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That's horseshit. There have been numerous fighters wearing knee braces. Shit even one guy with an artificial leg fought for a title.

How is a knee brace giving a guy an unfair advantage or leverage...if anything isn't it actually just equalizing it? A fighter entering the ring 'injured'...a hand, elbow, shoulder, unhealed cut or banged up knees.... is in no way to his advantage. I'm calling bullshit on Cotto and this ivory tower diva garbage

Cant agree. If its a simple bundle for knee collisions fair enough but if that knee cannot take or give power naturally when throwing a punch or stepping away from one then he has no special right to gain that use through artificial means. If he cant compete w/o it then don't compete. Punches are generated from the feet/legs. This isn't basketball.
Its not bionic science either though. I gather this brace as with at least 50 we've seen used over the years, a minimum, are for structural support. He's not being morphed into a cyborg and has competed with one prior. A brace does not undo damage as much as rehabilitate and lessen the chance of further-repeat injury. His knee is still a damaged knee. What next... we gonna start flagging guys with rods and pins in hands and shoulders or titanium plates inserted in their head This is a calculated move and reaction to garner favor for the house fighter, nothing more. It's a punk move.