How will Cotto land enough shots on PBF to do damage

jab jab jab

 

Similar to the DLH fight.

 

Catching Floyd on the ropes to work on the body..

 

itd definitely be really hard but he'd have to roughhouse the **** out of money may and hit him all over the arms, chest wherever he could land. I definitely wouldnt suggest charging him as hard as Hatton and DLH did b/c if he does he will get dropped. He should focus on his power more than speed b/c as both hatton and DLH have seen you cnt beat him with speed.

 

I see Cotto actually inflicting some damage in this fight since Mayweather has a tendacy to back himself into the ropes against bigger opponents and thats the last place I think any boxer would want to be with Cotto on the attack

 

Theres a huge difference with Cotto and the guys you are mentioning though. Cotto is 10X the boxer that Hatton is and will apply EFFECTIVE pressure (key word effective) and unlike DLH is in his prime and won't gas out after the 8th round. Cotto is going to need his underrated speed to effectively out-jab Mayweather, and so I actually think he doesn't need to focus on power so much as his timing and speed. Cotto also does not need to look for the ko in this fight because it isn't going to happen. What he needs to do is pump his quick jab for the full 12 rounds while banging to Mayweathers body when he can to hopefully slow him down a bit in the later rounds. When he gets Mayweather up against the ropes and PBF is doing his shoulder roll technique is where I see Cotto unleashing quick and powerful combos that will hit at their target. Probably his famous hooks to the body and then come back upstairs. Mayweather will be fighting while going backwards for this entire fight and quite honestly I don't think he can win it. Sure he will hit Cotto and show some great defense but he will not be active enough to win this fight and will get no respect from Cotto who will be pressuring, boxing, and throwing punches at him all night. Cotto SD or close UD

 

coincidentally, Cotto didn't become un-green until Mayweather was unavailable as an opponent.

You can believe that's a coincidence all you like. Cotto vs. Mayweather is not even a competitive matchup, IMO.

 

Miguel Cotto doesn't telegraph his punches. His punches are not wide at all, every punch is extremely compact and if he does throw a hook he is most likely going to be followed up with a crisp straight punch down the middle. Cotto has short arms, and he uses that to his advantage, he fights the way he should with his body style. His Jab is like a sledge hammer that will be his ticket to get inside on Floyd. If Floyd hits him Cotto has to hit him back at the same time. If Cotto would get Floyd to rely more on his defense and Cotto punching than it might sway judges to score rounds for him. 3rd, Cotto would be fighting 3 minutes of everyround, He won't be waiting for the last 30 seconds to throw a flurry, and he won't be hugging and clinching mayweather for 3 minutes of everyround. When Cotto fights its 3 minutes of him trying to figure you out applying intelligent pressure with very sharp accurate punches. Cotto just has to do his thing, if it doesn't work out for him it doesn't workout for him. What I think will trouble Floyd is that, he is not going to be able to lay on the ropes rolling punches and trying to counter with his right hand. Cotto is too compact and sharp for that to work, it simply will not work on Cotto because Cotto doesn't throw a bunch of punches without thinking like DLH and Hatton. Cotto see's targets and he hits them he doesn't go wild at all he is ALWAYS in control of his punches and it will be a different situation for Floyd to deal with, no doubt.

 

And believe me on this ****, Floyd Mayweather will be all Legs when he fights Cotto. He will not sit in the pocket, he won't be rolling his shoulder - He will fight Cotto like he fought Baldomir. He doesn't have a choice and he will have to fight Cotto by hitting and moving for the 12 rounds and clinching to frusterating Cotto.

 

As Emmanuel Steward told me at the Nation Golden Gloves last night:

"Cotto beating Floyd? Thats a little too farfetched for me. Maybe if Floyd was getting over the age of 35, but I don't see it happening anytime soon"

 

Agreed. Mayweather will be on his bicycle the whole fight and if he lays on the ropes, Cotto goes to work.. Mayweather will be defensive the whole fight in my opinion, throwing some jabs here and there, but Cotto will just outwork him.. People underestimate Cotto's skills.. Cotto doesn't just throw punches, hoping to land one, but picks his spot and works on it.. I doubt he'll be looking for a KO either.. He dominated Gomez, but never did go for the KO against him.. This will be a close fight, but Cotto's workrate is what I believe will win him this fight.. Damn it's only May 2008.. :roll:

 

Emmanuel Steward also told the world after Mayweather-Corley that he would favor Sharmba Mitchell to beat Floyd.

 

Of course Steward probably thought that as Mitchell had only lost to Tszyu and was THE MAN at 140 when Tszyu was injured. Floyd was barely ranked at the weight when he fought Corley.

Actually I don't think he is that great either but he definitely knows 99% more than anyone on this forum.


This is the same forum where people thought a check hook was some sort of super move.

You can't exactly expect a logical conversation with a guy using Miguel Cotto as his avatar and another with a Puerto Rican boxing shoe as another.