Antonio Margarito vs Timothy Bradley....Who Wins prime for Prime

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  1. realsoulja

    realsoulja Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Miguel Cotto is better than Bradley in those points you mentioned:-

    - Fight going backwards
    - Countering
    - Landing combos
    - Circling away

    And Margarito hunted Cotto down landed body shots, walked through everything Cotto threw and imposed his will.

    Do you think Bradley would be able to tie Margarito up, and be effective in the clinch?

    I don't think so, Bradley is 5 ft 6 ex LWW he wouldn't have the strength Mosley had.
     
  2. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    and he'd still win wide


    Bradley is bettered conditioned than Cotto and has faster feet and isn't as vulnerable to Margarito's punches as Cotto. This wouldn't be an easy fight for Bradley, but it's a winnable fight.

    Plus those things you listed by Cotto all worked on Margo. It was other factors that got him in trouble that Bradley can compensate for
     
  3. SweetHome_Bama

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    Bradley isn't going to do the Cotto and stand and try to trade. He is gonna land his counters and either tie up or circle out and make Margo reset and come again.
     
  4. Relentless

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    Problem is because black boys here hate Margo so much they convinced themselves he fights like angulo, when a fantasy match up is made between Margo and anyone they think how angulo would fight against them who's a poor poor man's version of Margo that got outboxed by cintron.

    Margo would put a beat down on Bradley the arm punching brawler, his arm punches will tickle Margo until he decides to throw uppercuts from crazy angles and knock Bradley the **** out.
     
  5. SweetHome_Bama

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    Margo without his loaded wraps is easy work for Bradley.
     
  6. Relentless

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    Margo with loaded gloves is Gangsta Margo and would ko Bradley in 2, without it he'll just put down a beat down.
     
  7. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    People think Bradley is SSL here.
     
  8. JMP

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    Bradley would start off well, but the size difference and physical advantages Margarito holds would take their toll. I think Margarito would come on strong late thanks to his body-work and win clearly on the cards. Bradley is a decent boxer, but I don't trust his outboxing skills, distance control, and elusiveness enough to hold off a massive WW pressure fighter with a ridiculous workrate (who may have also loaded his gloves). We already know his power wouldn't make Margarito think twice and that the real thudding shots and eye-catching bombs would be coming from the Mexican.

    Even by the time Margarito got to Cotto in 2008, he was past his physical prime. Looked really mummified in his movements (much more so than usual).
     
  9. NOTINDAFACE

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    Margarito would walk through Bradley's shots all day, Tko 10
     
  10. Bogotazo

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    Have to agree. He doesn't have the fluidity to counter while on the move for 12 rounds or the power to force Margarito backwards off of him.
     
  11. Snakefist

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    Cotto's main problem was that he didn't clinch and he ran low on stamina. If he had the coach he had now then, I think Cotto couldve won that first fight. However, Bradley is a genetic freak and I don't think he gets tired at all. I don't think Margo breaks bradley, honestly. But I can see Margo winning, as his punches would do more damage in the long run. I lean towards Margo with the W, he would be really big compared to bradley. People are seriously underestimating bradley's toughness and strength. He may not have power, but he is physically strong. Yes he is physically stronger than Pac, but you can't fight pac that way, where you impose your strength on him at WW unless you want your face to end up like margo's -- unless you have good defense and work behind a great jab.
     
  12. SweetHome_Bama

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    I doubt the damage Margo could do without the bricks in his gloves.
     
  13. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    If he can bust up Pacquiao with just a few shots, he can hurt Bradley.
     
  14. realsoulja

    realsoulja Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol:



    Any change of opinion then?
     
  15. Gander Tasco

    Gander Tasco Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bradley has no power and he's too small. Margarito would walk thru him all night.

    You know Bradley just went life and dead with a guy no one heard of until now.