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The Cobra

01-30-2011, 04:49 AM

Cobra....
Well kids this was hardly the great fight we were expecting. Bradley controlled the fight from the get go as Alexander seemed to react rather than agress to what ever Bradley did. What Bradley did was to smother the taller Alexander and it was evident early on the Alexander didn`t react well to constant pressure. Head butts are no surprise in Bradley fights and throw a southpaw into the mix makes a butt more likely, but rest assured the head butt(s) weren`t the difference in this boring fight even tho on paper the last butt ended the fight. It looked to me like Alexander was happy to end the fight he was losing badly cause at least he left and lost with a seemingly viable excuse. Viable to his fans only tho---he lost the fight because of his lack of aggression and the fact that he didn`t react well while under constant pressure. Bradley controlled the fight from the onset--I gave Alexander only 2 rnds maybe 3 at best.

Associated Press...............

PONTIAC, Mich. -- Timothy Bradley defended his 140-pound WBO title and took Devon Alexander's WBC belt, winning a unanimous technical decision after the fight was stopped in the 10th round Saturday night.

Ringside doctor ruled Alexander couldn't keep his right eye open and halted the fight at 1:59 of the 10th.

Bradley (27-0) handed Alexander (21-1) his first loss in the biggest fight for each rising star.

Both fighters and co-promoters Don King and Gary Shaw took risks by teaming up with HBO for a bout that either fighter could lose, but the possible payoff was huge.

The 27-year-old Bradley took a step toward a possible fight with Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. down the road, but WBA 140-pound champion Amir Khan could be his next opponent.

rokko

01-30-2011, 05:09 AM

that was an ugly wrestling match. not much real boxing .

Gamer

01-30-2011, 05:13 AM

Yogi

01-30-2011, 05:23 AM

We all know that it was obvious for headbutts to happen due to having a southpaw in the fight.But alexander quitting leaves alot to say.He actually thought he was winning the fight.Who wants to see a rematch? Thats the question.Jmo

I for one don't want to see a rematch. The best combination thrown was by Bradley. It was somewhere probably somewhere around the 4th round. Bradly touched Alexander with a left, clubbed him with his head, then clubbed him with a right.

I am not even sure if either one of these two guys are worthy of a match with Marcos Maidana or Amir Khan. I definitely don't see a match with Floyd or Manny in it for either one of them.

Gamer

01-30-2011, 05:30 AM

I personally think that bradley would make a great fight with maidana.It would be a different fight due to both are right handed and aggressive.

The Cobra

01-30-2011, 02:14 PM

I personally think that bradley would make a great fight with maidana.It would be a different fight due to both are right handed and aggressive.

Agreed bud-----never use a measuring stick on anyone that fights a southpaw is a general rule in the boxing world. Throw into the mix a southpaw that doesn`t want to fight it makes it that much worse. I`ll judge Alexander on this terrible fight but I won`t judge Bradley because in my opinion he never had much of a chance at actually fighting---it takes 2 to fight as they say. Bradley and Maidana would be a decent fight--Bradley/Khan maybe not---but that being said if Bradley can withstand the right hand of Khan and slow Khan down a bit in the later rounds it may be a different story. Bradley is a good finisher and relentless and Khan markedly slows down late leaving him vulnerable to the pressure Bradley likes to bring late in a fight. Don`t write off Bradley/Khan.

KIDWCKED

01-30-2011, 03:53 PM

I hope King changes his mind regarding a Cotto-Alexander bout and considers Bradley as an opponent.The head butt was an excuse for Alexander to quit.How many fights don't have headbutts??Alexander had plenty of speed but no power!

Yogi

01-30-2011, 04:35 PM

I personally think that bradley would make a great fight with maidana.It would be a different fight due to both are right handed and aggressive.

I agree with the fact that when you have to aggressive fighters that come forward, it usually makes for the best fights. In the case of a Maidana Bradley fight, Bradley has no power and with power, he would never get Maidana's respect. Maidada would just walk through Bradley's punches and the first time Maidana chin checked Bradley, it would be lights out.

I think the better match up would be Maidana vs Khan II.

Maybe a good match up for the next Bradley fight would be Bradley vs JMM.