Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale RBR

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  1. lobk

    lobk Original ESB Member Full Member

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    Geale quite. Pretty sorry that he just showed up just for a check.
     
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  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Ah. I just answered my own question with a quick Google.

    Bitch move, no doubt - but we're talking about 3lbs. Geale is usually a pound or two under the limit anyway, isn't he? Not really a big deal, or a big difference maker.

    I wouldn't compare it to Ward vs. Dawson, for instance. That's a guy seven pounds south of where he was comfortable for several years. Here we're talking what - a one, two pound variance from what Geale usually weighs in?

    ...and, it was agreed upon early in the negotiations and Geale had as much time as could be asked for to make that weight, just a pound or so off from his usual?

    Meh.

    Not something to detract from the victory over, IMO.
     
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  3. Hercegovac

    Hercegovac Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cotto looked great, him vs Canelo will be a great fight
     
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  4. glovesofcrimson

    glovesofcrimson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tainted win but nobody can say Miguel didn't look impressive, we'll have to gauge how detrimental it was for Geale to cut those extra pounds. He was clearly nowhere near Maravilla's handicapped condition, I guess you offset Cotto's smaller frame against the limit he imposed on Geale so it's not really a viable plaudit you can give him.
     
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  5. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    You knew it was at 157 back when it was signed. You picked Geale to win. You were very wrong.
     
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  6. capt1

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    More than Roach, matchmaking and catch weights have helped Cotto look so dominant.
     
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  7. KillSomething

    KillSomething Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Geale didn't weigh 182. 174-175 more likely. Street clothes can weigh quite a bit.

    And despite whatever Cotto says, he was weighing in unofficially at 159 way back in his days at 140. He was 169 at the 30-day weigh in. He's ALWAYS been a middleweight.
     
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  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Honestly no. :conf

    Also been a bit preoccupied, but even under normal circumstances I don't know that drama around the build-up to Cotto vs. Geale would ever have piqued my interest much.

    I don't care about the drama. I care what happens inside the ring. What just happened inside the ring is Cotto destroyed Geale - and to my eyes it didn't seem to be a horribly drained Geale. It was a Geale that was overwhelmed like a deer in the headlights, same as he was against Golovkin.

    I don't think you can really call a one pound variance from Geale's usual weight a major factor here, and speaking as someone that was barely aware of any weight issues heading in, this just didn't have the look of a drained fighter getting beaten up. It was a fighter getting beaten up.
     
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  9. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    God he was sensational tonight
     
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  10. lobk

    lobk Original ESB Member Full Member

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    The reason I don't harp to much about catchweight is both party agreed to it. If you can't make the weight or you think it will affect your performance then don't sign. If you sign then make the catchweight and don't use it as an excuse.
     
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  11. Hotsauce

    Hotsauce Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cotto taking a vacation
     
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  12. N17

    N17 Loyal Member Full Member

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    It was a good finish and it was a good win but the catchweight does take the shine off it for me.
     
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  13. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    It will remain a talking point, mostly to those who are agenda-driven, but as a legitimate one, too. By some, it will be talked about in the exact same league as Ward-Dawson, but in both that case and this one, I don't think the outcome was affected by the agreed upon weight. All the more reason I personally find it disappointing that Cotto didn't just beat Geale at 160, much in the same way I'm disappointed Ward didn't just outclass Dawson at 175.
     
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  14. JohnnyDrama99

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    Cotto looked great. He was solid all the way around the board. He was sharp,composed and powerful. Geale was out of his league.
     
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  15. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Canelo will smoke Cotto. Geale quit. Cotto stands no chance against GGG, and he knows it.
     
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