How do you see this fight going? I know some are of the opinion that a fighter never fully recovers from a beating like the one Cotto took at the hands of Margarito, especially when you consider he followed it up with another tough fight with Pacquiao. I'll admit I don't know much about Foreman. I'm a new fan of boxing (hey, at least I admit it). How do people more knowledgeable than myself see this fight going?
Cotto doesn't have the movement to deal with Foreman straight up. He will need to cut corners and be very physical and go back to his body work to slow him down. He needs to break Foreman down over the course of the fight. Foreman needs to offset the power of Cotto by springing in and out and keep up the movement.
Tough fight for both. And IMO an impossible call. If we get post-Margarito Cotto who only throws arm punches he will be ****ed in a hurry. If Steward does as he says he is and returns him to his old self he will flatten Foreman, who quite frankly needs a good ass kicking with the kind of **** he has been putting on his body and calling clothing. Problem is though I think the arm punching comes from a mental place not a strategic one. I think he lost the will to trade in that Margarito fight and will never be able to go back there again. It's a shame because Cotto is my favorite current fighter and he was ruined by a ****ing cheat, but I don't think he can ever get back there. Power is the only legit asset Cotto has to beat Foreman and if - as I suspect - he doesn't even have that anymore, then he will be in for a long night.
is all up to cotto, if he comes in well trained and with more confidence and looks anything like he used to it'll be a good fight.. if not it'll be a boring fight.. yuri is gonna move and move and jab and jab just like he did against santos.. cotto needs to get inside and hit the body and slow him down and then catch him late and try to hurt him if he can do that he'll either take him out late or win a decision if not yuri will get the decision :hat
