Someone just told me that the only reason I'm rooting for Bradly is because he's black...

[NZA]

bradley is very underrated. as far as his performance against JMM, it's hard to do your best against a great counter puncher, but he won it convincingly

im black but i gotta have a reason other than race to be a fan. i was glad broner got treated the way he did. i dont condone humping your opponent under any circumstances

it sucks when people think i only root for floyd because he's black. im a real boxing fan and have been a fan of his since he was fighting dudes like manfredy. this race shyt is fukking up the sport to a degree. it's always been there, but since boxing became a 2nd tier sport in america, it has been subject to even more fukkery than usual with overhyped foreign fighters, weak heavyweight champs, and excessive disrespect to black boxers in general.

 

[Tommy Knocks]

bradley is very underrated. as far as his performance against JMM, it's hard to do your best against a great counter puncher, but he won it convincingly

im black but i gotta have a reason other than race to be a fan. i was glad broner got treated the way he did. i dont condone humping your opponent under any circumstances

it sucks when people think i only root for floyd because he's black. im a real boxing fan and have been a fan of his since he was fighting dudes like manfredy. this race shyt is fukking up the sport to a degree. it's always been there, but since boxing became a 2nd tier sport in america, it has been subject to even more fukkery than usual with overhyped foreign fighters, weak heavyweight champs, and excessive disrespect to black boxers in general.

do you condone filipinos when they root for Manny just because he's Filipno? or Mexicans rooting for mexican fighters just because they're mexican?

whats the difference?

 

[NZA]

do you condone filipinos when they root for Manny just because he's Filipno? or Mexicans rooting for mexican fighters just because they're mexican?

whats the difference?

i dont condone or attack.i accept all the reasons people like what they like because this is supposed to be fun, but if they debate me, i know their arguments for why manny would beat certain fighters has little substance because their agenda is not primarily boxing ability but nationality first

 

[O.T.I.S.]

I'm mainly rooting for Bradley because I know that most people are rooting against him because he's black


Same with Floyd too

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Bradley and Ward do fight similar though. It's just that Ward is more athletic and talented. Biggest difference is you get the sense with Bradley that he's putting his all into the performances, like he really hustles and most of the time he's fighting guys bigger than him, or more explosive or talented. Then you see Ward and you see a guy who is more athletic and talented than his opponents 90% of the time, but boxes in cruise control. Like he's content with his B level effort no matter what. With Bradley at least you see the effort, with Ward it's like okay you better than this dude, stop mauling and let your hands go and finish this nikka.

Ward said Bradley was the toughest person he has fought TO DATE


Which gave me even more respect for Bradley. Dude finds a way to win no matter what. He's not as physically talented but dude works hard as fukk and finds ways to win.

Like when he broke his foot against Pac, thats when you really started seeing him slip up. he said he had to adjust his game plan mid fight. I still think Pac lost that fight more than Bradley won it but remember dude had TWO busted feet (so he said) and still stood in the ring with Pac and got the W.

Thats some tough shyt right there. And plus when I watched the replay in slow motion, Pac was getting his shots checked left and right and Bradley wasn't "running" as much as everyone tried to make it seem, he was using footwork...

 

[DrX]

no shyt, what self respecting brother rooting 4 some incoherent 3 world slanty

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

Ward said Bradley was the toughest person he has fought TO DATE


Which gave me even more respect for Bradley. Dude finds a way to win no matter what. He's not as physically talented but dude works hard as fukk and finds ways to win.

Like when he broke his foot against Pac, thats when you really started seeing him slip up. he said he had to adjust his game plan mid fight. I still think Pac lost that fight more than Bradley won it but remember dude had TWO busted feet (so he said) and still stood in the ring with Pac and got the W.

Thats some tough shyt right there. And plus when I watched the replay in slow motion, Pac was getting his shots checked left and right and Bradley wasn't "running" as much as everyone tried to make it seem, he was using footwork...

I can't give props to Tim for fighting with two bad feet since Manny's punches is what indirectly caused it.

Both fighters did pretty good on the defensive side, but only one dude managed to get his offense off more than the other and that was Manny hence the reason 95% of the people who've seen the fight say he was robbed.

