Comments Thread For: Cotto: This is The Right Moment To Fight Mayweather Jr.

[tredh]

I've read that from a couple of people in here but Cotto always faces people with longer reach then him. The only person with the same reach that he has faced in the last couple of years is Pac. Short arms does not necessarily mean that you will keep someone at bay. Think inside game, also, to make someone give up their height and reach you make them come to you. Hence why someone like margarito with a way longer reach then cotto couldn't keep cotto at bay.

Slow feet? Cotto is one of the best at cutting off the ring.

With that said I have Mayweather by UD but Cotto is better then most in these departments then you give him credit for.

The difference in reach will play a very big factor in the fight. PBF maybe more stationary now but he uses distance better and a little different than most do. PBF gets hisself within punching distance of you but the opponents are still out distance from hitting him. With PBF reflexes and counter-punching it allows him to do many different things. That is a dangerous thing when Cotto is facing a fighter who is faster, better defense and smarter. With the way Cotto swells short sharp counter punches will take a toll. Then on the outside PBF's speed and reach create whole different problem.

Every fighter that faces PBF has a lot to overcome and its the totality of those things that makes it so hard on his opponents.

Can someone show me when PBF has shown that he can be hurt by bodyshots? I've yet to see it.

[Pacquiao'd]

Watch how fast Dougie flip flops after the fight.

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Exactly.........

[V.WEBB]

Dougie Fischer who is a big Floyd hater actually thinks the same thing. He thinks that Cotto's style 5 years ago wouldve been tailor made for Floyd and he wouldve beat Cotto easily. He thinks now after working with Steward & now Diaz that his new style & boxing skill will be harder for Floyd to beat, e****ally at 154.

Yea.......no.

[V.WEBB]

The difference in reach will play a very big factor in the fight. PBF maybe more stationary now but he uses distance better and a little different than most do. PBF gets hisself within punching distance of you but the opponents are still out distance from hitting him. With PBF reflexes and counter-punching it allows him to do many different things. That is a dangerous thing when Cotto is facing a fighter who is faster, better defense and smarter. With the way Cotto swells short sharp counter punches will take a toll. Then on the outside PBF's speed and reach create whole different problem.

Every fighter that faces PBF has a lot to overcome and its the totality of those things that makes it so hard on his opponents.

Can someone show me when PBF has shown that he can be hurt by bodyshots? I've yet to see it.

Good, accurate post.

[chibomber]

The difference in reach will play a very big factor in the fight. PBF maybe more stationary now but he uses distance better and a little different than most do. PBF gets hisself within punching distance of you but the opponents are still out distance from hitting him. With PBF reflexes and counter-punching it allows him to do many different things. That is a dangerous thing when Cotto is facing a fighter who is faster, better defense and smarter. With the way Cotto swells short sharp counter punches will take a toll. Then on the outside PBF's speed and reach create whole different problem.

Every fighter that faces PBF has a lot to overcome and its the totality of those things that makes it so hard on his opponents.

Can someone show me when PBF has shown that he can be hurt by bodyshots? I've yet to see it.

I agree with most of what you are saying but since Mayweather has been a bit more stationary as of late he tends to stretch out his his left to distract then use it as a target for his right. He doesn't use his jab to keep someone at bay like you are suppose to. Giving him angles and always on the move like cotto did for margo won't help mayweather set up. His speed will benefit him I completely agree but Cottos jab is not something to play with.

[tredh]

I agree with most of what you are saying but since Mayweather has been a bit more stationary as of late he tends to stretch out his his left to distract then use it as a target for his right. He doesn't use his jab to keep someone at bay like you are suppose to. Giving him angles and always on the move like cotto did for margo won't help mayweather set up. His speed will benefit him I completely agree but Cottos jab is not something to play with.

We all know that you have to step with your jab. With PBF already in range to hit Cotto thats a problem cause Cotto will be stepping in just to get in his range to hit PBF. PBF used the jab against Mosley in the Ortiz fight he stuck his left out there just to get Ortiz dumbass to look at it with the right hand coming right behind it to land basically at will. Which you stated. Put it this way I believe that PBF could beat Cotto in a battle of jabs in this fight. Cotto does a have good jab no doubts about that but its hard to consistently land a jab when you have to take punches just to get in range to land it.

[Carpe Diem]

I wanna see Cotto find a way to effectively make that mofo fight on his back foot.

[chibomber]

Put it this way I believe that PBF could beat Cotto in a battle of jabs in this fight. Cotto does a have good jab no doubts about that but its hard to consistently land a jab when you have to take punches just to get in range to land it.

But then it will come to who can take who's punches the most. Wether it be cotto taking 5 of mayweathers punches to land 1 or mayweather feeling cottons punches the resort to moving around the ring rather then being stationary. It will be interesting to see.

[tredh]

But then it will come to who can take who's punches the most. Wether it be cotto taking 5 of mayweathers punches to land 1 or mayweather feeling cottons punches the resort to moving around the ring rather then being stationary. It will be interesting to see.

We can agree on that it will interesting to see how it plays out.

[Carpe Diem]

The difference in reach will play a very big factor in the fight. PBF maybe more stationary now but he uses distance better and a little different than most do. PBF gets hisself within punching distance of you but the opponents are still out distance from hitting him. With PBF reflexes and counter-punching it allows him to do many different things. That is a dangerous thing when Cotto is facing a fighter who is faster, better defense and smarter. With the way Cotto swells short sharp counter punches will take a toll. Then on the outside PBF's speed and reach create whole different problem.

Every fighter that faces PBF has a lot to overcome and its the totality of those things that makes it so hard on his opponents.

Can someone show me when PBF has shown that he can be hurt by bodyshots? I've yet to see it.

Great post.