Emanuel Steward on Cotto/Floyd.....

Agree for the most part.

Cotto fights too short with a wide stance at times. He's gonna have to be mindful of this because it will make it easier for Floyd to either peck at him from the outside with his superior reach where he cant come back with counters, or he will be able to get off first with his speed, and step around Cotto because of his wide stance. Cotto leaning in might also be an issue because he will be bringing his head closer to the punch. It will also leave him vulnerable to the uppercut if he does manage to get close. Cotto to his credit has corrected these things somewhat, but he still does lean in a little bit and fights fairly short considering.

 

Steward is correct about how vital the jab is gonna be. Floyd might not back up from Cotto, which will spell problems for Cotto. He's gonna need the jab as a defensive blanket to keep Mayweather off of him. He's only fight is putting Mayweather on the back-foot and applying pressure, only he's gonna need the jab to maneuver him where he wants to him so he can apply that pressure.

One of the reasons Mayeather beat Marquez is because Marquez is a guy that only counters when you fall into mid range. Mayweather was wise to this and so because of his superior reach, was able to peck and poke at him with singles from just on the edge of mid range. Remember you have to draw someone into mid range to counter, but Mayweather never encroached into that range because he didn't need to, he was longer than Marquez. Now this is relevant because Cotto sometimes fights short, meaning that reach advantage Mayweather has might be able to be utilized more so.

Its imperative that Cotto managed to back him up imo.

 

Good read. Thanks for posting. :good

 

That's why Steward is no longer in his corner..." I didn't see anything different from Cotto in margaret rematch"!!!


He sees no weaknesses or flaws in Mayweather...that's why h is no longer in Cotto's corner !!!

Enjoy your sour grapes Steward!!!

 

Its all going as expected

 

Despite what people would have you believe on ESB, and despite the fact that Floyd should undoubtedly be favourite, a win over Cotto at this stage of both their careers will add to Floyd's legacy.

Here's hoping Cotto comes to fight.

The funny thing about the boxing business though, is even if Cotto DOES comes to fight and Floyd still dominates, this will reduce the credibility of a Floyd win.

Which is wrong, imo.

 

That's pretty accurate, I think.

And I see Floyd's right hand gliding through that weak guard all night long.

 

cottoe should have kept steward.

 

awww how cute, you care so much about money may

 

I'll give you that one, because it comes hand in hand with your posting style. And I like it, don't get me wrong.

But I was simply pointing out that Floyd is the heavy favourite, but even if Cotto comes in the best condition of his life, fights well, but still gets dominated, Floyd won't get credit.

I think Floyd deserves credit for this fight if he does win (especially if he dominates), and I'm not alone there.

And yes, I am a Floyd fan. Doesn't mean I fall into the irrational category though.

 

Stewart.....haters will always be haters....

 

He's basically implying that Cotto has not improved and Mayweather is going to kick his ass.
I'm glad Cotto dumped his ass!!!

 

I think it will turn out just how Manny expected it would...

 

Especially if Cotto wins.

Manny: I knew all along that Miguel would pull off this win. It went exactly as I expected. He learned a lot from me in the gym. He was a tremendous amatuer and I brought that back in him and corrected his balance. He took what I brought back and with Diaz's gameplan came out with the victory.

I could totally see Steward injecting himself into the improvements of Cotto and getting some credit for the win if it occurs.