Am I the ONLY ONE who thought Cotto did quite well?

Also, it would have been suicide for Cotto to try and crowd Canelo. Canelo has one of the best inside offensive/defensive games in boxing. Late in the fight, I think round 9 where Cotto tried to crowd Canelo, he took a beating for it.

Cotto's only chance was to try and win the fight on the outside, and Cotto just did not look comfortable. Canelo was far more relaxed and had the advantage both inside and out.

Canelo's slow footspeed is the only thing that gave Cotto a chance. If Canelo played this like a typical Mayweather fight, he could have barely got hit. The "fight" would have been terrible and the fans would have booed, but when Mayweather does it, everyone says it's a masterpiece, even though it's like his opponent was never in a fight.

 

That fight was really much ado about nothing. I thought it was closer than the judges cards. Cotto's strategy seemed to be to steal rounds due to Canelo's inactivity and win a decision. Don't know what Canelo's strategy was, he just fights in spurts, and the spurts were not doing any damage to Cotto. Even his best shots weren't doing anything and that is concerning for somebody who is supposed to be a puncher. All in all a very underwealming performance by both fighters.

 

The guy who couldn't even whobble 153 lbs Cotto has the power to bother GGG? I guarentee you he definetly doesn't. Canelo's power wasn't all that special at LMW, It'll be very average at MW. He only has speed over Golovkin but GGG's jab, ring generalship and footwork is more than good enough to neutralize that.

 

Agreed.

 

I concur 100%. It looked like Cotto was the better boxer even though Canelo was hitting harder. However, neither man seemed particularly bothered by the other's power, and neither was ever hurt. I didn't score the bout, but if I did, I would have given it to Cotto on ring generalship and what looked like the higher number of clean punches.

If you were going to give the fight to Canelo based on superior damage, that makes sense, but Cotto wasn't particularly damaged. This fight reminded me a lot of the Canelo Lara fight, and I kept thinking, "Canelo when will you learn to cut off a ring!" One thing that did bother me was that it didn't look like Cotto was putting any power into his own punches. It was like he resolved to point score, and had no follow through, because he didn't think he could hurt Canelo even if he loaded up and fought flat footed instead of moving and up on his toes.

I seriously expected Canelo to knock Cotto out, but I guess I've been overestimating Canelo's abilities.

 

I think cotto did awesome. 115-113 Canelo

 

The difference in size was ridiculous. I don't know what the fight night weights were, but it's just not right for a middleweight bout when your opponent is; taller than you, bulkier than you both on the lower body and on the upper body. It was obvious they didn't belong in the same weight class and I think that size was what made the difference throughout the fight.

I had it 116-112 for Canelo. The cards were significantly wider than they should have been.

 

Wrong pbf is greater and has the higher atg ranking as well. Only a fool would rank oscar higher than pbf his own magazine the ring didn't even do that.:deal


As far as cotto I felt he did very well but I knew going in it would be impossible for him to get a decision.

 

The cards were fine last night. The only reason why you are saying that is because you don’t like that Canelo beat Cotto by a wider margin than Mayweather did.

That bothers you.

You also don’t like that Canelo got a 114-114 draw vs Floyd. That bothers you because you don’t want Canelo to surpass Floyd.

You must accept the fact that Floyd’s ERA is over and this is Canelo’s ERA now!

Now it's Canelo’s time, he beat Cotto worse than Floyd did!

 

You don't know **** about boxing or how to score fights cotto won at least 5 rounds against canelo he won 3 or 4 against pbf.