NYSAC Wont Allow Sergio Martineze to wear a Knee Brace vs. Cotto.

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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.

Lets just call it a difference of opinion then. I mean why does he need it? Is it a crutch and if so why is he fighting? People are acting as if Cotto runs the NYSAC. I'm sure the science has been viewed by those who made the call. What are people going to say if Martinez limps to the ring. They will probably call Cotto the cheat. The bottom line is if he gains strength from that device? If it can be shown that he does or that it enables him to do things that he could not do w/o it then that's wrong plain and simple. Whether he is the six million dollar man is not at issue.

Fair enough bud, I just cannot in anyway see how this would add strength or power. Make it level, yeh. You have to consider that the huge knock on Martinez was that he IS damaged goods and a walking rehab session...not to all, but its all I heard when this was signed. And that's -before- this curveball new rule came down. I see a brace as strictly stabilization and even then its a false sense of security if a guy over relies, all the braces in the world didn't stop a Jesus Chavez v Julio Diaz scenario or a McCline etc etc.