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Timothy Bradley Outmaneuvers And Outpunches Luis Carlos Abregu

This was far from the finest performance of Timothy Bradley’s career, this Saturday night unanimous decision over Luis Carlos Abregu, but it did the trick of “introducing” him to the HBO audience and showing he could viably fight at welterweight if he wanted to do so. The top junior welterweight in the world was sloppy and reckless at times, the way he used to be before sharpening up his game in recent fights, perhaps eager to impress by scoring a knockout. Yet he was the far more accurate puncher, at times wobbling Abregu, and he stood up to what punches Abregu, a heavy hitter, landed in return. In an ideal world, what comes next for Bradley is nearest 140-pound challenger Devon Alexander, or, with Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather not happening, a shot at Pacquiao. Neither of those things are likely next.

On the undercard, junior middleweight Alfredo Angulo crushed Joachim Alcine in one round, getting outboxed for part of it then taking advantage of Alcine holding on to his arm by punching with the free hand and forcing Alcine to defend himself up close. That went poorly for Alcine. Angulo is a bad, bad man.

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