Cotto v Mayweather 09'

I agree ... Evangelista has seen what Mayweather can do first hand and won't hesitate to protect his nephew ...

I do see Cotto starting off using his boxing skill then reverting back to his pressure style getting counter on a consistant basis.

I think he will be under the impression that its being effective but soon will fall victim to pot shot counters. Floyd is comfortable in every part of the ring and has no weak spots when it comes to being pressure ... he will counter in the corner, off the ropes, or in the middle of the ring.

Cotto will throw and land some effective jabs and maybe even a right hand here and there but I think Mayweather will be aware of Cotto's left hook and will circle to Cotto's right and take away that left hand and make Cotto use his right hand as he did Oscar ... Oscar didn't land a left hook till the last minute of the 12th round.

I'm sure Mayweather will be caught off guard with Cotto's speed as he did with Hatton but it will only take a couple of rounds for him to get used to it ... I can see Mayweather losing a couple of early rounds because of inactivy and aggression by Cotto. Even though it will start off tacticle I see Cotto still pressing forward with his jab.

 

So more people think that Cotto has a better chance of knocking out PBF than vise versa ...

no one has given a definitive explaination other than Cotto has the tools or Cotto is strong ... or ring rust ...

I didn't know fights were determined that way ...

 

What about the questions surrounding Cotto's chin ... or his inability to defend the right hand (which is Floyd's money punch)

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If Pac and Cotto both keep winning ... I see PBF fighting both of them ...

 

I would love to see PBF v Cotto ...

I don't know if Castillo's a good example ... because when I think of that fight ... I seen the same **** I seen w/ Castillo in the DLH fight ... and you know the outcome wasn't much different.

He was just throwing in effective **** ... and most of the guys that PBF fought were offensive minded guys ... pressure fighters ... boxer/punchers ...

I think that Cotto stands a chance just like any other elite fighter would but I want to hear more feed back from people who think Cotto can win this. Not to counter but just to get an understanding of how they think the fight would pan out.

 

That ineffective aggression ... letting Floyd out fight him on the inside ... the walking into punches ... the wasting of punches ... when he had Floyd pinned all he did was throw some meaningless punches at his body and Floyd twisted his body to neutralize the effect.

Tiring out in the latter rounds ...

Only thing that I can point out that was different was that Castillo never had periods of inactivity ... but you can see lethargy in his movements and his punching ... he was getting countered alot like DLH was in the latter rounds.

 

Floyd is a very underrated body puncher and is good at going to the body rather it be the jab or the straight right hand. And he's good at fainting to the body and coming up top with that leaping left hook of his or fainting the hook or jab and throwing that straight right hand. And it is accurrate as it gets when it comes to the right hand.

Grabbing and clinching is a technique used by many fighters ... that often times tires out opponents or offsets there attack.

I think Cotto should make it a jabbing contest and force Floyd to use his jab ... Floyd normally uses his jab during the mid rounds when he's taking a break. He gets defensive, moves, and throws the jab.