Good Q&A How many more fights does Vazquez have in him and how well will he compete as he moves up in weight? And your thoughts on Roach saying he is slurrring his words and worried about his health?
No more than a better trained George Foreman could have taken Ali -- he went in with the wrong mindset. Should have patiently gone for the body or the left eye of Balboa. I have no idea. I don't follow that sport at all. Any sport where you can score that many times is devoid of drama and singular moments to highlight. I think Sugar Shane is going to pull it out -- I think his punch can stun Cotto, I think Cotto is there to be hit, and Shane has the grit to take his punishment like a man. 'Sometimes, a fighter thought to be over the hill can turn back the clock for one more great fight' -- I see that happening, and it won't be Cotto's inexperience or lack of chin or anything else, but a fight between two warriors where one has to win. Sugar Shane by razorthin decision. Yet -- we musn't forget Shane used to be a lighter weight, and Cotto seems like he naturally belongs in one weightclass higher. The going's will be tough, but Shane'll get going. In two or three fights he'll move up -- and he will not retire, despite being on his way to punch-drunk. With or without Roach, he'll go on until it's just slightly too late.
You don't need to ask shakey that, he didn't quit after losing to barrera, he fought calvo and then quit. This was mostly to do with the fact that he is pretty damn rich and after losing to barrera didn't see the point of carrying on when he didn't need the money.
