Cotto is going to beat the god damn bejesus out of Yuri Foreman

This fight is pretty simple for me: If Cotto can't close the distance and break Foreman down to the body to slow him down then he will lose. Now, Cotto was not at all able to do this against Manny Pacquiao so I wonder if he can do it against a guy who is naturally bigger, taller, moves just as much, and keeps distance better than Manny? BUT, Yuri is not as fast as Manny nor does he have the offensive onslaught that Manny has--which is a big key to what I say below.

A couple of things that I noticed about Yuri that Cotto may be able to capitalize on: Yuri bounces up and down quite a bit, and sometimes does it within his opponent's punching range. I think that Miguel should use feints during the times when Yuri is bouncing up and down which will cause Yuri to react and possibly stop in his tracks. The goal in that is not to set up an overhand right or lead left hook but rather to get into punching range so that Miguel can attack the body. Another thing that could benefit Miguel is if Yuri tries to pot shot him like he was doing Santos. Yuri left himself open quite a bit when he was doing this and I don't think throwing one punch at a time is the key to beating Miguel Cotto. Also, if that happens, Yuri will be there for Miguel to hit as Yuri will likely fall into Miguel as he's doing that.

So, for me, this fight comes down to distance. If Cotto is able to eliminate distance, I think he can break Yuri down. If Yuri is able to keep his distance then I think he can box his way to a decision.

 

funny you mentioned pastrano. i've always thought of cotto as being similar to jose torres.

 

Of course I'm joking, tony. But I will gladly accept your avatar bet, sir. If Cotto wins, you wear this as your avatar for 2 weeks:

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cotto is going to beat the bejesus INTO foreman. lololol