Beating Foreman doesn't mean much

Great post, I agree 110%. Cottoe is toast if he faces a Kirkland, Bertoe, or Spinks.

 

To be fair many people picked Foreman to easily UD Cotto who had just come off a beating against Pac, where he threw everything he had. Whilst Foreman wasn't the strongest champion this was a new weight and he was coming off a loss with a new trainer. To say it doesn't mean much is unfair on Cotto. He looked good last night and it was a good win. Not great, but good nonetheless.

 

They also picked him because they thought stylistically he would have the tools to UD Cotto.

 

ofcourse not but it shows us cotto after a vicious loss still has something, alot of people thought he was so shot that even foreman would beat him up.

 

In hindsight, yes they were, but it was the perception leading up to the fight that Foreman would win. Hence, in my opinion I wouldn't state that the win "doesn't mean much".

 

Foreman is basically a junior middleweight version of Paulie Malinaggi. He'd give any novice boxer trouble, but against A level fighters he'll always lose.

You have never seen Yuri fight? He doesn't use a jab and he only has eight knockouts. Him getting hit had more to do with Cotto's great jab than his boxing ability. The Jab was the only punch Cotto was landing. His hooks was missing because of Yuri's movement. It wasn't until the knee injury than Cotto was able to land his hooks.

I think the bright lights and the atmosphere got to him. He looked very nervous, he throws way more punches than that.

He probably would have given Cotto a better fight if he wasn't so nervous and he didn't injure his knee.

The win was good for Cotto. But I disagree that he didn't show any improvement. His jab was better and so was his footwork.

 

Mate i reckon you need to look at what sport you trying to analyze, maybe you should look into something else rather then boxing.

1st. Foreman is a very credible opponent, its just the style foreman had wasnt correct on someone like cotto.

2nd. Cotto looked a different boxer, he was fighting at 5.7 not 4.3, his jabs had more power on them, combinations were better and his movement has improved.

3rd. Cotto yes had the tendancy to go back to his old habits but he is definetly an improved fighter plus he has only lost to great boxers lets not forget.

4th. Now he will develope further and come back even better. STeward will make sure of it.

 

"What?" Says Ali "beating Foreman meant everything!!"

Bad joke, my bad, my bad...

 

I thought you said there were only 4 days left for people to jump off the Cotto bandwagon? :huh

 

I does mean much, this is a bigger victory for miquel than pac or floyds last one.
\it also means cotto is back! he can choose a hell of a lot opponents to fight.
williams,pac,floyd,cintron,margarito,chavez jr, martinez,spinks.
Its gonna be awesome