Cotto is Going to Beat Shane

I doubt that cotto will be around in the late rounds.:!:

 

Is there some way to save this quote... Because I am more then ready to hold you to this. If Cotto loses I will **** a hat and eat a brick instead.

 

I don't think he'll quit or go to sleep, but Evangelista's stomach will turn at the sight of so much blood.

 

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I just hope you'll be able to provide the kittens with a good home.

 

People see a speedy African-American fighter and they automatically assume a boxer. Don't get it twisted with Shane, though...the guy is as macho as they come: Especially when his father is in his corner. Mosley's dad, unlike John David Jackson, is a proponent of "Power Boxing". Move forward, punch in combinations, etc...

Mosley is no slouch when it comes to working the body and when' he's on he is one of the best in the business with that left hook to the body. He is a full 12 round fighter (won't fade).

My only worry with Shane is that he has fallen apart when things haven't gone his way. Not to the extent of a, say, Zab Judah - but he doesn't seem to have a solid "Plan B" when he needs one. I don't see that being a factor here. Shane has been troubled by taller fighters that present a stiff, consistent jab. That is not Cotto's style. If Cotto's "Plan A" (pressure) does not work, I don't think his "Plan B" (boxing) is strong enough to deter Mosley.

To those that feel Cotto will bully shane, I am not in agreement with you. I've given other people the strength advantage over shane in the past (based on size) but the guy is deceptively strong.

It's Shane's fight to lose, IMO. My safe bet is on a UD for Shane. My gut feeling is that Shane will go for the stoppage when he smells blood - And he gets it.

I'll take Mosley by 10th round stoppage - I just hope he's ready for the famous, patented puerto rican undercut to the giblets.

 

I think they are both in for a long night. Mosley is a strong fighter and will definitely not be bullied by Cotto. Cotto's hand speed is very underrated, he is not flashy, but he catches everyone A LOT.

Cotto was in serious trouble against Torres but never against Judah, stopped in his tracks yes, but no where close to being KO'd. I have yet to see him in serious trouble at 147.

This is one of the fights where I am up for both guys as they both seem like good lads and certainly represent the sport in a most favorable light.

Although I wouldn't put money on it I favour Cotto in a war where both men are tested. He is younger hungrier, unbeaten and totally relentless.

 

Good post.

 

I keep hearing how hungry Mosley supposedly isn't. The man doesn't need to be fighting right now. He could at this stage, pull a Floyd and live off his past winnings and the fat of Golden Boy's flank, with a comfortably secure legacy as one of the best of his generation.

From what I gather based on interviews with Shane over the past year or so, he thinks he is still the best of the current crop, and sees a bunch of young guys with belts and prestige he could easily snatch away. He trained his ass off as usual for both Vargas fights, and while that 154 lb body didn't carry the speed of his classic form, he damn sure brought the fire and the desire, giving no ground in spanking a former top guy. Against Collazo he showed a few more flashes of his old speed and never let the younger guy catch his breath, let alone forget who he was in there with.

I'm not saying he's complacent, but Cotto's never tasted defeat. Shane has twice lost to a guy, come back for more only to lose again, and still wants to mix it up on a world-class level when by all rights he could retire without his family's standard of living skipping a beat. He's fighting for the respect and the status that nobody right now can definitively claim to be heir to. I say not only is the hunger still there...his tummy might well rumble louder than MAC's. :deal

 

I pick Cotto against Mosley

 

Cotto will taste his first lost :yep

 

There is the truth right there :good

 

He's 12-4-1NC with 7 Ko's above 135, that's the TRUTH!!! Yes mosley has pop but he's not a devastating puncher above 35, he is an ATG Boxer, IMO. Fast, skilled, and tough as nails even when getting his head caved in as in the first fights vs Forrest and Wright. He had the balls to rematch both and did better showing a fortitude FEW HAVE, yet still losing.

 

Great post. Statistics can be manipulated so easily to prove someones point. When I saw that post I was thinking the same thing I just couldn't be bothered getting the actual stats. His KO percentage in his last few fights have not been great, and although Cotto's chin is average I think it will be enough to get him through.