By John Woolford: When have we ever seen the winner chase the loser for a rematch?
That doesn’t make the winner look very confident of his win does it? As of this week America’s unbeaten WBO Welterweight champ Timothy Bradley is scraping the bottom of the trash can for a decent fighter while even pleading with Manny Pacquiao for a rematch.
As much as Timothy Bradley is dedicated to whichever direction he chooses, his last fight against Manny Pacquiao was a real stinker within the nostrils of any true boxing expert.
Since that awful night of Boxing Timothy Bradley’s legacy has been pulled apart like a helpless insect. If only he’d held his hands up high, returned the belt at the press conference, the world of Boxing would of been in awe of him but it’s now a bit late for that.
Throughout history the world of sport can be very forgiving towards the mistakes made within the ranks of professional boxing. Look at how Mike Tyson’s awesome legacy only become ever more inspirational throughout all his controversy in and out of the ring.
But the historians within the sporting world never let an outright robbery become forgotten while instead letting the memories fade of those early stoppages, accidental clashes of head including those contractual disputes between fighter and promoter.
Timothy Bradley is known to be a decent neighbor and family man but he’s allowed a set of judges to ruin the sporting legacy he could of had. All that was needed was to stand up and hand back the belt like a good sporting gentleman leaving the sporting world to be in awe of his example.
I hope for Bradley that a solution is found to turn this crisis around but after the beating he took from Manny Pacquiao his nightmares won’t be ending anytime soon.
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