TIMOTHY BRADLEY put himself in line for another mega fight as he boxed a very controlled fight to upstage Mexican Legend Juan Manuel Marquez at the Thomas and Mack Centre in Las Vegas Nevada. Bradley scored a split decision that almost immediately caused uproar online as one of the judges (Glenn Feldmann) scored the fight for Marquez 115-113. Although not a totally outrageous score due to three to four very close rounds, the vast majority of media at ringside and watching from TV had this fight close but clear for Bradley.
Many beforehand were questioning Bradley’s condition as in his previous fight he took a lot of punches from Ruslan Provodnikov. Bradley won the fight but was concussed early and admitted later to Max Kellerman on HBO that he had speech problems for a few months because of his injuries. Going into the fight Marquez was the favourite due to his experience at the elite level and also because of his one-punch KO over arch nemesis Manny Pacquiao. The 13,111 that crammed into the Thomas and Mack Centre were certainly a pro-Marquez crowd but early on in the fight the Mexican fans had to watch as Bradley moved in and out forcing the counter-punching Marquez to break his game plan and come forward to push the action.
After an even first third of the fight, Bradley began to pull ahead as his hand and foot speed told against the 40-year-old multi division champion. The effects of that brutal Provodnikov fight didn’t look to have any effect at all as Bradley continually beat Marquez to the punch using an effective jab and straight right hand. Bradley had pulled away but in the last two rounds Marquez came back tightening the scores with the best exchange happening in the last 10 seconds of the fight where after dominating the round, Marquez was nearly dropped by a huge left hook.
As the fight went to the cards Bradley was very sure he had won. The judges, well two of them agreed as Robert Hoyle and Patricia Jarman scored for Bradley with scores of 115-113 and 116-112. Glenn Feldmann’s card of 115-113 Marquez was the odd one out.
Below is the punch starts for this fight along with this writers scorecard. I have also been able to collect (88) Press Scores and have compiled a Press Score Average.
Punch Stats
Bradley : Thrown 562 , Landed 168 , Connect Percentage 30% Marquez : Thrown 455 , Landed 153 , Connect Percentage 34% Average Press Score
Bradley 115-113 Marquez
78 Scored for Bradley 4 Scored for Marquez 7 Scored a Draw
Bobby Hunter’s Scorecard
Round 1…. 10-9 Marquez Round 2…. 9-10 Bradley Round 3…. 10-9 Marquez Round 4…. 9-10 Bradley Round 5…. 9-10 Bradley Round 6…. 9-10 Bradley Round 7…. 9-10 Bradley Round 8…. 10-9 Marquez Round 9…. 9-10 Bradley Round 10.. 9-10 Bradley Round 11.. 10-9 Marquez Round 12.. 10-9 Marquez TOTAL : 115-113 Tim Bradley
Press Scores Jim Watt (Sky Sports) : 116-113 Bradley John Dennen (Boxing News) : 116-114 Bradley Kevin Iole (Yahoo.com) : 116-112 Bradley Kurt Ward (BoxingAsylum) : 115-113 Bradley John Wharton (BritBoxMag) : 115-113 Bradley Victor M Salazar (ThaBoxingVoice) : 116-112 Bradley Ramon Aranda (3 More Rounds) : 115-113 Bradley Steve Kim (Maxboxing) : 115-113 Bradley Ben Weisman (BoxingAsylum) : 115-113 Bradley Cliff Rold (BoxingScene) : 117-111 Bradley Phil D Jay (WorldBoxingNews) : 115-113 Bradley Matt Digi (BoxingAsylum) : 116-113 Bradley Dan Rafael (ESPN) : 115-113 Bradley Boxing.com : 116-112 