Donald Curry vs. Miguel Cotto

Curry is better than Cotto on the outside...and better on the inside as well .....Curry UD

 

Donald Curry is too technically sound for Miguel Cotto at 147 lbs where Donald excelled in 1985. Cotto though very strong would be out boxed from the outside. Miguel is no Lloyd Honeyghan to exploit Curry. Donald by comfortable points win.

 

Very good matchup. Both fighters had great left hooks and both were very technically sound fighters; there were no big holes in their game.
I've got a lot of time for Cotto; his style is very easy on the eye, and he had a champion's heart and determination. You can just see that he was very comfortable in the ring.
Curry was maybe a little less fluid looking than Cotto, but he was very efficient and effective. He had three really good punches, the jab, the left hook and the right cross.
When he was at his best, and all three punches were working for him, Curry would look as good as anyone ever did.
That left hook he landed on McCrory was as sweet a punch that's ever been thrown.
Curry was around three inches taller than Cotto, and with that jab and Curry's ability to control distance, life could be tough for Cotto on the outside.
Curry did tend to fight inside at times though, and if he does here, this would be Cotto's best opportunity to do good work.
I favour Curry. He's just that bit better than Cotto, in most respects, especially on the outside.
Miguel was tough though and would provide a decent argument.
But still, I'd go for Curry by unanimous decision.

 

Cotto to wear him down.

 

Curry was a level above Cotto and would beat the crap outta him.

Cotto didnt have the style to beat Curry.

 

Cotto had a history of fading. He was a notorious fader. He isn't wearing down anyone.

 

great analysis and I agree. It would be a great fight. Not totally sold on who would win

 

I would pick Cotto

 

I would like for someone to explain how exactly Cotto beats prime Curry.

He's outgunned in just about every area - Curry was better both at long range and on the inside. Curry was faster, physically stronger, more powerful, more skilled, better defensively, and chin is a wash as neither was great in that department.

Cotto wasn't some fighter who was rich on intangibles and pulled fights out of the fire when outgunned. Cotto, like Curry, was a bit of a front runner... Curry was the far more talented front runner of the two.

We're talking a guy who was once considered neck-and-neck with Hagler as the P4P #1.

Cotto doesn't even crack the top 10 P4P in that era.

Where's the path to a Cotto victory? I'm not seeing it.

 

I do respect everyone's opinions too, but in retrospect Donald Curry at his peak does have all the intangibles as you were saying. Cotto does not have the style to come out with a victory over Donald.

 

Curry at his absolute peak pre-Honeyghan would have been too much for Cotto. Just too skilled and laser accurate.

 

Totally agree, look what he did to Milton McCrory in 1985.

 

As others have mentioned Cotto is badly outgunned here. I think Curry stops him without too much trouble.

 

A peak Curry is up there with Napoles, a thing of beauty to watch. As much as I admire Cotto, he does well to hear the last bell here.