How Cotto will beat Clottey!

Clottey is bigger and stronger than Cotto. He is a very rough and tough fighter who has quick hands, adequate power, and a sound defense. To beat Cotto you have to take the fight to him. Many of the guys Cotto beats simply wilt under the pressure. Clottey will not wilt. Margo didn't wilt and he beat Cotto. Mosley didn't wilt and he almost beat Cotto. N'Dou(who has very little actual talent) didn't wilt and he gave Cotto a relatively competitive fight. Clottey has the ability to fight Cotto both on the inside and the outside. And he'll need to do both against Cotto.

From my perspective, many Cotto fans are delusional. They have an inflated opinion of Cotto and make him out to be much better than he actually is. Many Cotto fans thought he would steam roll Margo and we all saw what happened there. Cotto is not the biggest WW, he's not the hardest to hit, and he doesn't have the best chin. If you can apply pressure to Cotto, withstand his fire, and apply some punishment yourself, you can beat him. Clottey has all the tools to do this. Now Cotto is an excellent fighter, and can definately beat Clottey. However, I believe Clottey has all the tools needed to beat Cotto as well.

 

Clottey would just have to fight his fight by walking Cotto down and countering. That said I favor Cotto by UD based on work rate. Clottey's tendency to become over defesive will probably hurt him against Cotto. Like you said Cotto's body punches should be a key in this fight seeing how Clottey holds his guard up high.

 

Cotto ud *****.. Clottey waits to much and gets in defensive shells.

 

Since he has a good turtle shell defense, just keep up his guard and pressure like Margo did. Im not sure how well Clottey throws uppercuts, but that could be a big factor.

I think Cottos handspeed will be the difference and he will just go to the body early and then just pound on Clotteys face later in the fight...

 

Seemed to take 'em alright against Margarito. Unlike some other fighters.

 

:good

 

his best bet is to make excuses after the loss like in the margo fight....this time though, he can say he broke his tailbone, cheekbone, fat toe, and 2 of his toooofus's

 

haha improved defense you are joking right?? cotto is ripe for the same shots he was before the margo fight and thats body shots, uppercuts and straight rights christ even jennings got through easy with some rights cottos defense is non-existant

 

good post:good im shocked at the level of fanboyism towards cotto to me he's a good fighter but far from complete as some people make him out to be probably the most overrated on these boards

 

Cotto UD's Clottey. Clottey is not as fast as Cotto, does not hit harder then Cotto and doesnt move as well as Cotto. His shell defense will help in his down fall since he will cover up way too much and not throw enough. Clottey is just not that good a fighter.

 

I just wanna know one thing? Will all these guys picking Clottey to beat Cotto be here the next day saying Clottey was a nobody to begin with when Cotto beats him? I need to know this so I can start making a list of names to call out.

 

Nice post.

From what ive seen, Clottey does wait too much and with his high guard is open to the body to easily.

You are right, it depends on the gameplan.