedly the tactical boxer not the dervish he tried vainly to convince Pacquiao and the fans.
People who saw the fight were of course surprised. They never reckoned that Tim would repeat the same stupidity he showed in the first fight with Pacman which he surprisingly won in the eyes of two of the judges. After almost getting KTFO by Provo and making amends by boxing brilliantly against Marquez, Tim was not expected to fight the way he did against Pacquiao albeit Pacquiao losing by KO to Marquez and barely convincing against Rios.
I hate to rain on the Pacquiao victory party but I have never seen a more pathetic attempt by a reputed light hitting fighter to upstage in his own game a established hard punching, in and out boxer-counterpuncher who is definitely bound for the Hall of Fame. The great Leonard tried that same ploy against Duran in their first fight and dismally lost. At least Leonard realized his mistake after getting spaghetti legs in the earlier rounds. Pernell tried to unnerve and outgut the young and very prime ODLH and he failed to sway the judges as he also failed in the earlier Julio Cesar Chavez fight called a draw by the unconvinced panel of judges. Adrien Broner tried doing that recently he got his *** handed him by Marcos Maidana.
It was more Bradley fighting the wrong fight against the wrong guy. Pacquiao even at this stage is way better than Devon Alexander!
I was surprised by the way Bradley fought. He has no KO power, yet he tried to copy what JMM did to Manny. Marquez caught Manny coming in with a well timed punch. I don't think Bradley has the skill to time a counter punch as well as JMM against Manny. Marquez's experience with Manny was a big factor. I gave Bradley a chance against Pac if he was going to box. He kept trying to get under Manny's skin to lure Manny to fight aggressively, which would've been great if Timothy would've stuck to boxing. Instead, he tried for the KO and got the loss he deserved.
Bradley fought wild, because he had a 0% chance of winning a boxing match, he found that out the last time, he fought Pacquiao.
In the first few rounds he tries to use his technical skills but it did not worked....He got frustrated and trying to do a statement by swinging wild punches...But he doesnt have the power to knock pac out...He did not realize that pac has a good chin...Overall pac is a better fighter, period....
Manny Pacquiao made Bradley look bad and wild.
The rest is just baseless excuses.
Change his strategy by trying to knock out Pac? He kept swinging wildly, had his hands down and emulated Naseem Hamed showboating, and Whitaker (dlh fight) as well. Tim has the skills, etc. to beat Pac, but instead of using his brain, he relied on youth and emotion instead. It is as if anxiety got to him (anxiety prevents people from focusing, thinking, and more). He gave Pac the victory by trying to fight Pac in his own game. If he did that vs JMM, he would be ko, not sure why he tried to do it against Pac (faster and more aggressive).
