Timothy Bradley retains with class performance against Lamont Peterson
by Scott Christ on Dec 12, 2009 10:47 PM EST
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Timothy Bradley stayed undefeated with a masterful performance against unbeaten challenger Lamont Peterson, winning a unanimous decision in Rancho Mirage, California.
Official scores were 118-110, 119-108 and 120-107. Bad Left Hook scored it 118-109 for Bradley.
Both fighters started fast, with Bradley knocking down Peterson in the third round, but Peterson stormed back in the same round, turning the fight into a bit of a war.
But soon enough, Bradley (25-0, 11 KO) took over and in many rounds, was flat-out dominant. Peterson (27-1, 13 KO) boxed pretty well, but was just a bit outclassed by the stronger Bradley, whose power is better than his KO rate, something it seems we've been noting since the Junior Witter win last year. Bradley used constant motion and a lot of angles to beat a pretty straightforward Peterson, who just couldn't keep up overall.
For Bradley, this could hopefully lead to a big fight. By rights, he should be in the running for a money bout with Ricky Hatton, but he won't be; Hatton wants a bigger name for his opponent, and that's understandable. There are good fights for Bradley, but he may have to seek them out. I don't see anyone banging this guy's door down right now.
As for Peterson, the loss is no shame. Bradley just keeps getting better and better, and losing to a world-class fighter doesn't make you a hype job. Peterson still has a lot of career left, and I'll bet he wins a title or two along the way.
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Bradley put on a great exhibition of skill, focus and determination. He is a very talented fighter.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Dec 13, 2009 12:39 AM EST reply actions
move to HBO
How long will it be before Bradley follows the footsteps of another Gary Shaw fighter, Bad Chad, and makes the move from fighting on Showtime to pursuing greener pastures at HBO? There are many more guys at 140 who already have a niche there like Hatton, Malignaggi, Marquez (who probably won’t go all the way down to 135 again), Maidana, and Ortiz amongst others. Of course, I imagine we’ll see Khan probably break into an HBO night in 2010 as well.
I’d also love to see him fight the Berto-Mosley winner, although Bradley probably needs to make himself a star at 140 before he can move up and take on one of the welterweight elites.
Bob Arum seemed to be eyeballing Bradley a bit at the fight
And he’s had no compunction about stealing Shaw fighters in the past. It’s unfortunate with Bradley. He’s someone who SHOULD become a star. He’s a great kid, good personality, fights with an exciting style, does things the right way. He’s been on TV about 10 times now. He seems to be building up a home fan base. But he still has no name recognition, and he can’t get anyone who DOES have name recognition to fight him, so he’ll have an uphill battle to build name recognition. If he signs with someone who has a bigger roster with some stars on it, they can set up a Bradley-Diaz fight or something like that just to build up his name. In the meantime, he’s fought four dangerous no-name fighters in a row and beaten all of them convincingly.
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by Brickhaus on Dec 13, 2009 1:52 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm very impressed by Bradley
I think he can beat anyone in the division with the exception of Pacquiao, and I think he would have more than a puncher’s chance against him.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
I’m glad that someone else with credibility on this site said this. I felt the same way. I know he isn’t as fast as Pac but really Bradley is fucking quick and I’d love to see that fight with Manny. He’s such a small name I know he wouldn’t ever get mentioned fighting Pac but god that would be entertaining— Bradley is a complete figher that with out conscious effort works the body and head and can go inside or out. Here’s to hoping he starts to get some big recognition.
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Pacquiao would knock him out. I just think it’s a bad matchup for Bradley, who has gotten tremendously good, but still isn’t on THAT level. (For the record, I think there are two fighters currently on THAT level.)
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by Scott Christ on Dec 13, 2009 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
Khan says he'll fight anyone in the division
and Bradley now has two belts so maybe we will get a Khan-Bradley unification bout. I think that would be great. They are both fast and good boxers, add in Bradley’s good power, Khan’s rubbish chin and the genius of Freddie Roach, and we’ve got ourselves a really nice fight. Let’s hope it happens!
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Dec 13, 2009 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
Bradley doesn’t have two belts.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by Scott Christ on Dec 13, 2009 7:46 PM EST up reply actions
Really? What are these?
I’m not being snide here but just curious.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Dec 14, 2009 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Bradley doesn’t have the WBO title anymore. He vacated it to the winner of Alexander-Witter, so now Alexander has that red belt on the left.
by Waldo Rastel on Dec 14, 2009 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
He has the WBO title, not the WBC title.
Above question: The WBC, in their infinite greatness and wisdom and love for the sport and what’s good for it, rarely ever approves of title unification once it’s actually happened, so after Bradley had won their title and defended it, they approved a Bradley unification defense against WBO titlist Kendall Holt. Bradley won, had the two belts, and then the WBC pulled their usual horseshit, and Bradley went ahead and gave them their belt back, which is now held by Devon Alexander.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by Scott Christ on Dec 14, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
Oops got it backwards. Thanks for the catch SC.
by Waldo Rastel on Dec 14, 2009 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
figured it was just a typo
We all know that the BIG GREEN BELT is the WBC. And as Floyd Mayweather has told us, that’s The Official Belt. Wherever the fuck he got that nonsense.
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"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by Scott Christ on Dec 15, 2009 12:25 AM EST up reply actions
How could I forget
Alexander’s teary post-fight about looking at the WBC green belt in his youth, and training everyday to get it.
by Waldo Rastel on Dec 16, 2009 1:24 AM EST up reply actions
Bradley put on a grea display of in and out, body and head boxing, and his foot movement was incredible as was his stamina. That kid was superb on Saturday and made me a big, big fan of his.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Dec 15, 2009 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
Can we ban Gary Shaw's Son from fights?
Serious wtf was he wearing during that fight? Really, bright pink v-neck with a plaid shirt? Seriously bro, just keep to the behind the scenes. Also, what was with the screaming in Tim’s face at the beginning of the fight? That guy is such a d-bag it is unbelievable. In the competition between dudes from Jersey Shore and Mini-Shaw, for the US DBag champion, I think I’m gonna take Mini-Shaw. Man that guy sucks….
Jared still has the 2004 Kanye West wardrobe rocking. Every fight he’s at he looks like a guy who gets rejected from an extras role on Entourage for “forcing it.”
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by Scott Christ on Dec 14, 2009 6:06 AM EST up reply actions
He does motivate boxers
If you don’t want to punch him in the face, something is wrong with you….
by Waldo Rastel on Dec 14, 2009 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
Bradley is a beast.
He’s going to be a problem for a while. He’ll have to move up in weight very shortly in order to chase the belts. After Pacman and Mayweather fight that division will be able to breath a little causing opportunity.
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