Prime Tim Bradley Vs prime cotto at light Welter

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Who wins

  1. Bradley

    18 vote(s)
    36.0%

  2. Cotto

    32 vote(s)
    64.0%
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  1. STEPHEN1990

    STEPHEN1990 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Both had there best and most entertaining fights at light welter
     
    STEPHEN1990, Jan 21, 2018
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  2. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bradley outboxes him.
     
    Reg, Jan 21, 2018
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  3. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    LMAO!

    Cotto was a level above Bradley. Timmy would hang tough and show heart, but he'd be outclassed.
     
    Xplosive, Jan 21, 2018
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  4. panchman69

    panchman69 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    cotto was a monster at 140, he was like ggg of 140 at one point.
     
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  5. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No he wasn't.
     
    Xplosive, Jan 21, 2018
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  6. boxon123

    boxon123 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cotto gases like always against Tim's high work rate.
     
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  7. STEPHEN1990

    STEPHEN1990 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bradley should have stayed at light welter imo no one beat him there I done this thread because ave never seen this match up posted before
     
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  8. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's not a bad matchup, and Bradley was certainly better at 140 than he was at 147.

    But Cotto was always a better fighter than Bradley.
     
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  9. STEPHEN1990

    STEPHEN1990 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What makes this fight more Interesting is cotto didn't have the best chin or gas tank at the weight and Bradley might not have been the biggest puncher but he wasn't feather fisted and he had amazing powers of recovery and great chin and was physically strong at the weight and best of all high work rate
     
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  10. drenlou

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    Cotto was a better boxer and had better power than Bradley. It would have been a good fight but i would have favored Cotto.
     
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    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    All valid points, however, it does come down to Bradley not having enough power to deter Cotto. And although Bradley was flashier, Cotto was actually the more skilled technician of the two.

    I don't think Cotto stops Bradley, but he wins a pretty clear decision.
     
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    Bradley went life and death with provodnikov. Cotto outboxes him or beats him up, just better overall. At that weight, Cotto really beat up his opponents, he was the real deal up until he lost to bricked margo.
     
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  13. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bradley was an excellent boxer before he decided to go all machismo to please the fans.
     
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  14. drenlou

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    Bradley was very good, its just cotto was better imo.
     
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  15. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fair enough. Cotto gets a lot of credit that I'll never understand personally.
     
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