pacquiao v bradley 3 please god no

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Bradley said he prefers Cotto over a 3rd fight with Pacquiao.

http://www.BS.com/bradley-pref ... iii--99208

That's not quite what I got from that.

Actually, it reads like the writer of the article has more of a preference than Tim:

Bradley's promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, was interested in matching him against the winner of Cotto vs. Canelo, before the Pacquiao opportunity came up.

"Right now we are negotiating. But we do not know if we're going to take the [Pacquiao] fight or not," Bradley said to El Vocero. "I'm here to work on the TruTV card, with Felix Verdejo and Nonito Donaire. But of course I'm also here to discuss business here."

"I've faced Pacquiao twice and if I do it a third time it would be a fight of reckoning if anything else. It's the only way I could describe it. However, Miguel Cotto will be something new. I have never before faced a fighter who's that big and strong. Cotto has always faced the best. He's been in there with everyone. So to get a fight with a fighter like him, with so much class and shown such greatness, inside and outside the ring, it would be great. I've always said that greatness is measured by the amount of risk you take."

Call me cynical, but this sounds more like a guy posturing for a better purse out of the trilogy than anything else.
He is saying he has options for a payday, and he is willing to fight a bigger guy if the money is better.

That is what he "prefers".

It says they were gonna match him against Cotto "before the Pacquiao opportunity came up".

Which means the fight he prefers is taking a back seat to the one he doesn't?

IJS....

The fight was supposed to be announced today so I very much doubt they are negotiating purses. He should feel lucky to get the opportunity after losing twice already and this is Pac's last fight nobody cares if its Bradley he doesn't bring anymore money into this fight then if it as one of the other options

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Be interesting to see what weight it would be made at.
But agreed a cracking fight. A true 50/50 depending on the weight.
Both like a war aswell.

I hate catch weights for title fights but this fight doesn't need a title so maybe Cotto can come down a little to 152.
Would just favour Cotto myself after he performed better then I expected against Canelo.

Bradley isn't a shitbag, he'd fight Cotto at jnr mw.

He said he would fight GGG as well but his team wouldn't be stupid enough to let him. He's not a big WW so his team should try and make things as even as possible for him.

[Badhusker]

I'm sure Bradley is looking ahead, and knows he probably can't beat Pac. Cotto is a much more interesting fight, and I would guess would sell better than if he fought Pac again. Bradley fought 152 in amateurs I think? He walks around at 160+, so whatever Cotto wants he will do. You have to love Bradley's attitude and balls, a little old school in him which is refreshing to me. Him vs Cotto is close to a 50-50 fight imo.

[koolkc107]

I'm sure Bradley is looking ahead, and knows he probably can't beat Pac. Cotto is a much more interesting fight, and I would guess would sell better than if he fought Pac again. Bradley fought 152 in amateurs I think? He walks around at 160+, so whatever Cotto wants he will do. You have to love Bradley's attitude and balls, a little old school in him which is refreshing to me. Him vs Cotto is close to a 50-50 fight imo.

No, it will turn out to be a pretty easy romp for Cotto.

Tim has a hard time hurting true welterweights often...no way he has anything that is going to hurt Miguel.

Easy stoppage for Cotto.

[caldo2025]

I'm sure Bradley is looking ahead, and knows he probably can't beat Pac. Cotto is a much more interesting fight, and I would guess would sell better than if he fought Pac again. Bradley fought 152 in amateurs I think? He walks around at 160+, so whatever Cotto wants he will do. You have to love Bradley's attitude and balls, a little old school in him which is refreshing to me. Him vs Cotto is close to a 50-50 fight imo.

No, it will turn out to be a pretty easy romp for Cotto.

Tim has a hard time hurting true welterweights often...no way he has anything that is going to hurt Miguel.

Easy stoppage for Cotto.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Cotto either hang them up now or have a easy farewell fight in NY or PR. People keep on praising Cotto's heart in the Canelo fight, which i will second, but that was one of his worst performances. Aside from the jab, there was absolutely no pop on his punches at all. No snap. He had that snap against Sergio but it wasn't there that night (overtraining? Age? etc) for some reason.

[sucracristo]

Tim has a hard time hurting true welterweights often

marquez looked like he was on the way down, pac definitely looked stunned early
in the 2nd fight, and bradley's body shots are vicious. i would say at welter if bradley gets
a clean shot off he can hurt just about anybody. i don't know about cotto at 154, though.