Bradley didn't bust out sprinting, but he was doing a whole lot of backpedaling which gave the impression that he wasn't in control. Kinda like Mayorga/Forest 2. You can't win fights constantly backing up unless you're out landing your opponent. Guys like Floyd, Rigo, and Stevenson do that all the time. Bradley wasn't doing that. He'd circle and back pedal and throw a flurry that Manny would parry or block and then go on retreat again. He stood his ground a lil more during the end, but by then he was already down 8 or 9 rounds. Easy fight to score really.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

I can't give props to Tim for fighting with two bad feet since Manny's punches is what indirectly caused it.

Both fighters did pretty good on the defensive side, but only one dude managed to get his offense off more than the other and that was Manny hence the reason 95% of the people who've seen the fight say he was robbed.

Bradley didn't bust out sprinting, but he was doing a whole lot of backpedaling which gave the impression that he wasn't in control. Kinda like Mayorga/Forest 2. You can't win fights constantly backing up unless you're out landing your opponent. Guys like Floyd, Rigo, and Stevenson do that all the time. Bradley wasn't doing that. He'd circle and back pedal and throw a flurry that Manny would parry or block and then go on retreat again. He stood his ground a lil more during the end, but by then he was already down 8 or 9 rounds. Easy fight to score really.

Bruh, Manny only SERIOUSLY fought for about a minute each round. The first 2 minutes Bradley was scoring and was the busier fighter. That is Manny's fault that he decided to fight 1/3 of the match


You must've watched a totally different fight than I did then. And Manny was getting his punches checked A LOT, it was the dumbass commentators yelling "Boom Boom" after every fukking punch when those shyts weren't landing clean

Manny had the cleaner hits but like I said, only fought for like 1 minute per round. You can't seriously expect to win like that


And that circling/"back pedaling" is called footwork and distance

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

Bruh, Manny only SERIOUSLY fought for about a minute each round. The first 2 minutes Bradley was scoring and was the busier fighter. That is Manny's fault that he decided to fight 1/3 of the match


You must've watched a totally different fight than I did then. And Manny was getting his punches checked A LOT, it was the dumbass commentators yelling "Boom Boom" after every fukking punch when those shyts weren't landing clean

Manny had the cleaner hits but like I said, only fought for like 1 minute per round. You can't seriously expect to win like that


And that circling/"back pedaling" is called footwork and distance

Circling and back pedaling is only looked at as a positive when you're actually countering and landing consistently. If you're just backing up and circling while somebody is landing 3 punches to every 1 you land, then it's not such a good look. Manny was so effective with his half a round fighting that it was enough for him to win the fight clearly in the eyes of millions. Ditto for the 5 WBO judges. at Bradley scoring effectively in the 1st 2 mins of every round. at all those phantom punches nobody saw but you and the 3 judges.

I can give 2 fukks what the commentators are saying during a fight. I watch with my eyes and not my ears. I don't need to see a whole fight in slow motion to gauge the action either.

All that extra shyt is nothing, but cats trying to justify seeing a close fight when in reality that shyt was damn near a wash.

Remember if you had Bradley winning the fight or winning more than 4 rounds, you're in the tiny minority which probably includes Timmy and his family.

 

[patscorpio]

@Tommy Knocks This is for you OP. You seem to be far more knowledgeable about MMA than you are boxing..that's clear to me...are you the same about only rooting for black fighters in MMA just because they are black and not for any other intangible(s)?..if someone told you they only root for Silva because he's black and nothing more would you respect that person's opinion?

 

[Black_Jesus]

Circling and back pedaling is only looked at as a positive when you're actually countering and landing consistently. If you're just backing up and circling while somebody is landing 3 punches to every 1 you land, then it's not such a good look. Manny was so effective with his half a round fighting that it was enough for him to win the fight clearly in the eyes of millions. Ditto for the 5 WBO judges. at Bradley scoring effectively in the 1st 2 mins of every round. at all those phantom punches nobody saw but you and the 3 judges.

I can give 2 fukks what the commentators are saying during a fight. I watch with my eyes and not my ears. I don't need to see a whole fight in slow motion to gauge the action either.

