I thought Cotto looked great in his last fight. He corrected some of the things that got him caught against Margarito. I have no explanation for the Pac fight though. He won the first round, and I thought, "oh ****, Pacman is gonna get beat." But Pac was just too hard.
A. Castillo didn't beat him B. Who was prime Cotto? C. Cotto's jab is better than ever, how has he declined at all in your opinion? D. I'm not giving the guy free wins, but I'm being honest and objective. Neither one of those guys have what it takes. E. The first Castillo fight that floyd haters make love to, Floyd was injured and he answered all questions by dominating the rematch anyway :deal
Cotto had ample opportunity at WW and 140. So did Margarito:deal Tony had a perfect chance when Judah lost to Baldomir... But Arum claimed he couldn't get out of the ppv flop against shot LIGHTWEIGHT Manuel "shot to hell" Gomez.. Tony could have ditched his WBO trinket to become Floyd's MANDITORYdeal:deal WHY DIDN'T HE DO THAT???????????????????
I now begun to question why floyd hadn't had any dance with shane, margo and cotto during the time when these 3 are the top dogs of welter.
Prime cotto is the guy who beat younger more active shane. Stopped Judah. Could apply pressure. Had the best jab in the weight class.
And if you want to play that game. Then clottey "beat" cotto with defense alone.....and Floyd's defense is the best in the game, but floyd has arguably the fastest hands and fastest upper body movement, best footwork, best lead right, best lead left hook. Get smart bro
Cotto called Floyd out, and all Floyd had to say was "He's too green." and "There's no money in that fight." Need sources?
Floyd got offered a record payday to fight margarito and he said no. Floyd got offered a record payday to fight pac and he didn't even answer his phone. This guy is turning out to be a joke. His dad just said on the radio "yeah, he scared of him, he should be scared of a guy who got drugs in him" Floyd is ducking pacquiao at the advice of his father.
Honestly, if the fight against Foreman was any indication, I think Cotto doesn't have very many flaws in his style anymore, as long as he's sticks to his game plan of using his jab. He looked better than ever to me. I think Steward must be having an effect because he was doing things in the ring that made him a more difficult target to hit, and he was using his jab as his offense and his defense. I still don't think he can beat Floyd though. It's not that he doesn't have the tools, although the speed may not be there, it's just that his mindset is not strong enough, and honestly Floyd is just too good.
Why is Cotto even in the scenario? This is about Pac vs Mayweather. And it's obvious to me that for whatever reason, Mayweather wants nothing to do with Pac. And I don't understand it. Mayweather is actin like Pac is Tommy Hearns.
Cotto never had a problem with a boxer, his losses came to punchers who didn't stop punching. And i'm pretty sure one of them had hardened gloves.
NO!!!!!! Don't say that, if you say cotto is past prime then we can write off his losses to Margo and Manny and his questionable win against Clottey. So keep quiet about him looking better than ever :deal
larry merchant, harold lederman, and two of the judges scored it 115-113 for mayweather. quite a domination.