**FULL FIGHT REPLAY** ::Rating-Cotto vs Mayweather Jr::Floyd to Retire?

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My ratings

Technical Ability - 10 - 7.5, Floyd has the Advantage here as you would expect with a pute boxer, He is the most technically gifted fighter in the game currently - he has a excellent jab and he has excellent speed in his power punches. Cotto on the other hand is what you call a Boxer puncher and an excellent one and that he depends on his technical ability on the outside to get him in position to land great power punches to the body and head to win him fights, However in his recent year he has declined abit, his jab has become Inconsistent where as before he could dominate fights with it.

Defence - 10-7, Floyd has the advantage here again and not even close, he hardly ever gets with the same punch twice and he is able to mantain his defencive ability under heavy pressure, legal or not he uses his elbow's well to protect him. Top 5 GOAT in this category. This is a area where cotto has improved recently, unlike before he now keeps his elbows tucked in leading to better protection from uppercuts and he now clinches in pressure situation to limit the damage done to him.

Offence - 7.5 - 8, Advantage Cotto, Cotto's a fighter who relies on a solid offence to win fights. He's strength and measured pressure makes him a fighter that is hard to push back, he is also adapted to use his jab and box when needed to, Floyd is a a defencive fighter but that doesn't mean he has a poor offence, he might not have the most entertaining offence, but it's eefective and accurate punches break down fighters, would be even if Floyd used his offence more but he often lets his defence win him fights

Footwork - 8.5 - 7, Floyd has the advantage due to the technical side of his footwork He has good general movement, he finds good angles to counter his oppenents and he is a good ring general, would be about 9.5 but in recent fights he has declined in my opinion, compare him in Hatton fight to Ortiz fight, in Hatton fight he was able to circle hatton more and hatton had faster footwork than ortiz but ortiz was able to corner floyd much easier. Cotto has good footwork when it comes to closing an oppenent down- he's always been good at it but he where has improved recently is moving backwards, now he can move backwards and circle without running backwards

Accuracy - 9.5 - 7, Floyd, he is very accurate when a fighter tries to come in, Great at countering and also can walk a bigger opponent down with accurate punches, Cotto has good accuracy but not great. He has very accurate jab which has declined a bit and his body punches are accurate aswell, but he was superior in this category around 2007

Power - 6 - 8, Cotto although not a massive puncher has a clear advantage here, at the top his power isn't devastating but is enough to hurt a world class oppenent and has the ability to put them away if hurt with accurate power punches, He has lost snap in his punches recently. Floyd had good power at 130-135, but since moving up to 140+ his power doesn't have the same effect anymore - Ortiz fight didn't show anything, He has the abilty to wear opponents down but lacks one punch KO power

Speed - 9 - 7, Floyd has excellent speed. He can throw quick jabs and right hands he can also mix it up with hooks to the body on the inside, he is able utilize his speed to the fullest aswell. Cotto although not a speed fighter, he isn't slow either, he has quick jabs and can throw quick hooks when required to do so, both fighters have declined in this category in recent years - floyd due to age, cotto due to wear and tear.

Versatility - 9 - 7, Floyd, He is able to walk down an opponent with one two's and left hooks, he is able to pot shot, he is also able to fight off the back foot as he did vs Hatton in recent years, Cotto He can do two things and he can do those two things very well, He is able to both Box on the backfoot using his jabs and flurries and movement, he is able to apply pressure and finish of a opponent and can trade well. Floyd can fight Inside Outside and also in mid range, where as Cotto is able to fight on the outside and inside, he can't fight in mid range, some might think he can - but believe me he can't, he seems lost in mid range, through out his career most of the time his been in trouble is because he was fighting in mid range.

Stamina - 10 - 7, Floyd can go for 15 without tiring - the man has great stamina, this also allows him to come on strong late if he is behind on the scorecards, Cotto starts of excellent but he tires, He is excellent between 1-7, then has a bad period between 8-10, before he finds his second win - but this is when he has to have a high workrate

Heart - 10-8 Both have great hearts, But Floyd is superior for the simple reason that although neither quit (not counting the cheater) cotto seems to me is able to get deterred more easily, floyd however has no quit in him, I honestly feel if he is down after 11, he will come out swinging in the 12 eventhough he is a boxer

Chin - 8- 7, Floyd has a Great chin down once although not given and he wasn't hurt, he has an ewxcellent chin but don't think it's as good as some make out, he has been hit clean at higher weights few times, corlet and Mosley both hurt him but I think he has great powers of recovery, Cotto's chin has improved since he came up from 140, he tooks solid shots from Judah and Mosley, Pacquiao hit him with some huge shot to drop him the second time around, He hasn't been tested much at 154.

Physical Attributes - 7 - 8, Cotto slight edge, mayweather is able to use his jab excellently and can control the distance using his long reach however he is small @ 147 also very small at 154 - where the fight will be held at. Cotto on the other hand is a very strong fighter but recently his jab has become weaker and his pysical strength isn' as much of an factor at 154 agains bigger men, at 147 he would have scored well here.

Some attributes are missing though such as Cut/Swelling resistance, ring IQ and Corner ect.

Overall - Mayweather Jr : 9 vs Cotto : 7.5

Both Fighters have declined, But in Floyds case, he has only declined by little and is able to adjust due to the fact he is more versatile and boxers are bale to adjust better, Cotto has improved some things technically but he has declined quite a bit from the explosiveness of his prime.

Prediction : Cotto will box on the backfoot, try to circle floyd and outbox him, coming in for the occasional body punch, he will try to steal rounds using his flurries, however floyd will take over from the half way point using his accurate punches to break cotto down pysically and mentally, Floyd on Points - 117-111, he can also force a late stoppage if he really goes for it, but that will require him to take some risks

 

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Floyd Mayweather Jr
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Miguel Angel Cotto
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No Problem :hat

HBO Face off - not that good

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Press tour - LA

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Press tour - NY

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Press tour - Puerto Rico

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Floyd sparring in Prepation for Cotto

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Tale of the Tape

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: 42-0(26), 37-2(30)

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: 35, 31

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: 5’8”, 5’7”

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: 72”, 67”

Last Opponent - KO 4 vs Ortiz, RTD 10 vs Margarito

Common Opponents:

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- Mayweather UD 12, Cotto UD 12,

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- Mayweather UD 12, Cotto TKO11

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- Mayweather UD 12, Cotto TKO5