Everyone talking about Cotto's confidence & Diaz

Ok so we are almost two weeks out and people are getting more and more caught up in the hype of this fight.

Cotto is a good boxer - puncher but that's where it ends.....

Everyone is getting so wrapped up his new found confidence and his new trainer....so I want to address these....

Diaz appears to be a good trainer, however I say we really haven't seen enough from him to determine his real worth. Cotto vs Margo II was almost a carbon copy Cotto vs Margo I - Cotto himself confirms this on 24/7.

I think most people after watching Cotto vs Margo knew what Cotto needed to do to win that fight, so I don't really understand the level of praise he is getting, it was glaringly obvious what he had to do, it was no secret. It seems to me that fans are easily swayed.

Roach appeared to do wonders with Pacquiao, then with Khan and to some extent with JCC Jr however a few fights later people have realised that he actually isn't the second coming of Christ and that the same issues his fighters had before coming to him they STILL have.

Now I do think Roach is a good trainer but he IS overrated to me....likewise Pacquiao is a great boxer to me, but he does have a lot of weaknesses, but he is an incredible athlete with great power and lightening speed makes up for that in most fights....

With only one fight with Cotto and another 8 weeks with him to prepare for this fight he is not going to correct all of Cotto's deficiencies - and we don't know if he is good enough to do so anyway (he probably is - with sufficient time but that certainly isn't 2 training camps).

Secondly this new found confidence to me is just talk, he was confident in the Pacquiao fight and he was dominated, I expect every fighter to talk up their chances, no one would watch if they thought their favorite fighter was going to take an ass whooping!

So come May 5th it will be the same old story Mayweather will dominate and it will be business as usual. Then people will realise they were fooled into believing Cotto had a chance. Here lies the problem with Mayweather most people think his opponents have a chance and after the event they realise they didn't and proceed to down play his opponents.

Before the fight: Mayweather would never fight Mosely, he's scared of him, Mosely with knock him out.

After the fight: Mosely was shot, he was over trained, he threw the fight, he gave up.

The Cotto that beat Margo/Foreman/Mayorga does not beat Mayweather, too slow, not a good enough defense, too one handed and not enough power.

Note: If Mayweather loses (he won't) no excuses from me Cotto will get 100% praise from me :deal

 

I think you are right....you can't teach an old dog new tricks!

 

The fact is the second fight went the way the first should have went, if Cotto was intelligent enough to see what was happening. (I don't mean to be rude about Cotto but it's true)

As for what he is saying to the commentators and fans, it's just all talk, he HAS to sound convincing, he is getting paid a lot of money.

I have seen clips of Cotto training before and these clips too and they don't show enough for you to know if he is training with more intensity. You are just seeing what you want to....

Pedro doesn't have any accomplishments in professional boxing that's my point, who has he trained at this level except Cotto? No one!

Amateurs and Pro's are completely different. We have seen trainers who have vast experience with vast professional fighters (Roach/Garcia) still having holes in their training. So what makes you think someone who doesn't have this experience won't have holes in their training either?

I don't understand what you mean about that stare meaning something? What did it mean? and how does it relate to the Mayweather fight?

No doubt it will be a good fight, Cotto vs Pacquiao was a good fight and he was dominated then, doesn't mean Cotto won't be dominated again.

 

I like Cotto too and if he made it competitive I would be over the moon.

But I don't see anything to suggest he will - except for hype!

 

I don't want to get into a long back and forth but the point is no matter what Diaz says and no matter what Cotto says, he has to DO IT in the ring.

Cotto isn't capable of backing it up - sorry!

He's had way too many fights that have been too close (Moseley & Clottey) and too many where he had been beaten badly (Pacquiao & Margo).

When the going gets tough he won't keep coming forward like Mayweather (see round two of Mayweather vs Mosely) he will go backwards (see round 7 Cotto vs Margo)

I don't believe he has it in him....

 

Im not sure what you mean, but THAT Cotto does not stand a chance against Mayweather....

Cotto hasn't changed when he get hit hard enough he will revert back to Cotto of old!

This is Mayweathers biggest advantage over Cotto. He is a much better boxer with far fewer weaknesses so when the going gets tough for Mayweather he isn't TRYING to remember what he should box like. He boxes just like he always has.....