Agreed on Cotto's jab... Excellent! But Canelo has the 2 things that have given Cotto problems in the past. Great left hooks both to the body & head + an excellent uppercut. (Alvarez likes to deliver those shots in combination) Cotto in theory has that jab, but it's already proven he drops that plan & begins his pack pedal once he feels the inside game of his opponent.
Agreed. Almost every Cotto opponent is able to get him cleanly in close range with the uppercut, and Alvarez has a solid uppercut and works the body well. I think that will take a toll on Cotto as the fight enters its latter stages. While Cotto is certainly more technically skilled than Alvarez is at this point in time, Alvarez hasn't had to endure anything like the wear and tear Cotto has gone through in his career. Outside of foot speed (slight edge to Cotto) and handspeed (a wash), the physical intangibles/advantages for the most part lie with the younger Canelo. And while Cotto can certainly outbox Alvarez for chunks of a hypothetical fight, I think people are assuming Alvarez is a Margarito II clone a little too much. Alvarez has superior defense and counterpunching capability compared to Margarito, and Cotto will be unable to tool Alvarez like he was tooling Margarito the second time. I expect Cotto to get the better of the action for the first 7-8 rounds, but I also think Cotto's late-round fade will play into Alvarez's hands, and then Alvarez will get him in the championship rounds.
I was talking about Alvarez vs Cotto with Leon. We both noticed that Alvarez drops his right hand when he throws a left hook. Not good against Cotto. :verysad
Good point, But that is only effective IF Cotto is the one coming forward. Thrown off the back foot while in backpedle mode his punches won't be nothing more than a jab in efficientcy. (Hook or straight, power will be reduced if he is in BP mode) But that is true, Alvarez does have some holes... But so does Miguel.
Which makes it such an intreuging fight buddy :good Let's hope it gets made at some point, then we can debate who wins :thumbsup
I favor Canelo by 60-40... and to the guy said COtto modern day ATG LMAO! HAHA... is Canelo facing Mayweather? Cotto will not be playing pressure fighter against a guy with the power and explosiveness of Canelo, so if you think he is gonna try and pin Canelo on the ropes you got another show coming! Styles make fights and Canelo is not Mayweather who fights safety first fights, come on now, Mayweather who is not known for trading stepped up his game and traded with Cotto and even wobbled him, a 150 pound Mayweather at that,a 170 pound beast unleashing Accurate, power combos to the body and head will be the end of Cotto. COtto will be fighting a safety first fight against Canelo,Using Superior footwork and Boxing skills to survive the first half, canelo slow and steady pressure will ammount after the body work takes it's toll on Cotto, not to mention cotto's stamina issues in the later rounds, couple that with the Energy Cotto is gonna exert to keep canelo back by doing his popular back peddeling and trying to outbox on the ropes, all that energy exerted by the running will be the end Of Cotto, Canelo has shown he can keep his hard powerful work rate up for 12 rounds Cotto seems to take breaks as well as Canelo.. but Cotto can't do that **** against Canelo as he will feed off of that.... The only chance I give cotto of winning is if he go balls out, and doesn't try to outbox, but pressure canelo and Get him out with a fast early strong onslaught of pressure, which will test canelo heart and chin, that is the only chance I give Cotto.... If it goes to the later rounds it's all CANELO. The size, power and youth will prevail. Canelo is a brick house at 154. Just because GBP is not giving Canelo the best fights at 154 doesn't mean he is ****. Just because Gomez and Canelo seemed to be sparring and Canelo wasn't even taking him serious with his pillow fists, and Canelo was practicing shoulder rolls and ****! and People seem to forget Canelo dropped gomez with a ****ing Jab, so much for outboxing Canelo LMAO,Canelo caught Gomez with big ****, ****ing gomez wobbles all hard and then proceeds to run to the ropes and cover up, Tony weeks is known for stopping fight early, and Gomez wobble plus running to the ropes and covering up while not trading back, was it for tony. The Cintron situation is funny, not once did cintron outbox Canelo, Canelo was slowly catching him hard Every round, Cintron never once got Canelo's respect, until they traded at one point and the old cintron came out unleashing bombs and he caught canelo with a big shot, that canelo seemed to acknowledge but the BEAST came out after that shot and Canelo pounded his chest and proceeded with much care to plow forward and unleash bombs of power shot combos to show Cintron who is boss, after that it was his demise as in the next rounds Cintron would have exerted himself to much and been hit with to many power shots to the head and body and Canelo got him out by TKO, OUTBOX canelo? LMAO watch that fight again. 2 Month avatar bet is ready for everyone and I'll take multiple bets, each new person giving me an extra 2 months if I lose. Can't wait to prove u guys callling Cotto a Modern Day ATG, and easy work of Canelo, and idiots saying Gomez and Cintron outboxing Canelo LMAO in which Canelo TKO'd them both... Can't wait till they meet up... and they will SOON
Don't hook wif a hooker.:yep I knew you were going to come in at any moment. Is your boyfriend that fat? 170 pounds?:yikes
Cotto(e) can win if he fights like he did in the margarito(e) rematch. Keep the flat footed Saul turning and avoid distances that are optimal for throwing uppers/bodyshots by sticking his power jab out there.
He tends to be around that, With mosely the Unofficial weight for him was 167... He's a ****ing Brick House.:good
Too many Canelo haters up in here. Cotto is on his last legs, and Canelo will have 2" in height, 4" reach, and on fight day probably 15-20lbs on Miguel. How quickly you forget Cotto's absolute ass whooping at the hands of a lesser version of Canelo in Margarito. Canelo will pressure Miguel down until he breaks. I'm a big Cotto fan, but so many of you guys want to see the guy brain damaged.
Was it their first choice? No it wasn't that Was Paul the Punisher Williams then James "Money hungry" Kirkland.... Then Ortiz who many called a great fight... Did Josesito Earn his shot? Sure he did.... did GBP probably duck the Title Holders most likely... Is that Canelos fault? NO! Canelo want's Cotto/Martinez/Mayweather... GBP want canelo to be a cash cow, and don't want to risk his 0... but in Time they will have to match him up... Josesito is a hell of a fighter so it should be interesting a least for a late 4th option filler.
Modern day ATG Cotto beats on canelo... Easy money... 22 year old Canelo poses no threat, Cotto's brother rocked an 18 Year old USA debuting on the big stage, yeah he got TKO'd and outboxed after little moment of shakyness, but stilll COTTO wins, ATG Cotto all day every day yep