All that extra shyt is nothing, but cats trying to justify seeing a close fight when in reality that shyt was damn near a wash.

Remember if you had Bradley winning the fight or winning more than 4 rounds, you're in the tiny minority which probably includes Timmy and his family.

"8 to 4"

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Circling and back pedaling is only looked at as a positive when you're actually countering and landing consistently. If you're just backing up and circling while somebody is landing 3 punches to every 1 you land, then it's not such a good look. Manny was so effective with his half a round fighting that it was enough for him to win the fight clearly in the eyes of millions. Ditto for the 5 WBO judges. at Bradley scoring effectively in the 1st 2 mins of every round. at all those phantom punches nobody saw but you and the 3 judges.

I can give 2 fukks what the commentators are saying during a fight. I watch with my eyes and not my ears. I don't need to see a whole fight in slow motion to gauge the action either.

All that extra shyt is nothing, but cats trying to justify seeing a close fight when in reality that shyt was damn near a wash.

Remember if you had Bradley winning the fight or winning more than 4 rounds, you're in the tiny minority which probably includes Timmy and his family.

In the eyes of millions who don't follow boxing unless it's Pacqiauo fighting

me and a few other nikkas actually had it close the first time around, the second time I watched it I actually had Bradley up

you act like Manny had pinpoint accuracy on most of his punches .

And Bradley was backpedaling the whole fight huh... especially when he stood and traded with Manny too, right

And that "Boom boom" shyt had those MILLIONS of other casual fight fans who watched the fight believeing that he won that shyt.


And I haven;t watched the fight since last year, but half-assing your way through the fight and getting most your shots check doesn't equal a win to me. If manny had actually fought most the rounds he would've won it.


we'll see in a couple weeks though

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

In the eyes of millions who weren't following the fight

me and a few other nikkas actually had it close the first time around, the second time I watched it I actually had Bradley up

you act like Manny had pinpoint accuracy on most of his punches .

And Bradley was backpedaling the whole fight huh... especially when he stood and traded with Manny too, right

And that "Boom boom" shyt had those MILLIONS of other casual fight fans who watched the fight believeing that he won that shyt.


And I haven;t watched the fight since last year, but half-assing your way through the fight and getting most your shots check doesn't equal a win to me. If manny had actually fought most the rounds he would've won it.


we'll see in a couple weeks though

Millions of people saw the fight the 1st time and had Manny winning clearly.



at myself for even debating one of the 35 people that had to watch the fight multiple times on mute and in slow motion in order to give Bradley 5 or more rounds.


My bad breh. Do you. I just hope this fight is better than the 1st one.

 

[Black_Jesus]

In the eyes of millions who don't follow boxing unless it's Pacqiauo fighting

me and a few other nikkas actually had it close the first time around, the second time I watched it I actually had Bradley up

you act like Manny had pinpoint accuracy on most of his punches .

And Bradley was backpedaling the whole fight huh... especially when he stood and traded with Manny too, right

And that "Boom boom" shyt had those MILLIONS of other casual fight fans who watched the fight believeing that he won that shyt.


And I haven;t watched the fight since last year, but half-assing your way through the fight and getting most your shots check doesn't equal a win to me. If manny had actually fought most the rounds he would've won it.


we'll see in a couple weeks though

The WBO went back and sanctioned 5 judges to score the fight we know Pac really won
They scored it
117-111, 117-111, 118-110, 116-112 and, the closest, 115-113. All in favor of Pac... No one gives a fukk about what you and a few other nikkas scored it..no body cares you watched a couple rounds in slow motion on youtube without a boom boom silly ass nikka. An injustice was done that night... its okay because that wrong is finna be corrected in a few days. I cant wait

 

[Newzz]

The WBO went back and sanctioned 5 judges to score the fight we know Pac really won
They scored it
117-111, 117-111, 118-110, 116-112 and, the closest, 115-113. All in favor of Pac... No one gives a fukk about what you and a few other nikkas scored it..no body cares you watched a couple rounds in slow motion on youtube without a boom boom silly ass nikka. An injustice was done that night... its okay because that wrong is finna be corrected in a few days. I cant wait

No way Bradley won that fight