Puerto Rican boxing were do we go from here?

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  1. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cotto beaten, and Juan Ma a guy I really was never sold on seems just another Champ, is there anyone else out there coming up that has the skills to make waves?

    Calderon of course but at 108 he gets hardly any ink......any insiders know someone to watch?

    PS support for Cotto should go on but damn! an elite trainer please.
     
  2. saul_ir34

    saul_ir34 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That kid that was supposed to help Pac spar for Cotto looks like a faster version of Cotto with more power too.

    Ima keep my eye on that kid.
     
  3. killjoy408

    killjoy408 Active Member Full Member

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    cotto is not done imo. he just needs to hook up with a real trainer and not a nutrionist. he looked good in the early rounds with pac plus i don't think you peak until you hit your early 30's.
     
  4. BlueApollo

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    Rogers Mtagwa.
     
  5. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    That kid is American. His mom is Puerto Rican I believe though. I'm not sure a sure half Puerto Rican kid who was born and raised in the States is the guy that Puerto Ricans will tab to be their boxing savior.
     
  6. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    close enough it works for me.... lets get his name!
     
  7. Ricky369

    Ricky369 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What do you expect??? Boxers will come and go. There are 3 or 4 good prospects right now at amateurs. Its mater of time. Not reason change anyhting.
     
  8. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    why not, nothing wrong with that

    filipinos are putting Donaire on a 2nd tier pedastool and hes more American than Filipino
     
  9. SICK NICK

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    u guys talking about el gato?
     
  10. Ricky369

    Ricky369 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    #1. Puerto Rico boxing doesn't need no savior. Jesus!!! Phillipines have a great champ!!! But they are not dominating boxing!!!
    #2. All Puerto Rican are Americans. Correction: US CITIZENS, America is much more than USA.
     
  11. Zaryu

    Zaryu Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Puerto Rico doesn't need to look for a boxing icon, that's part of the mentality that makes people overrate their fighters, lets just enjoy what we have now and enjoy whatever comes next.
     
  12. Ricky369

    Ricky369 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    One more thing. The issue about the trainer: It doesn't have to be a very famous guy. Yes experience its necessary. Ivan Calderon is considered one of the best technicians in boxing today. And nobody even metion his trainers. The point is Cotto, just as his uncle Evangelista, are very dominat persons. They like to be in control. Everybody in Cotto's team does whatever Cotto says. Nobody is telling him: "Look, you are doing this wrong". That is why he still making the same mistakes he made against Margarito. That is why he got stuck. Cotto needs to keep his friends close, but he needs a trainer, not a friend.
     
  13. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Omar Henry,the times ive watched him i was really impressed he really looks like Cotto in there.
     
  14. venomus_p4p

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    Juanma is dam good.
     
  15. AdiC

    AdiC Chillin' Like A Villain Full Member

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    I know how you feel. If Pacquiao retires their will be no one. Thank God theirs still other Boxers I like.