Tito was special and you could tell by the way he was beating and flattening quality fighters. Cotto is good but not that good.
Tito was special and you could tell by the way he was beating and flattening quality fighters. Cotto is good but not that good.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
Well i stick to my thoughts i think Bradley can outwork Ortiz to a ud. Also on the Cotto status he still young but from what i seen not sure atg. I mean he barely got past Mosley in fight i thought Mosled did enough. Then there is the Margarito fight which cant be proved either way but he was making some mistakes that he should not of made in my opinion. I think Cotto needs to work on his stamina his young but seems to really tire in the late rounds worse then Oscar Dela Hoya did when he was younger. Also still not really sold on his chin the biggest problem i see is the mouth thing that keeps getting reopen seems to be a real problem for him. Cotto can still be great but i not sure put him in a Leonard status or anything.
Ortiz at this point, seems to be on pace to become the Francisco Bojado that Bojado never became. Hes seems to have more polished skills and focuses his agression more acutely. An agressive fighter and hard puncher, who can be countered.
Bradley is a good fighter. He shows heart, skills and speed. Perhaps the lesser skilled Zab Judah with a better work ethic and attitude and chin. The problem I see with bradley, is like Zab.. He gets a little ahead of himself at times, only hes still managed to slide by without his mistakes costing him big. Not sure if he he could out run Ortiz, if he was clipped and in trouble early in the round.
I would still go with Bradley at this point because its not a given that Ortiz is going to get to bradley and sting him. With the respective skillsets (and from what we've already seen), Bradley has an easier task in creeping in and out and potshotting Ortiz to a points victory and tying him up than Ortiz does at running Bradley down, catching him clean early, and finishing him. If Ortiz is forced to take more chances late, there could be a knockdown or stoppage by Bradley but I would go with a points victory.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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