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chris123 wrote:I'd still pick Bradley to beat any welterweight in the world par Mayweather and Pacquiao, with the possible exception of Spence but that's only because we don't know where his ceiling is yet.

I agree with this. Tim has had a great career and if he wants he can walk away near the top of his weight division. Outside of Pac i dont see any other active welter beating him, but i also dont see any of the other top guys knocking his door down wanting to fight him. From a selfish stand point i hope he fights on as he is one of my favourite active fighters.

Marquez beat him IMO, having said that, I hope he keeps fighting.

It was a close fight, nothing unusual..

It looks like he could fight Cotto:

Steve Kim ‏@steveucnlive 5h5 hours ago
Bob Arum says while RNS has inquired about a Cotto-Bradley fight, Top Rank simply has too much on it's plate right now, will discuss later

I would assume that it would be at 150, as Cotto wanted against Marquez or even higher. Arum is probably punishing Cotto for leaving him, but if Bradley wants it, it will happen.

I don't see why he should. The losses to Manny say more about how far ahead of everyone else Floyd and Manny have been (and still are), rather than Bradley needing to retire. Taking Mayweather and Pacquiao out of the equation he's got the best resume at 147 and there are plenty of good fights for him. Bradley vs Thurman, Garcia, Porter, Khan, Spence. I think we'd all be happy with any of those fights. The main problem seems to be the lack of options due to promotional divisions, meaning the rumoured opponents are catchweight fights with Cotto and the like. I think he should push on for at least another few fights and cement a HOF career.

ElJefe wrote:I don't see why he should. The losses to Manny say more about how far ahead of everyone else Floyd and Manny have been (and still are), rather than Bradley needing to retire. Taking Mayweather and Pacquiao out of the equation he's got the best resume at 147 and there are plenty of good fights for him. Bradley vs Thurman, Garcia, Porter, Khan, Spence. I think we'd all be happy with any of those fights. The main problem seems to be the lack of options due to promotional divisions, meaning the rumoured opponents are catchweight fights with Cotto and the like. I think he should push on for at least another few fights and cement a HOF career.

I think he'd be even money in a fight with Cotto at 150.

Ive wanted to see him fight Cotto for a while.

crusader wrote:Ive wanted to see him fight Cotto for a while.

Yeah because honestly in my opinion Cotto has always been that just one step below Elite type of great fighter. In the same vein as Bradley. So it would be a competitive matchup I'm certain.