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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.
I have to say I am with Spicoli on this one. Correct me if I am wrong but did you not suggest yourself that Peterson having taken testosterone was permissible purely because it raised his naturally low levels to those needed to compete ? According to your argument then he also should not be allowed to compete. Master is right also when he points out the whole reason to wear a brace is not to gain an advantage but to prevent damage and the knee giving out. If his knee goes in the fight due to not wearing his brace then it is Cotto who will be gifted a massive advantage and possibly the result if Martinez can not continue.
I did say that and he was below the allowable amount accepted under medical rehab and his handlers failed to inform. He still had all the documentation. Not the same thing. I'm saying that it may add strength or allow him to do something he could not naturally do otherwise including punch because of mechanical means I have a problem with that and like I said if its to prevent knee on knee collisions because he's a southpaw then fine. I suspect its more then that. Perhaps its much less in which case it should have no effect at all with or w/o it.