Comments Thread For: Cotto: Nobody is Invincible, Ive Faced Unbeatens and Won

[parrish duke]

Cotto does have a chance, i do not buy floyd getting old over night because floyd works out everyday (literally) and he has taken no punishment!! Floyd's new style will give cotto more opportunities because he does not move around as much as he used to - remember cotto did not have a corner when he fought against Pac (no one beats Pac with out a corner) no one was there to give him a gameplan or let him know what was working etc.. and Pac said it was his toughest fight, remember what clottey said before the cotto / pac fight that cotto was highly skilled / elite level boxer. Cotto follows a gameplan just as well as mayweather. Myweather is alot more aggressive now - man if you people only knew how good of a fight this is going to be (cotto was cheated against, if margarito didn't load those gloves up) cotto would have boxed and gave him angles -

[flint]

cotto is one of my favorite fighters. he does have a shot at winning in the first 2 or 3 rounds. anything after that will be all mayweather. pussiao pitty pat combos on cotto all night long. but mayweather will send those laser hard punches right down the middle to slice and dice cotto up.

[LouisvilleLip]

How can you hate on Cotto?

How can you hate on Miguel Cotto? With the exception of Paul Williams, Miguel Cotto will have fought ALL of the top welterweights of the 00's. He is a true throwback fighter. When he says, "I'll fight whoever they put in front of me" he means that ****. He always comes to fight and he is not afraid to go down swinging. What more can you ask of a prizefighter?

Is Mayweather the superior talent? Of course. But is a perfect storm of events that may lead to Floyd's demise in place? Possibly. The combination of inactivity, advanced age, over-confidence, and outside distractions for Mayweather could be exactly what Cotto needs to pull the upset.

Floyd Mayweather by unanimous decision will be the popular prediction come May 5th, but we're all addicted to this sport because anything can happen.

[german411]

Everyboxer has to lose one day... For some reason I just feel Cotto is going to drop Mayweather....

[flint]

Everyboxer has to lose one day... For some reason I just feel Cotto is going to drop Mayweather....

no way that happens. floyd defense is too good. and the in coming head shot counters will be to much. cotto better use that jab all night or he's doomed.

[GRUSTLER]

Miguel Cotto has earned my respect as person and fighter attitude wise but he never completely had my confidence as a technical boxer. In order to beat Mayweather you have to be able to out think him and Cotto cannot do that. also, Floyd is a very hard fighter to discourage and is too damn good defensive. Cotto is going to come out strong and bring the fight to Floyd but once he starts missing and paying for it then he is going to get beat mentally. Floyd is going to stand there with him and just pick him apart and back him down. Cotto may come off with some good connects but I just don't see him being that effective. He said he wants to use the same plan he used against Mosley but that was a close fight. If Mosley would have pressured Cotto from the beginning then fight would have been Shane but Cotto won it and more power to him. Cotto needs a whole new game plan because Floyd ain't Shane and pressure don't work. To beat Floyd is like playing mental chess. Cotto would have to get it down in the early rounds.

[PRking718]

Miguel Cotto has earned my respect as person and fighter attitude wise but he never completely had my confidence as a technical boxer. In order to beat Mayweather you have to be able to out think him and Cotto cannot do that. also, Floyd is a very hard fighter to discourage and is too damn good defensive. Cotto is going to come out strong and bring the fight to Floyd but once he starts missing and paying for it then he is going to get beat mentally. Floyd is going to stand there with him and just pick him apart and back him down. Cotto may come off with some good connects but I just don't see him being that effective. He said he wants to use the same plan he used against Mosley but that was a close fight. If Mosley would have pressured Cotto from the beginning then fight would have been Shane but Cotto won it and more power to him. Cotto needs a whole new game plan because Floyd ain't Shane and pressure don't work. To beat Floyd is like playing mental chess. Cotto would have to get it down in the early rounds.

Yeah I never buy that stuff about having to out-think Floyd. The trick is not to think too much, standing there thinking all the time lets Floyd get off first, no good. Look at Castillo 1 and De La Hoya. Constant movement and effective pressure frustrates Floyd, albeit with a good jab, which Cotto has the best of. He doesn't run like he used to. Cotto is not going to be chasing him all night so I doubt he gets tired. Regardless, he been staying in shape to get his cardio up for this fight. Floyd got the DLH fight in the last few rounds but he lost a bunch with that pitty pat one punch then run away tactic, hardly finding DLH. You can hear the commentators too, Floyd was having a rough night finding DLH. DLH would block or slip most punches, you could see it. I respect his skill but he does not run like he used to and his hands aren't as fast at 154, he will get hit. He doesn't have the strength to make Cotto back down either, not at all. I mean Cotto will take some spots to fight on the back-foot but he won't let Floyd walk him down, no way, he just said it - toe to toe like vs Mosley. Did you see how Ortiz took them shots then came back, rocking Floyd to the ropes? Cotto will be doing that all night, taking less shots.

[xpsm24]

Mayweather will bully Cotto. If Cotto thinks Maussa and Malignaggi are like Mayweather then good luck to him

If Mayweather and his corner think Cotto is Ortiz, well good luck to him!

[GRUSTLER]

Yeah I never buy that stuff about having to out-think Floyd. The trick is not to think too much, standing there thinking all the time lets Floyd get off first, no good. Look at Castillo one and De La Hoya. Constant movement and pressure frustrates Floyd. Floyd lost several rounds in both fights, to me he was given a gift vs Castillo 1 and the DLH fight was a draw. He lost round 2 to Ortiz clearly. Who know how round 4 would have went. He doesn't run like he used to. Cotto is not going to be chasing him all night so I doubt he gets tired. Regardless, he been staying in shape to get his cardio up for this fight. Floyd got the DLH fight in the last few rounds but he lost a bunch with that pitty pat one punch then run away tactic, hardly finding DLH. You can hear the commentators too, Floyd was having a rough night finding DLH. DLH would block or slip most punches. And I don't do compubox, that **** is really flawed I seen it count punches that didn't land and not count punches that did. May says he will go toe to toe with Cotto but that aint an optoin, his legs aint the same and he has to rely on shoulder rolls, slips and weafevs more. This will work for Cotto's benefit. Once Floyd gets hit too hard he'll start the pitty pat punching and Cotto will cut off the ring easily. Did you see how Ortiz took them shots then came back, rocking Floyd to the ropes? Cotto will be doing that all night, taking less shots.

Castillo 1 fight was close and debatable but the rematch clearly showed that Castillo did not have the game plan to beat Mayweather. De La Hoya did not win that fight and it wasn't a draw. Fighters who don't try to out think Floyd and come at him winging shots trying to pressure him get tagged easily. The only person I see giving Floyd problems is Sergio Martinez at 154 because Sergio is a thinker and can adjust on the fly, is fast, a lefty and has heavy hands. Ortiz was getting beat up period and that's why he got desperate. If a fighter cannot adjust in the ring with Mayweather he is getting shut out.

[Larry the boss]

Shane Mosley???Margarito?? seriously Cotto??come on man