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A little while ago this would have felt to me like a quick way to send an aging Marquez to the "should retire" line in his boxing career becuz Bradley, is a fast, slick, skilled, and very strong boxer that would have no doubt taken advantage of the smaller, slower, AGING Marquez...
But now... Marquez has shown that age hasn't beaten him yet, and that he's still a very capable fighter. Most of the top guys at 140 would still give him trouble, mostly becuz of the size, strength, and speed advantages most of them have over Marquez. But when u think of Bradley, he's not much bigger than Marquez. He may be stronger but doesn't exactly have Pacquiao's punching power. He's faster, but not very accurate. And even though Bradley is more than capable of beating everyone at Jr Welterweight, a trait he takes into everyone of his fights, sometimes making his performance look weak (Abregu), is he tends to fight down to his opponents level.
The smartest thing he could do to the aging Marquez is stick and move to an easy, but boring decision. But he won't. He likes to fight on the inside. He prefers head movement to lateral movement. He's not afraid to get hit, and when u do hit him he tries to hit u back.
The fight sounds more intriguing now. It could just be that Katsidis, like Margarito was to Mosley, was just a tailor-made opponent to make an aging fighter still look great. But even so...
Anyway, what do u think?
But now... Marquez has shown that age hasn't beaten him yet, and that he's still a very capable fighter. Most of the top guys at 140 would still give him trouble, mostly becuz of the size, strength, and speed advantages most of them have over Marquez. But when u think of Bradley, he's not much bigger than Marquez. He may be stronger but doesn't exactly have Pacquiao's punching power. He's faster, but not very accurate. And even though Bradley is more than capable of beating everyone at Jr Welterweight, a trait he takes into everyone of his fights, sometimes making his performance look weak (Abregu), is he tends to fight down to his opponents level.
The smartest thing he could do to the aging Marquez is stick and move to an easy, but boring decision. But he won't. He likes to fight on the inside. He prefers head movement to lateral movement. He's not afraid to get hit, and when u do hit him he tries to hit u back.
The fight sounds more intriguing now. It could just be that Katsidis, like Margarito was to Mosley, was just a tailor-made opponent to make an aging fighter still look great. But even so...
Anyway, what do u think?
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