Comments Thread For: Photos: Miguel Cotto in Beast Mode For Sergio Martinez

[Hyper Knuckles]

I'm more worried about the impending Canelo fight for the winner. Cotto's path has been on a collision course with the Irishman for awhile now. I have to believe it'll be Oscar's opportunity to crown his young cash cow as the lineal champ at 160. It's a smart play..

[Hyper Knuckles]

That would require Cotto to beat Martinez. If Martinez wins, a fight between him and Alvarez cannot happen because of Martinez's HBO contract. Besides, a Martinez fight would be far too dangerous for Alvarez. I could see Alvarez fighting Quillin, though.

Hypothetically if the fight gets signed, Canelo and Martinez meet in the ring I see the kid finishing what Murray started. For Cotto it's a risk because if it goes all 12 and it's a competitive match-up, it's not hard to believe the judges will give Canelo the nod. Miguel has seen too many wars, I'd prefer he chase down a Mayweather rematch.

[LADIV]

the idiots here on nsb will see that there are just different calibers of fighters. Miguel is just better than sergio. On june 7th we'll have a new lineal middleweight champ. It's ok to think martinez is going to win. It's idiotic to act like cotto's only chance is for martinez to be shot or injured. Cotto is too good a fighter to be given so little chance by all you experts of nought.

cotto was too good and was expected to win againt trout and we saw how that turned out. Martinez by brutal beating

[BG_Knocc_Out]

I like that both Cotto and Martinez have started camp fairly early compared to normal. They've already been in full effect with their coaches for almost a month now, it seems.

[lefthook2daliva]

"In Beast Mode"? WTF does that even mean? Cotto is betting Serge is older than him. That is all.

Look up my posts. I'm a Cotto stan and saying this...

[clmags12]

"In Beast Mode"? WTF does that even mean? Cotto is betting Serge is older than him. That is all.

Look up my posts. I'm a Cotto stan and saying this...

I agree with what you are saying also. And have said it too. I am guessing the cotton/roach game plan to be similar to the Diaz plan against Margs 2.

[-=Shade=-]

the amount of hate cotto gets is astonishing. at least he has the cojones to fight sergio!!

I've never really got that myself. He actually seems like a pretty decent guy from everything I've heard, and he is / was and elite level fighter. I think it's just because he's won some, lost some, and been competitive with a lot of the top guys at welter so he gets pooped on by a lot of peoples fans. Oh, and racism.

As far as this fight goes I think Cotto looked at the big bag of money and was willing to bet that he might be able to win through some combination Martinez being rusty, his legs being done betraying his athletic style, or him gassing in the middle to later portions of the fight. It's not a bad bet, really, especially if Cotto himself is feeling OK.

[lefthook2daliva]

I've never really got that myself. He actually seems like a pretty decent guy from everything I've heard, and he is / was and elite level fighter. I think it's just because he's won some, lost some, and been competitive with a lot of the top guys at welter so he gets pooped on by a lot of peoples fans. Oh, and racism.

As far as this fight goes I think Cotto looked at the big bag of money and was willing to bet that he might be able to win through some combination Martinez being rusty, his legs being done betraying his athletic style, or him gassing in the middle to later portions of the fight. It's not a bad bet, really, especially if Cotto himself is feeling OK.

Precisely this.

And all the better this is not the blind arrogance of youth, but the calculations of a grown man fully aware of the risk.

Better yet this is true on both sides of the fence.

Chess not checkers, right?

[GRUSTLER]

But weight is key in this fight. If they were fighting at 154 lbs things would be different.


No matter if Cotto is more skilled and better boxer than Williams, Pavlik and Chavez Jr. The three of them would destroy Cotto in a middleweight fight. Cotto is not a big threat at 160 lbs.


He is a great welterweight but has no business at 160 lbs. Martinez had faced better opposition and won. It's clear than Cotto has taken this fight because he thinks, like a lot of people including me, that Martinez is shot.

I feel and think people are so naive. Martinez put on a boxing clinic against Chavez Jr and in his fight after had trouble with Murray. All of sudden Martinez is shot? Dude had a bad night and was fighting in bad conditions in Argentina. My opinion is that Martinez fought too soon after Chavez. Should have rested longer. Cotto listened to Roach about taking this fight because we all know Roach loves handicaps but Cotto is going to get beat down.

[Young Herschel]

Actually Sergio lost his last fight to the UK fighter Martin Murray clearly. The only reason he got the decision was because the fight was in Argentina but any rational boxing fan who saw that fight knows that he lost that one.

This.

The real intrigue about this world title fight is whether the champion or the challenger is more depleted and diminished from his respective prime. Whoever has more left in the tank and utilizes what he has left more effectively hould win it in my view - could honestly go either way. I feel this is the opportunity that Mayweather should have snatched up because Sergio looks ready to go ala Chris John.