Bradley Michael Woods (TheSweetScience) : 116-113 Bradley Daniel Vano (CheckHookBoxing) : 116-112 Bradley Darren Velasco (Fightdomain.net) : 116-112 Bradley Douglas Fischer (Ring Magazine) : 116-112 Bradley FightersRated.com : 118-110 Bradley Adam Abramowitz (SaturdayNightBoxing) : 118-110 Bradley Ryan Burton (TheBoxingLab) : 115-113 Bradley LeaveItInTheRing Radio : 116-112 Bradley Bob Mee (Sky Sports) : 115-113 Bradley **Ryan Maquinana (CSNbayarea.com) : 114-114 DRAW** Tommy Allan (BoxingAsylum) : 115-113 Bradley FightGhost : 115-113 Bradley Brian Campbell (ESPN) : 115-113 Bradley Josh McDaniel (LeaveItInTheRing) : 115-113 Bradley Kasim Aslam (UKFighthype) : 115-113 Bradley Andy Paterson (BoxingAsylum) : 116-112 Bradley **Luis Sandoval (TheBoxingLab) : 114-114 DRAW** Ryan Songalia (GMAnews) : 115-113 Bradley Ron Lewis (The Times) : 116-112 Bradley Johnny Nelson (Sky TV) : 117-113 Bradley Gabriel Montoya (Maxboxing) : 115-113 Bradley Wolfgang Schiffbauer (Sturm-Promotions) : 116-112 Bradley Ryan Bivins (SweetBoxingRatings) : 115-114 Bradley No Holds Barred : 116-112 Bradley Ernest Gabion (TheBoxingLab) : 115-113 Bradley Scott Christ (BadLeftHook) : 115-113 Bradley **Beau Denison (TheBoxingTruth) : 114-114 DRAW** Steve Zemach (TheQuensBuryRules) : 115-113 Bradley ***Danny Flexen (Boxing News) : 115-114 MARQUEZ*** Al Bernstein (Showtime TV ) : 115-113 Bradley Kevin McRae (Bleacher Report) : 117-111 Bradley Fighthype.com : 116-112 Bradley Corey Quincy (BLBoxing) : 115-113 Bradley **Tim Starks (TheQueesBuryRules) : 114-114 DRAW** Lyle Fitzsimmons (BoxingScene) : 115-113 Bradley Tom Gray (RingMagazine) : 115-113 Bradley Nigel Collins (ESPN) : 116-113 Bradley Alex Morris (BoxingAsylum) : 116-112 Bradley ***Gareth A Davies (The Telegraph) : 115-113 MARQUEZ*** Harold Lederman (HBO TV) : 117-111 Bradley Billy Ferguson (UKFighthype) : 115-113 Bradley TwoPieceBoxing.com : 115-113 Bradley BoxBet.com : 115-113 Bradley Lem Satterfield (Ring Magazine) : 118-110 Bradley **The Boxing Tribune : 114-114 DRAW** Matthew Mojica (TheFightSource) : 116-112 Bradley Associated Press : 115-113 Bradley ***Robert Morales (Long Beach Telegram) : 115-113 MARQUEZ*** John J Raspanti (DogHouseBoxing) : 115-113 Bradley **Lance Pugmire (LA Times) : 114-114 DRAW** ***Mark Whicker (Orange County Register) : 116-112 MARQUEZ*** Kieran Mulvaney (ESPN) : 115-113 Bradley Mike Sloan (Secondsout) : 116-112 Bradley BoxingOpinions.com : 115-113 Bradley Ray Markarian (TheSweeyScience) : 116-112 Bradley John A MacDonald (Tha Boxing Voice) : 115-113 Bardley Paul Daley (TopClassBoxing) : 116-113 Bradley Steve Adam Snr (TopClassBoxing) : 117-112 Bradley Jamie Bourne (TopClassBoxing) : 117-111 Bradley Alex Marasco (TopClassBoxing) :116-113 Bradley John Evans (Livefight) : 115-113 Bradley Shaun Brown (Livefight) : 116-113 Bradley Scott Smith (UKFighthype) : 117-111 Bradley Danny Winterbottom (Boxing News Online) : 117-113 Bradley Matt Bowes (BritishBoxers) : 117-112 Bradley **ProBoxing-Fans Jake : 114-114 DRAW** First Class Boxing : 116-112 Bradley Nes (ED ThaBoxingVoice) : 115-113 Bradley Rachel Aylett (BoxingNews24) : 116-112 Bradley Jake Donovan (BoxingScene) : 116-112 Bradley Dave Murphy (Ringnews24) :117-112 Bradley ATR Boxing Tipster : 115-113 Bradley Bernardo Osuna (ESPN) : 115-113 Bradley Ciaran Shanks (Irvine Times) : 116-112 Bradley Ed Robinson (Sky Sports TV) : 115-113 Bradley
