Bradley has a glass jaw. Holt has 25 wins and only 13 by KO. :lol1:
Both Bradley and Holt have hurt and knocked down a lot more fighters than their KO records indicate. Bradley's problem is that he picks and chooses which punches he throws powerfully, and both of their problems is that they don't follow up and try to knock a guy out after they have them hurt. Most of Holt's knockouts are of the one punch variety.
Seats in the second level for Cotto-Mosley ran $200. I suspect that Cotto-Clottey will be priced more like the Mosley fight than the Jennings fight, which was significantly cheaper. Anyway, as long as you don't buy the $50 seats, there isn't really a bad seat in the house for boxing at MSG.
No word on when tickets will go on sale, especially since the fight hasn't even been officially signed yet.
He'd be hard pressed to do well at 147 - he just doesn't have the height or reach to fight there. I remember reading a while back that he thinks he can make 135. Frankly, if he loses his belts he might be better served by moving down there. There are more big fights to be made at 135, and if he can carry his power down he could be a beast compared to some of the lighter punchers in the division.
I guess I'm the only one, but I actually would predict Ortiz by decision.
- Bradley historically has been a bit ore tentative against southpaws
- Ortiz is also a counterpuncher, but is a lot more willing to pull the trigger than Holt
- Bradley has some blatant flaws where he jumps in from time to time and doesn't really cover up when he does it. I was a bit surprised Holt didn't exploit that flaw in the fight. I think Ortiz would be able to catch him there, especially because of his handedness, which would cause Bradley to shift his gameplan a bit.
- Bradley's chin isn't as bad as people are making it out to be. He was flash KDed twice by a guy with good one-punch power. Prior to that, he'd only been hurt once in his career, and he'd faced some decent punchers. Also, Ortiz's power is good but not elite like some people are making him out to be. He does have much better killer instinct than either Bradley or Holt though.
If I were Bradley, I'd stay away from Urango and Ortiz like the plague. They're both just really bad style matchups for him. Nate Campbell would be a great next fight for him.