I think Floyd would be an easier fight for Cotto then Margarito

Much easier, IMO. Floyd won't be throwing 100 punches a round and towering over Cotto like Margo would.

 

Margarito may have a solid beard, but Cotto's body attack can wear just about anyone down.

 

ah NO floyd is NO Gomez and would not be there for cotto to hit , and he would not let cotto get away with leaving his hand down.

Cotto was able to do what ever he wanted with a limited fighter..

 

Judah was Cotto's hardest fight by admission. NOT SHANE> Shane is not a slick fighter. Cotto would outbox Margarito who is tough as nails but the fact that he gets punched does not take away from the fact he got punched. Same as the Johnson/Dawson fight. They both cracked each other with clean flush shots..Dawson landed way more, but when Dawson got hit he showed more effect. BUt Johnson got cracked a million times and walked through it. Guess what,,,,,,, you still got ****ing punched.

 

He does well against slick boxers like Malignaggi and Judah, but Mayweather is a far more complete fighter than Cotto has faced. Mayweather can use his feet, fight on the inside (unlike Malignaggi), great counter-puncher, and is extremely intelligent in the ring (unlike Judah). Mayweather would definitely be Cotto's toughest fight.

IMO, Cotto is far too technically advanced for Margarito (although it is a nice clash of styles). I would have Cotto a comfortable favorite in the fight. Assuming Cotto-Mayweather happens next year when Floyd is 32, I would give Cotto about a 40% chance against Mayweather (with the odds going up as more time passes by).

Hopefully with performances like this (even though it was a complete mismatch like Gatti/Mayweather) and soon to be destructions of Margarito and Mayoraga...we will FINALLY have Cotto-Mayweather, built with an absurd amount of anticipation.

 

As much as I dislike him as a person, Mayweather is very smart when it comes to ring strategy. He wouldn't be stupid enough to keep going to the ropes against a brilliant body puncher like Cotto. I'd imagine that he would go for a pure 'hit and run' style, like the Baldomir match.

 

Shane is not really a slick fighter, he just has great handspeed. Judah demonstrated how to attack Cotto straight up the middle, but Judah is not the smartest fighter in the world and cracks under pressure. Floyd can't be compared to Quintana.

Cotto wouldn't be fighting a "slick fighter", he would be fighting Mayweather, a more complete fighter. A smarter fighter. Definitely a tougher fight.

 

mosley is not slick.....quintana might be slick but the way he fought cotto was not slick..he traded with him alot..same with judah

 

I think a lot of you guys are still high on Cotto from his win tonight. Cotto does not beat Floyd, sorry.