Cotto would beat Floyd.

All I have to say is this: Mayweather straight right. He will hit Cotto with this many times, this will either discoruage Cotto or frusterate him. Either way, he will leave himself more open to Mayweather counters and he will lose. His jab will be countered by a straight right from Mayweather. Mayweather's left hook is far superior then Cottos, less powerful, but far superior. cotto is going to have 2 choices in there, trade left hooks which is not a good idea considering floyd has better reflexes and will beat him to it, or throw his jab in which case floyd counters with straight right. When this fight happens, bet the ****ing house on mayweather. I know I will.

 

Next time you respond stop nuthugging so much. My opinion is that Cotto will beat Mayweather and I've been saying that for a long time. I also think that Shane is better than Floyd. He was able to beat a better version of DLH more convincingly than Floyd. I dont know why Floyd fans when someone says that he can be beaten take it so personal.

 

I'm not arguing against that. Cotto is very strong and hungry. It would be a great challenge for Mayweather. I believe it would be his toughest challenge indeed. I think the late rounds would be were Mayweather would really pull away. For a UD :bbb :yep

 

After last night I don't think there is any rib cage that Cotto couldn't find ..And his last 2 opponents were slick fighters ..And your right his best chance would be the body attack that be the only way to slow Floyd down imo ..But I don't sleep on Floyd I think looking at the fight now I like Cotto ..But against Hatton Floyds defense will really shine ..I might change my way of thinking after the Hatton fight ..Hatton presenst a similar style like Cotto's ..

 

I hope Floyd beats Cotto cause people are overrating him like crazy.

 

Floyd doesn't even present a threat or risk to Cotto as far as hurting Cotto. You think Cotto was relentless against Judah??? You think Cotto was rough with Mosley?? He will have NO respect for Floyd. And Floyd can't beat Cotto fighting defensively, you gotta hurt and beat Cotto up to beat him because Cotto is a technician in there. Cotto boxed with Mosley because he knew what Mosley brings offensively, But if you think Cotto will fight Floyd the same way he fought Mosley then you are INSANE! :deal :deal :deal :deal

 

I think Hatton will give Floyd a hell of a run for his money. That said I think Cotto would push him even more and not only can Cotto be more physical on Floyd he has that extra dimension where he can try and jab and box. Both Floyd and Cotto have Underrated punching power, but I think it will be Floyd who will discover that Cotto hits harder than he thinks.

 

Not only that Cotto's last 2 opponents have been "stylistic" problems for him. They were "too fast" "hit too hard" for him, well If i was Bob Arum I'd keep him with the same formula and get him in there with a fast opponent again and take on Floyd ASAP.

 

Hey Mayweather fans.....ask Floyd to make the fight:good

People still underestimate what Cotto has been showing and in improving. His speed and power are excellent and his defense very under rated. Cotto has adjusted gameplan's and adjusted in the ring, his skills are excellent.

Floyd fans? IMO they are missing the key ingredient in this match up. Cotto's skillset is broad and his NATURAL ATTRIBUTES will weigh heavily in his favor:yep

Cotto beats Floyd and might TKO him at that:hey

 

I throw the Oscar fight out the window for a couple reasons. 1) Oscar has awful stamina. 2) He fought bad, throwing 1 flurry a round won't win you a fight.

The hardest hitter is Cintron but Yes as far as a mix of speed and power Oscar takes the cake. But Cotto is a completely different equation than Oscar. Cotto can fight 3 minutes of every round pressuring pressuring pressuring and he mixes it up. I mean Cotto has great defense if you think about it, he really wasn't hit that much by Mosley and Mosley has very quick hands. The only obstacle Cotto has to unravel is Floyds defense and Floyd's timed shots because we know Floyd won't get into a shoot out with Cotto...Floyd has to open up offensively to take Cotto out and that is a big risk. I think Cotto's will and power makes fighters turtle up and fight defensive minded, it will cause them to lose rounds because he will just win by outworking you.

 

What has saved Cotto is that he does not fight with the KO in his mind. He fights to win rounds and tactically defeat you. To me right now Cotto and Floyd are the two smartest fighters in boxing, they go in to win a boxing fight not going after the KO. This fight MUST BE MADE!!

 

I agree with this, I personally miss that version of Floyd Mayweather. And I gotta say 1 thing about that though. If that version of Floyd Mayweather doesn't show up against Ricky Hatton then something is truley wrong with his confidence as far as mixing it up.

Floyd is still great to watch but he was way more fun to watch when he was going to war at 140lbs and just raping them offensively. He hasn't fought like that in a long time, And fighting like that with Miguel Cotto is a HUGE risk. Lets see if Floyd can turn into the Floyd of old with Ricky Hatton.

 

He fought pretty aggresively against Mitchell and Judah. I think if he's able to handle Hatton's power early, he'll be pretty aggressive against him. Hatton doesn't have a bad chin, but at the same time he doesn't have an iron jaw like Baldo or DLH. Hatton also won't have much of a weight advantage. All Floyd had to do is watch out for that left hook to the body(Hatton winds up alot to throw this punch so he should be able to neutralie it). Look for a much more aggresive Mayweather in this fight.

 

part of the package in moving up in weight is the fact that your style must change. Versatile fighters can move up in weight and adapt, 1 dimensional fighters eventually get out sized, this is why Tito lost against Hopkins. Floyd has gone up 5 divisions outsmarting his opponents but sometimes you gotta think that he might be as his physical limitations and he is resorting to a style that makes him comfortable in there.

I see the hatton fight going 1 or 2 ways. Either Floyd won't like Hattons strength and power and he does the hit and run tactic. OR Floyd will absolutely beat the **** out of him due to Hatton's sketchy defense. Because if Hatton lets Floyd warm up and start punching he is a goner.

 

I agree with this assesment. However, I don't believe Hatton's power will pose him much problems. If it does, Mayweather will stay on the outside and outbox him.